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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 10.34.39.02" title_num="10" subtitle_num="34" chapter_num="39" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Board” means the State Board of Pharmacy.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Pharmacist” means an individual who practices pharmacy regardless of the location where the activities of practice are performed.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Pharmacy” means an establishment holding a permit under Health Occupations Article, §12-401, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Pharmacy Experiential Program” means a program under the American Council on Pharmacy Education.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Practice Pharmacy.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Practice pharmacy” means to engage in any of the following activities:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Providing pharmaceutical care;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Compounding, dispensing, or distributing prescription drugs or devices;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Compounding or dispensing nonprescription drugs or devices;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Monitoring prescriptions and nonprescription drugs or devices;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>Providing information, explanation, or recommendations to patients and health care practitioners about the safe and effective use of prescription or nonprescription drugs or devices;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vi)">
          <text>Identifying and appraising problems concerning the use or monitoring of therapy with drugs or devices;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vii)">
          <text>Acting within the parameters of a therapy management contract, as provided under Health Occupations Article, Subtitle 6A, Annotated Code of Maryland; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(viii)">
          <text>Administering vaccinations in accordance with Health Occupations Article, §12-508, Annotated Code of Maryland or self-administered drugs in accordance with Health Occupations Article, §12-509, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ix)">
          <text>Delegating a pharmacy act to a registered pharmacy technician, pharmacy student, or an individual engaged in a Board approved pharmacy technician training program;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(x)">
          <text>Supervising a delegated pharmacy act performed by a registered pharmacy technician, pharmacy student, or an individual engaged in a Board approved pharmacy technician training program; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(xi)">
          <text>Providing drug therapy management in accordance with Health-General Article, §19-713.6, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Practice pharmacy” does not include the operations of a person who holds a permit issued under Health Occupations Article, §12-602, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Registered pharmacy intern” means an individual who is registered with the Board to practice pharmacy under the direct supervision of a pharmacist.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Self-Administered Drug.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Self-administered drug” means a drug that is regularly administered by the patient for whom the drug is prescribed or by an individual who is not otherwise authorized to administer drugs under Health Occupations Article, §12-509, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Self–administered drug” includes:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Eye drops;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>A drug that is administered by an intramuscular injection or a subcutaneous injection;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Ear drops;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Inhalation therapies;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>Intranasal therapies; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vi)">
          <text>Topical therapies.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>