N.H. Admin. Code § Ph 807.03 - Certified Pharmacy Technician Duties

Registered certified pharmacy technician duties shall include:

(a) Accepting a new oral telephone order;

(b) Accepting an oral refill authorization from a provider;

(c) Communicating a prescription transfer for a non-control medication to or from another pharmacy that does not maintain a common database;

(d) Communicating orally or in writing, any medical, therapeutic, clinical, or drug information, or any information recorded on a patient profile that does not require professional judgment;

(e) Performing the data entry of a prescription or medication order into the computer without supervision;

(f) The task of reducing to writing a prescription left on a recording or message line. Prescription order can only be deleted by pharmacist on duty;

(g) Preparing or compounding sterile and non-sterile compounds after completing board approved compound training;

(h) Stocking or replenishing of an automated dispensing machine or other stock location. A certified pharmacy technician may check the medications pulled by a pharmacy technician or certified pharmacy technician against the delivery report prior to the refill of the automated dispensing machine or other stock location. A licensed health professional shall check the medication before administering to the patient. The facility shall employ bar coding, radio frequency identification (RFID), or another form of electronic bedside verification.

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N.H. Admin. Code § Ph 807.03

Adopted byVolume XXXIV Number 50, Filed December 11, 2014, Proposed by #10720, Effective 11/22/2014.