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drugs. Full compliance is expected with the Comprehensive Drug Abuse<br />
Prevention <strong>and</strong> Control Act of 1970, Public Law 91-513 <strong>and</strong> all<br />
amendments of this set <strong>and</strong> all <strong>regulations</strong> <strong>and</strong> rulings passed down by the<br />
Federal Drug En<strong>for</strong>cement Agency (DEA), <strong>Arkansas</strong> Act No. 590 <strong>and</strong> all<br />
amendments to it <strong>and</strong> these <strong>rules</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>regulations</strong>.<br />
Each facility shall contract with, or otherwise employ, a consultant<br />
pharmacist. For purposes of these <strong>regulations</strong>, consultant pharmacist<br />
means an individual licensed or certified by the <strong>Arkansas</strong> State Board of<br />
Pharmacy as a Consultant Pharmacist in Charge.<br />
The consultant pharmacist shall, at least quarterly per year:<br />
1. Review the methods employed by the facility to store, label,<br />
distribute, administer <strong>and</strong> safeguard all medication. The consultant<br />
pharmacy shall prepare a written report to the facility detailing:<br />
a. Any areas in which the consultant pharmacist determines<br />
that the methods employed by the facility are deficient, or<br />
have the potential to adversely affect the health, safety or<br />
welfare of residents; <strong>and</strong><br />
b. The recommended alterations to the methods, or additions<br />
to the methods, to correct any methods determined by the<br />
consultant pharmacist to have the potential to adversely<br />
affect the health, safety or welfare of residents.<br />
2. Review all orders <strong>for</strong> medication prescribed since the last review<br />
<strong>and</strong> prepare a report to the facility detailing:<br />
a. All instances in which medication has been improperly<br />
prescribed or administered; <strong>and</strong><br />
b. Instances in which, in the opinion of the consultant<br />
pharmacist, the facility should seek physician review of the<br />
number or types of prescribed medications <strong>for</strong> residents.<br />
The facility shall retain the consultant pharmacist’s reports <strong>for</strong> a period of<br />
eighteen (18) months or until the facility review, whichever is the longer<br />
period.<br />
703.4.2 Prescriptions On Individual Basis<br />
All drugs prescribed <strong>for</strong> each resident shall be on an individual<br />
prescription basis. Medications prescribed <strong>for</strong> one resident shall not be<br />
administered to another resident.<br />
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Assisted Living Facilities Level II R. 08/01/11
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