Five Percent Rule: Controlled-Substance Distribution by a Dispenser
The five percent rule for a dispenser that distributes controlled substances.
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Example
- Dosage units dispensed this calendar year
- 100000
- Dosage units distributed to other registrants this calendar year
- 4000
Result: 3.85% of dosage units distributed this calendar year; the limit is 5%.
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What you enter
- Dosage units dispensed this calendar year
- Dosage units distributed to other registrants this calendar year
- Of those, units sent to the pharmacy's own long-term care automated dispensing systems
- A planned transfer, in dosage units
How this is calculated
Citation
21 CFR 1307.11: dosage units a dispenser distributes to other registrants in a calendar year may not exceed 5 percent of all dosage units it distributed and dispensed that year; distributions to its own long-term care automated dispensing systems do not count toward the limit. Read the source ↗
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