ARSD 20:51:15:01. Definition and general provisions

Terms used in this chapter mean: (1) “Chart order,” a lawful order entered on the chart or medical record of a patient or resident of a licensed healthcare facility by a practitioner, or a designated agent, for a drug or device; (2) "Hospice program," a coordinated program of inpatient services providing palliative rather than curative care for a patient; (3) "Part-time pharmacy," the provision of pharmaceutical services by a pharmacist under a pharmacy license issued by the board, on less than a full-time operation basis, in hospitals, nursing facilities, and related facilities in which pharmaceutical services are limited to inpatients; and (4) "Pharmaceutical services": (a) The operation, management, or control of a pharmacy; (b) Preparing, compounding, processing, packaging, labeling, or dispensing one or more doses of medication either upon a prescription or chart order of an authorized practitioner for subsequent administration to, or use by, a patient; and (c) Any other act, service, operation, or transaction incidental to subsections (4)(a) and (b) requiring, involving, or employing the science or art of any branch of the pharmaceutical profession.