Is the Designated Person the same as the PIC?

No — they are different functions that can be the same person. PIC is the state / license job. Designated Person is the USP compounding job. Small-shop overlap is an educational pattern, not a cleared rule. Document both and verify locally.

Can one person cover USP 795, 797, and 800?

Often yes in a small 503A shop, if that person is named and can speak each chapter’s yearly work. Larger shops may split the designation. Confirm in licensed text and your SOPs — not a hallway nickname.

What if we never named anyone?

That is a common deficiency theme: no formal designation on file. Name someone in writing, walk them through the yearly clock, and confirm the licensed chapters plus any board training list. Not an inspection-outcome guarantee.

Where does the annual review live?

In the SOPs / P&P the Designated Person owns, with a dated review your files can show. The chapters describe a yearly clock pattern — confirm the exact interval in licensed USP text. Do not leave it only in someone’s head.

Who is the Designated Person, and what do they actually have to do each year?

USP ⟨795⟩, ⟨797⟩, and ⟨800⟩ each expect a formally named Designated Person (one or more people, depending on the chapter). Duties are not one neat checklist. They run through the chapters — SOP / P&P review, training and competency, facility and certification review, and QA. Shops get dinged for never naming anyone, or for naming someone who cannot speak the yearly clock. Confirm the licensed USP text and your state board (some boards add a Designated Pharmacist training list).

Naming someone on a form is not the same as knowing the yearly clock. This is an educational multi-chapter pattern. Confirm every duty and interval in your licensed USP text and board rules — do not treat this page as a cleared checklist.

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This page is the yearly duties calendar — not the role definition

If you need what a Designated Person is under USP 797 — the role and the definition — use the related page on that question. This page is the yearly work: what that named person actually has to keep moving across 795, 797, and 800.

This is an educational multi-chapter pattern. Confirm every duty and interval in your licensed USP text and board rules — do not treat this page as a cleared checklist.

The registry lists this answer under USP 797 so it sits next to the sterile chapter hub. The copy is a 795 / 797 / 800 overlay. Do not treat the 797 badge as a single-chapter table.

Educational only. Not legal advice. Not a substitute for your licensed USP text or PIC judgment. Not a promise about any inspection outcome.

This page = yearly duties calendar across the compounding chapters.
The related “What is a designated person under USP 797?” page = what a Designated Person is.
Confirm both against your licensed USP text before you write a job description.

Designated Person vs PIC — different roles that can overlap

PIC is the board / license role: the pharmacist the state holds as in charge of the pharmacy. Designated Person is the USP role: the person (or people) the chapter holds responsible and accountable for compounding performance and the functions written through that chapter. Those are different functions — confirm how your licensed chapters and board write each one.

In a small 503A shop the same pharmacist often wears both titles. That is an educational overlap pattern shops describe — not a cleared rule that one badge covers both jobs. It can work. It is not automatic. Two titles on one badge still need two documented jobs. In a larger shop you may split them — or name more than one Designated Person across sterile, nonsterile, and hazardous-drug work. Verify locally.

Do not assume “we have a PIC, so we named a Designated Person.” If the designation is not written down, you have a gap.

PIC = state / license accountability for the pharmacy — confirm your board’s wording.
Designated Person = USP compounding accountability written through the chapters — confirm licensed text.
Same person can overlap in small shops. Treat that as a local documentation choice, not a national yes.

Duty themes across USP 795, 797, and 800

The work shows up as themes woven through each chapter — not one shared checklist you can print and file. Educational themes shops map, then confirm in licensed text:

SOPs / P&P — written, used, and reviewed so they match what staff actually do.
Training and competency — initial and recurring checks for the work that person does (sterile, nonsterile, hazardous-drug handling as applicable).
Facility and certification — the rooms, hoods, and reports your program requires stay current and owned.
QA — deviations, complaints, and corrective actions have a named path, not a drawer of loose notes.
USP 800 hazardous-drug program ownership (list, containment, and HD SOPs) is an educational theme shops map onto the same clock — not a cleared ⟨800⟩ duty list. Confirm what licensed ⟨800⟩ actually assigns in your shop.

Annual P&P + competency calendar (yearly clock pattern)

The compounding chapters commonly describe a yearly clock: policies / P&P get reviewed, and competency comes back around on a recurring cadence. Treat that as a pattern, not a day-count you invent from memory.

This page does not set a hard number of days. Confirm the exact review interval, which competencies repeat, and what “reviewed” means in your licensed USP ⟨795⟩, ⟨797⟩, and ⟨800⟩ text — then write those dates on a calendar your Designated Person actually owns.

A name on a form with no dated review is how shops look current and still miss the clock.

Put SOP / P&P review on a yearly calendar the named person can show.
Put recurring competency on the same calendar — do not leave it in a training binder nobody opens.
Facility / certification dates belong on that calendar too when your program requires them.
Confirm every interval in licensed text. Do not treat a remembered day count from this page as the rule.

What inspectors ask (culture / surveyor theme)

Two hits show up again and again in compounding inspection commentary: the shop never formally named anyone, or they named someone who cannot speak the duties when asked. Treat that as an educational / surveyor theme to check in your own files — not a cleared inspection rule.

Surveyors and accreditation conversations (NABP, ACHC, and shop-floor threads) are culture signal only — not a citation rate and not a statute list you can take to a hearing. Label it that way. Confirm what your inspector and your board actually ask. It is not a promise about any inspection outcome.

If the named person cannot point to the yearly P&P review, the competency files, and the facility / QA path, the designation is a label, not a job. Verify that path in your SOPs.

Can staff name the Designated Person the same way the file does?
Can that person walk the yearly clock without hunting last year’s binder?
Educational / surveyor theme only. Confirm locally. Not an inspection-outcome guarantee.

State overlays — some boards add a Designated Pharmacist list

Some boards use different words (Designated Pharmacist on some sterile forms), adopt a different USP edition, or add a training list the named person must complete. That is an educational overlay pattern — not a cleared national list. Pull the actual wording from your board. It sits on top of the USP role. It does not replace it.

Verify locally. This page does not publish a state-by-state statute list and does not claim a Designated Pharmacist training list exists in every state. If your board has one, take it from the board — do not guess it from a national chapter.

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USP names the compounding role. A board may add a title or a training list — confirm yours.
Home-state overlay first. If you hold more than one license, check each board.
When the stacks disagree, follow the stricter documented path for that shop. Verify locally.

FAQ

Is the Designated Person the same as the PIC?: No — they are different functions that can be the same person. PIC is the state / license job. Designated Person is the USP compounding job. Small-shop overlap is an educational pattern, not a cleared rule. Document both and verify locally.
Can one person cover USP 795, 797, and 800?: Often yes in a small 503A shop, if that person is named and can speak each chapter’s yearly work. Larger shops may split the designation. Confirm in licensed text and your SOPs — not a hallway nickname.
What if we never named anyone?: That is a common deficiency theme: no formal designation on file. Name someone in writing, walk them through the yearly clock, and confirm the licensed chapters plus any board training list. Not an inspection-outcome guarantee.
Where does the annual review live?: In the SOPs / P&P the Designated Person owns, with a dated review your files can show. The chapters describe a yearly clock pattern — confirm the exact interval in licensed USP text. Do not leave it only in someone’s head.

Educational information only. Not legal advice. Not an inspection-outcome guarantee. Keep a current USP Compendium subscription. PIC judgment and your board still govern.