Nebraska Revised Statutes Chapter 71. Public Health and Welfare § 71-2451. Long-term care facility; annual license; application; contents; inspection; pharmacist; duties; dispensing of drugs; labeling requirements; assisted-living facility; permitted use, when

(1) In order for an automated medication system to be operated in a long-term care facility, a pharmacist in charge of a pharmacy licensed under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act and located in Nebraska shall annually license the long-term care automated pharmacy in which the automated medication system is located.

(2) The pharmacist in charge of a licensed pharmacy shall submit an application for licensure or renewal of licensure to the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services with a fee in the amount of the fee the pharmacy pays for licensure or renewal. The application shall include:

(3) As part of the application process, the division shall conduct an inspection by a pharmacy inspector as provided in section 38-28,101 of the long-term care automated pharmacy. The division shall also conduct inspections of the operation of the long-term care automated pharmacy as necessary.

(4) The division shall license a long-term care automated pharmacy which meets the licensure requirements of the Automated Medication Systems Act.

(5) A pharmacist in charge of a licensed pharmacy shall apply for a separate license for each location at which it operates one or more long-term care automated pharmacies. The licensed pharmacy shall be the provider pharmacy for the long-term care automated pharmacy.

(6) The pharmacist in charge of the licensed pharmacy operating a long-term care automated pharmacy shall:

(7) Supervision by a pharmacist is sufficient for compliance with the requirement of subdivision (6)(a) of this section if the pharmacist in the licensed pharmacy monitors the automated medication system electronically and keeps records of compliance with such requirement for five years.

(8) Each drug dispensed from a long-term care automated pharmacy shall be in a package with a label containing the following information:

(9) A prescription is required for any controlled substance dispensed from a long-term care automated pharmacy and for any medication dispensed for a resident of an assisted-living facility co-located with a long-term care facility.

(10) An assisted-living facility co-located with a long-term care facility which has a long-term care automated pharmacy may obtain drugs dispensed from an automated medication distribution machine by the long-term care automated pharmacy for residents of the assisted-living facility as long as the procedures of the Automated Medication Systems Act are followed with regard to dispensing the drugs.

(11) The inventory which is transferred to a long-term care automated pharmacy shall be excluded from the percent of total prescription drug sales revenue described in section 71-7454.