Section 1261.5 Of Article 1. General From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 1.
1261.5
. (a) The number of oral dosage form or suppository form
drugs provided by a pharmacy to a health facility licensed pursuant
to subdivision (c) or (d), or both subdivisions (c) and (d), of
Section 1250 of this code for storage in a secured emergency supplies
container, pursuant to Section 4119 of the Business and Professions
Code, shall be limited to 48. The State Department of Public Health
may limit the number of doses of each drug available to not more than
16 doses of any separate drug dosage form in each emergency supply.
(b) Not more than four of the 48 oral form or suppository form
drugs secured for storage in the emergency supplies container shall
be psychotherapeutic drugs, except that the department may grant a
program flexibility request to the facility to increase the number of
psychotherapeutic drugs in the emergency supplies container to not
more than 10 if the facility can demonstrate the necessity for an
increased number of drugs based on the needs of the patient
population at the facility. In addition, the four oral form or
suppository form psychotherapeutic drug limit shall not apply to a
special treatment program service unit distinct part, as defined in
Section 1276.9. The department shall limit the number of doses of
psychotherapeutic drugs available to not more than four doses in each
emergency supply. Nothing in this section shall alter or diminish
informed consent requirements, including, but not limited to, the
requirements of Section 1418.9.
(c) Any limitations established pursuant to subdivisions (a) and
(b) on the number and quantity of oral dosage or suppository form
drugs provided by a pharmacy to a health facility licensed pursuant
to subdivision (c) or (d), or both subdivisions (c) and (d), of
Section 1250 for storage in a secured emergency supplies container
shall not apply to an automated drug delivery system, as defined in
Section 1261.6, when a pharmacist controls access to the drugs.