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(C) development and implementation of policies limiting the duration of drug therapy and for determining the stock of poison antidotes. (d) A verbal order for a drug may be given only to a licensed nurse or pharmacist by a person lawfully authorized to prescribe medication, and must be recorded promptly in the patient’s medical record, identifying the name of the person who prescribed the order, and the signature of the person receiving the order. (e) A standing order for a drug must specify the circumstances for drug administration, dosage, route, duration, and frequency of administration. The order must be reviewed annually and, if necessary, renewed. When a standing order is implemented for a specific patient, it must be entered into the patient’s record, dated, and signed by the person who prescribed the order within 24 hours. (f) If the facility permits bedside storage of medications, written policies and procedures must be established for dispensing, storage, and maintenance of records for use of these medications. (g) An investigational drug may be used only under supervision of a principal investigator who is a member of the medical staff. Basic information concerning the dosage, route of administration, strength, actions, uses, side effects, interactions and symptoms of toxicity of an investigational drug must be available at the nursing station where an investigational drug is being administered and in the pharmacy. The pharmacist shall be responsible for the proper labeling, storage, and distribution of such drugs in accordance with the written order of the investigator. (h) A drug supplied by a facility may not be taken from the facility unless the medication has been properly labeled and prepared by the pharmacist in accordance with state and federal law for use outside of the facility. (i) A hospice agency that does not provide inpatient care on agency premises, a free-standing birth center, and a frontier extended stay clinic are exempt from the requirements of this section. (Eff. 11/19/83, Register 88; am 5/28/92, Register 122; am 5/4/97, Register 142; am 12/3/2006, Register 180; am 5/24/2007, Register 182; am 9/30/2007, Register 183) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 18.05.040 AS 47.32.010 AS 47.32.030