Nev. Admin. Code § 639.245 - Maintenance and availability of records regarding certain pharmaceutical personnel on duty; activities of pharmaceutical technicians
1. A written record must be kept available
for inspection showing the pharmacists, pharmaceutical technicians and
pharmaceutical technicians in training on duty during the hours of business.
This record must be:
(a) Readily retrievable;
and
(b) Retained for 2
years.
2. A
pharmaceutical technician under the direct supervision of a pharmacist may:
(a) Prepackage and label unit dose and unit
of use and repackage drugs if a pharmacist:
(1) Inspects the final products;
and
(2) Affixes his or her initials
to the appropriate records for controlling quality.
(b) Prepare, package, compound and label
prescription drugs pursuant to prescriptions or orders for medication if a
pharmacist:
(1) Inspects the final product;
and
(2) Affixes his or her initials
to the appropriate records for controlling quality.
(c) Prepare bulk compounds if a pharmacist:
(1) Inspects the final product; and
(2) Affixes his or her initials to the
appropriate records for controlling quality.
(d) Distribute routine orders and stock
medications and supplies in the pharmacy or areas where care is provided to
patients.
(e) Maintain inventories
of supplies of drugs.
(f) Maintain
pharmaceutical records.
(g) Request
authorization to refill a prescription from the prescribing practitioner.
(h) Transfer a prescription
through a computer network if the:
(1)
Pharmaceutical technician is employed by a pharmacy that:
(I) Has more than one location; and
(II) Maintains a computer network which
provides information between its pharmacies; and
(2) Prescription is transferred to one of the
pharmacies within its computer network.
(i)
Enter information into the pharmacy's computer system, including, without
limitation, information contained in a new prescription concerning the
prescription drug and the directions for its use.
3. A
pharmaceutical technician under the direct and immediate supervision of a
pharmacist may administer immunizations under the conditions prescribed in NAC
639.2971 if he or she has
received the training required by NAC
639.2973 and the continuing
education required by NAC
639.2974.
4. A pharmaceutical technician may not:
(a) Perform any action requiring a judgmental
decision regarding a drug, the interpretation of a prescription or the
instructions for the preparation of a prescription.
(b) Take new prescription or chart orders by
telephone.
(c) Distribute
medications pursuant to a chart order or dispense a prescription unless the
order or prescription has been verified by a pharmacist.
5. A pharmaceutical technician shall prepare
and distribute drugs only pursuant to written procedures and guidelines
established by the pharmacy in which the pharmaceutical technician performs his
or her duties.
Notes
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