<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504e000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:51:15:13"><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0-000000">20:51:15:13</span></a><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0-000001">.  Access to pharmacy -- Records.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0"> </span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">Except as provided below, only a licensed</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0"> pharmacist may have access to the pharmacy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504e000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">    If</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0"> the pharmacist is absent from the hospital</span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">, nursing facility, hospice program,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0"> or other </span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">related</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0"> facility, a registered nurse </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">or licensed practical nurse </span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">designated by the hospital</span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">, nursing facility, hospice program, or other related facility</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0"> may obtain</span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0"> from </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">the </span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">pharmacy</span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0"> a drug necessary to administer to a patient in carrying out treatment and medication orders as prescribed by a licensed </span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">prescriber</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0"> when the drug is not available in floor supplies</span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0"> or the emergency drug kit, to meet the immediate need </span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">of the patient</span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">. Th</span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">e</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0"> nurse shall leave in the pharmacy, on a suitable form, a record of any drugs removed, showing the name of the patient, the name of the drug, </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">the </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">dosage </span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">form and strength</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">, </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">the </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">amount taken, </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">and </span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">the date and time</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0"> the drugs were removed</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">, and </span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">shall sign the record</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">. </span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">T</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">he nurse shall leave the record </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">and </span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">the container from which the dose was taken</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0"> to be</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0"> checked by the pharmacist. </span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">These</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0"> records </span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0"> be </span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">retained in the pharmacy</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0"> for </span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">two</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0"> years.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504e000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">    </span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986</span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">; 50 SDR 138, effective June 2, 2024; 52 SDR 27, effective September 15, 2025; 53 SDR 13, effective August 16, 2026</span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">    </span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-11"><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0-000003">36-11-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">(1)(4), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-33"><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0-000003">36-11-33</span></a><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">    </span><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-2.2"><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0-000003">36-11-2.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-33"><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0-000003">36-11-33</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-68"><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0-000003">36-11-68</span></a><span class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s00b37f57-4408-4131-9e10-7fde9542504e000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>