Section 657.15.2. Definitions.

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

“Board” means the Iowa board of pharmacy.

“Department” means the Iowa department of corrections.

“Emergency/first dose drug supply” means a limited inventory of drugs stored outside the correctional pharmacy and accessible to designated health care staff for the purpose of initiating emergency or first dose prescription drug orders issued during periods when the pharmacist is unavailable.

“Medication administration record” means the record of the administration of drugs to patients.

“Med-pak” means a customized patient medication package prepared for a specific patient which comprises a series of immediate containers containing prescribed solid oral dosage forms, each container being labeled with the time or the appropriate period for the patient to take its contents.

“Prescription drug order” means an order that is for a drug or device for a patient in custody status in a correctional facility, that is originated by a practitioner authorized to prescribe, and that meets the information requirements for a prescription drug order but is recorded, distributed, and administered as though it were a medication order.

“Qualified individual” means a pharmacist, a person who has successfully completed a medication administration course, or a person specifically authorized under pertinent sections of the Iowa Code to administer prescription drugs.

“Single unit package” means a package that contains one discrete pharmaceutical dosage form.

“Unit dose dispensing system” means a drug distribution system utilizing single unit, unit dose, or unit of issue packaging in a manner that helps reduce or remove traditional drug stocks from resident care areas and enables the selection and distribution of drugs to be pharmacy-based and controlled.

“Unit dose package” means a package that contains that particular dose of a drug ordered for the patient for one administration time. A unit dose package is not always a single unit package.

“Unit of issue package” means a package that provides multiple units or doses attached to each other but separated in a card or specifically designed container.

[ARC 8670B, IAB 4/7/10, effective 5/12/10]