LAC 46:LIII.1801. Correctional Center Pharmacy Permit

A. A correctional center pharmacy permit shall be required to operate a pharmacy located within a correctional center owned and/or operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections or its successor (hereinafter “the department”), or a local law enforcement agency, to provide medications and pharmacy care for offenders residing in that correctional center or another correctional center owned and operated by the department or local law enforcement agency. The pharmacy in the correctional center may also provide medications and pharmacy care to offenders assigned to that facility and residing at home or another housing location. B. In the event a pharmacy located within the state but outside a correctional center intends to provide medications and pharmacy care on a contractual basis to offenders residing in, or assigned to, a correctional center owned and/or operated by the department or local law enforcement agency that pharmacy shall first obtain a correctional center pharmacy permit. C. In the event a nonresident pharmacy intends to provide medications and pharmacy care on a contractual basis to offenders residing in, or assigned to, a correctional center owned and/or operated by the department or local law enforcement agency, or to any offender in the custody of the department or local law enforcement agency shall first obtain a nonresident correctional center pharmacy permit, and further, shall comply with the provisions of this Chapter with the exception of acquiring a separate correctional center pharmacy permit.