Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign
This sign must be conspicuously posted at the pharmacy counter to notify customers that they can compare the cost of their prescriptions
What is the Drug Price List notice?
This federal resource is used to determine if a generic drug is "therapeutically equivalent" to a brand-name drug
What is the Orange Book?
A pharmacy must notify the State Board within this many hours if the facility is damaged by a flood or fire
What is 48 hours?
A "503B" facility is also known by this title and can compound drugs in bulk without patient-specific prescriptions
What is an Outsourcing Facility?
This is the most serious type of FDA recall, involving a "reasonable probability" of serious health consequences or death
What is a Class I Recall?
To assist patients with medication disposal, pharmacies are required to post this specific notice regarding the disposal of unwanted drugs
What is the DEC (Department of Environmental Conservation) Waste Notice?
In NYS, a pharmacist is required to substitute a generic for a brand unless the prescriber writes this exact phrase on the Rx
What is "DAW" (Dispense as Written)?
A pharmacy must notify the State Board of Pharmacy within 30 days if there is a change in ownership involving more than this percentage of stockholders
What is >10% stockholder change?
Traditional compounding (503A) is generally permitted only if it is in response to this
What is a Patient-specific prescription?
For a Class I recall, a pharmacy must make a reasonable attempt to notify affected patients within this timeframe
What is 3 days?
According to LEP laws, a Corporate Entity will have at least this many pharmacy locations to be considered "covered"
What is 8 pharmacies?
To substitute a biologic, the product must be listed in the Purple Book with this specific designation
What is Interchangeable?
A dialysis center which has 200 sq ft of space to store/prepare dialysis solution and is supervised by a licensed pharmacist most likely has this facility type designation
What is a Limited Pharmacy?
Under the FDCA, pharmacies are prohibited from compounding drugs that are essentially copies of these
What are "Commercially available products"?
Generally, NYS law prohibits a pharmacist from accepting the return of a drug once it has left the premises, unless for this purpose
What is Disposal (Take-back) or a Drug Recall?
If a pharmacy provides immunizations, they must post the most current version of this clinical document from the federal government
What is the CDC Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule?
After substituting an interchangeable biologic, the pharmacist has this many business days to notify the prescriber of the specific product dispensed
What is 5 business days?
What is a Hospital, Emergency room, nursing home?
This specific USP chapter governs the standards for Sterile Compounding that all NYS pharmacies must follow
What is USP <797>?
The action of reducing bulk supplies of drug to be reduced into unit dose packages
What is repacking?
Under NYS Education Law, every pharmacy must display this original document, which contains the name of the current Supervising Pharmacist
What is the Pharmacy Registration (or Pharmacy License)?
When a substitution is made, the pharmacist must place the drug name and manufacturer on the label, but they must record this specific information on the (internal) prescription record.
What is the Brand Name OR the Name of the Manufacturer of the drug product dispensed?
A certification required by the STATE, which allows a retail pharmacy to manage controlled substances in an ADC stored in a skilled nursing home
What is a BNE Class 11 registration?
A phrase required to be imprinted on the label of a compounded parenteral drug, which was prepared at an Outsourcing Facility
What is "for office use only"?
If a pharmacy serves as a "Collector" for drug take-back, they must be authorized by this federal agency
What is the DEA?