(A) A registered pharmacy technician may, under the direct supervision of a pharmacist, engage in the following activities at a location licensed as a terminal distributor of dangerous drugs to the extent that the activities do not require the exercise of professional judgment:

Terms Used In Ohio Code 4729.91

  • Compounding: means the preparation, mixing, assembling, packaging, and labeling of one or more drugs in any of the following circumstances:

    (1) Pursuant to a prescription issued by a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs;

    (2) Pursuant to the modification of a prescription made in accordance with a consult agreement;

    (3) As an incident to research, teaching activities, or chemical analysis;

    (4) In anticipation of orders for drugs pursuant to prescriptions, based on routine, regularly observed dispensing patterns;

    (5) Pursuant to a request made by a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs for a drug that is to be used by the professional for the purpose of direct administration to patients in the course of the professional's practice, if all of the following apply:

    (a) At the time the request is made, the drug is not commercially available regardless of the reason that the drug is not available, including the absence of a manufacturer for the drug or the lack of a readily available supply of the drug from a manufacturer. See Ohio Code 4729.01

  • Drug: means :

    (1) Any article recognized in the United States pharmacopoeia and national formulary, or any supplement to them, intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or animals;

    (2) Any other article intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or animals;

    (3) Any article, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or animals;

    (4) Any article intended for use as a component of any article specified in division (E)(1), (2), or (3) of this section; but does not include devices or their components, parts, or accessories. See Ohio Code 4729.01

  • prescriber: means an individual who is authorized by law to prescribe drugs or dangerous drugs or drug therapy related devices in the course of the individual's professional practice, including only the following:

    (1) A dentist licensed under Chapter 4715 of the Revised Code;

    (2) A clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified nurse practitioner who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723 of the Revised Code to practice nursing as an advanced practice registered nurse;

    (3) A certified registered nurse anesthetist who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723 of the Revised Code to practice nursing as an advanced practice registered nurse, but only to the extent of the nurse's authority under sections 4723. See Ohio Code 4729.01

  • Prescription: means all of the following:

    (1) A written, electronic, or oral order for drugs or combinations or mixtures of drugs to be used by a particular individual or for treating a particular animal, issued by a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs;

    (2) For purposes of sections 4723. See Ohio Code 4729.01

  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Terminal distributor: includes pharmacies, hospitals, nursing homes, and laboratories and all other persons who procure dangerous drugs for sale or other distribution by or under the supervision of a pharmacist, licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs, or other person authorized by the state board of pharmacy. See Ohio Code 4729.01

(1) Accepting new written or electronic prescription orders from a prescriber or a prescriber’s agent;

(2) Entering information into and retrieving information from a database or patient profile;

(3) Preparing and affixing labels;

(4) Stocking dangerous drugs and retrieving those drugs from inventory;

(5) Counting and pouring dangerous drugs into containers;

(6) Placing dangerous drugs into patient storage containers;

(7) Non-sterile drug compounding as authorized by the state board of pharmacy in rules adopted under section 4729.94 of the Revised Code;

(8) Other activities specified by the board in rules adopted under section 4729.94 of the Revised Code.

(B) A certified pharmacy technician may, under the direct supervision of a pharmacist, engage in the following activities at a location licensed as a terminal distributor of dangerous drugs to the extent that the activities do not require the exercise of professional judgment:

(1) Any activity listed in division (A) of this section;

(2) Accepting or requesting refill authorizations for dangerous drugs that are not controlled substances from a prescriber or the prescriber’s agent, so long as there is no change from the original prescription;

(3) S terile and non-sterile drug compounding as authorized by the board in rules adopted under section 4729.94 of the Revised Code;

(4) Other activities specified by the board in rules adopted under section 4729.94 of the Revised Code.

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