| (B) original oral or electronic prescription drug order
reduced to writing either manually or electronically.
(31) Part-time pharmacist--A pharmacist who works less
than full-time.
(32) Patient counseling--Communication by the pharmacist
of information to the patient or patient's agent in order to improve
therapy by ensuring proper use of drugs and devices.
(33) Patient med-pak--A package prepared by a pharmacist
for a specific patient comprised of a series of containers and containing
two or more prescribed solid oral dosage forms. The patient med-pak
is so designed or each container is so labeled as to indicate the
day and time, or period of time, that the contents within each container
are to be taken.
(34) Pharmaceutical care--The provision of drug therapy
and other pharmaceutical services intended to assist in the cure or
prevention of a disease, elimination or reduction of a patient's symptoms,
or arresting or slowing of a disease process.
(35) Pharmacist-in-charge--The pharmacist designated
on a pharmacy license as the pharmacist who has the authority or responsibility
for a pharmacy's compliance with laws and rules pertaining to the
practice of pharmacy.
(36) Pharmacy technician--An individual who is registered
with the board as a pharmacy technician and whose responsibility in
a pharmacy is to provide technical services that do not require professional
judgment regarding preparing and distributing drugs and who works
under the direct supervision of and is responsible to a pharmacist.
(37) Pharmacy technician trainee--An individual who
is registered with the board as a pharmacy technician trainee and
is authorized to participate in a pharmacy's technician training program.
(38) Physician assistant--A physician assistant recognized
by the Texas Medical Board as having the specialized education and
training required under Subtitle B, Chapter 157, Occupations Code,
and issued an identification number by the Texas Medical Board.
(39) Practitioner--
(A) a person licensed or registered to prescribe, distribute,
administer, or dispense a prescription drug or device in the course
of professional practice in this state, including a physician, dentist,
podiatrist, or veterinarian but excluding a person licensed under
this Act;
(B) a person licensed by another state, Canada, or
the United Mexican States in a health field in which, under the law
of this state, a license holder in this state may legally prescribe
a dangerous drug;
(C) a person practicing in another state and licensed
by another state as a physician, dentist, veterinarian, or podiatrist,
who has a current federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration
number and who may legally prescribe a Schedule II, III, IV, or V
controlled substance, as specified under Chapter 481, Health and Safety
Code, in that other state; or
(D) an advanced practice registered nurse or physician
assistant to whom a physician has delegated the authority to prescribe
or order drugs or devices under Chapter 157 of the Medical Practice
Act (Subtitle B, Occupations Code) or, for the purpose of this subchapter,
a pharmacist who practices in a hospital, hospital-based clinic, or
an academic health care institution and to whom a physician has delegated
the authority to sign a prescription for a dangerous drug under §157.101,
Occupations Code.
(40) Prepackaging--The act of repackaging and relabeling
quantities of drug products from a manufacturer's original commercial
container into a prescription container, unit-dose packaging, or multi-compartment
container for dispensing by a pharmacist to the ultimate consumer,
including dispensing through the use of an automated pharmacy dispensing
system or automated checking device.
(41) Prescription department--The area of a pharmacy
that contains prescription drugs.
(42) Prescription drug--
(A) a substance for which federal or state law requires
a prescription before the substance may be legally dispensed to the
public;
(B) a drug or device that under federal law is required,
before being dispensed or delivered, to be labeled with the statement:
(i) "Caution: federal law prohibits dispensing without
prescription" or "Rx only" or another legend that complies with federal
law; or
(ii) "Caution: federal law restricts this drug to use
by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian"; or
(C) a drug or device that is required by federal or
state statute or regulation to be dispensed on prescription or that
is restricted to use by a practitioner only.
(43) Prescription drug order--
(A) a written order from a practitioner or an oral
order from a practitioner or his authorized agent to a pharmacist
for a drug or device to be dispensed; or
(B) a written order or an oral order pursuant to Subtitle
B, Chapter 157, Occupations Code.
(44) Prospective drug use review--A review of the patient's
drug therapy and prescription drug order or medication order prior
to dispensing or distributing the drug.
(45) State--One of the 50 United States of America,
a U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia.
(46) Texas Controlled Substances Act--The Texas Controlled
Substances Act, Health and Safety Code, Chapter 481, as amended.
(47) Written protocol--A physician's order, standing
medical order, standing delegation order, or other order or protocol
as defined by rule of the Texas Medical Board under the Texas Medical
Practice Act.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §291.31 adopted to be effective November 5, 1982, 7 TexReg 3830; amended to be effective March 31, 1986, 11 TexReg 1349; amended to be effective September 14, 1988, 13 TexReg 4305; amended to be effective September 5, 1990, 15 TexReg 4807; amended to be effective March 18, 1991, 16 TexReg 1365; amended to be effective January 1, 1993, 17 TexReg 9116; amended to be effective June 1, 1994, 19 TexReg 3921; amended to be effective December 1, 1994, 19 TexReg 9179; amended to be effective March 21, 1996, 21 TexReg 2227; amended to be effective April 7, 1997, 22 TexReg 3106; amended to be effective September 16, 1999, 24 TexReg 7227; amended to beeffective March 29, 2000, 25 TexReg 2575; amended to be effective March 4, 2004, 29 TexReg 1951; amended to be effective June 6, 2004, 29 TexReg 5361; amended to be effective September 18, 2007, 32 TexReg 6319; amended to be effective September 7, 2008, 33 TexReg 7218; amended to be effective December 6, 2009, 34 TexReg 8691; amended to be effective March 17, 2013, 38 TexReg 1682; amended to be effective September 11, 2014, 39 TexReg 7094; amended to be effective December 7, 2014, 39 TexReg 9345; amended to be effective September 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 5783; amended to be effective March 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1317; amended to be effective December 10, 2020, 45 TexReg 8851 |
