Utah Admin. Code R156-17b-502 - Unprofessional Conduct
"Unprofessional conduct" includes:
(1) violating the American Pharmaceutical
Association (APhA) Code of Ethics for Pharmacists, October 27, 1994, which is
incorporated by reference;
(2)
(a) failing to comply with the USP-NF Chapter
795 if applicable to activities performed;
(b) failing to comply with the USP-NF Chapter
797, if applicable to activities performed;
(3) failing to comply with continuing
education requirements;
(4) failing
to provide the Division with a current mailing address within ten business days
of a change of address;
(5)
defaulting on a student loan;
(6)
failing to abide by applicable federal and state law regarding the practice of
pharmacy;
(7) failing to comply
with administrative inspections;
(8) failing to return a self-audit report by
the deadline established by the Division;
(9) providing false information on a
self-audit report;
(10)
(a) violating the laws and rules regulating
operating standards in a pharmacy, as discovered upon inspection by the
Division; or
(b) after discovery
upon inspection by the Division of violation of laws and rules regulating
operating standards in a pharmacy, failing to comply within the time
established by the Division;
(11) abandoning a pharmacy or leaving
prescription drugs accessible to the public;
(12)
(a) as
a pharmacist, practicing pharmacy with an inappropriate pharmacist to pharmacy
intern ratio under Subsection
R156-17b-606(1)(d),
or pharmacist to pharmacy technician trainee ratio under Subsection
R156-17b-601(4);
or
(b) as a pharmacy, practicing
pharmacy with an inappropriate pharmacist to pharmacy intern ratio under
Subsection R156-17b-606(1)(d),
or pharmacist to pharmacy technician trainee ratio under Subsection
R156-17b-601(4);
(13)
(a) as
a pharmacist, allowing an unauthorized person in the pharmacy; or
(b) as a pharmacy, allowing an unauthorized
person in the pharmacy;
(14)
(a) as
a pharmacist, failing to offer to counsel a person receiving a prescription
medication; or
(b) as a pharmacy,
failing to offer to counsel a person receiving a prescription
medication;
(15) failing
to timely pay an administrative fine;
(16) failing to comply with the PIC,
consulting pharmacist, RDPIC or DMPIC standards under Section
R156-17b-603;
(17) failing to adhere to institutional
policies and procedures related to technician checking of medications when
technician checking is utilized;
(18) failing to take appropriate steps to
avoid or resolve identified drug therapy management problems under Subsection
R156-17b-611(3);
(19) dispensing medication that has been
discontinued by the FDA;
(20)
failing to keep or report accurate records of training hours;
(21) failing to provide consulting
pharmacist, designated representative, responsible party, PIC, RDPIC, or DMPIC
information to the Division within 30 days of a change in consulting
pharmacist, designated representative, responsible party, PIC, RDPIC or
DMPIC;
(22) requiring a pharmacy,
pharmacist, or DMP to operate the pharmacy or allow the operation of the
pharmacy with a ratio of supervising pharmacist or DMP to other pharmacy
personnel in circumstances that result in, or reasonably would be expected to
result in, an unreasonable risk of harm to public health, safety, and
welfare;
(23)
(a) as a pharmacist, failing under Subsection
R156-17b-603(3)(t)
to notify the Division within seven calendar days of a change in the email
address designated for use in self-audits or pharmacy alerts; or
(b) as a pharmacy, failing to notify the
Division within seven calendar days of a change in the email address designated
for use in self-audits or pharmacy alerts;
(24) failing to ensure, as a DMP or DMP
clinic pharmacy, that a DMP designee has completed a formal or on-the-job
dispensing training program under Section
R156-17b-622;
(25) failing to make a timely report
regarding dispensing of an opiate antagonist to the Division and to the
physician who issued the standing order, under Section
R156-17b-625; and
(26) failing to comply with the operating
standards for a remote dispensing pharmacy under Section
R156-17b-614g.
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