12 Alaska Admin. Code § 52.235

Current through October 17, 2024

Section 12 AAC 52.235 - Pharmacy technician with national certification

(a) A pharmacy technician who holds a national certification may, at the discretion of the pharmacist on duty and under the direct supervision of that pharmacist,

(1) perform a final check of and distribute a non-controlled substance prescription if

(A) the prescription drug order has previously undergone a drug regimen review by a pharmacist, including determination of substitution;

(B) the pharmacy uses a bar code scanning and verification system that confirms that the drug selected to fill the prescription is the same as indicated on the prescription label;

(C) the pharmacy uses software that displays the image or graphical description of the correct drug being verified, or the institutional facility uses software that performs and verifies a barcode scan before administration; and

(D) each prescription distributed is electronically verified and the date and quantity distributed is documented in the patient record;

(2) transfer a non-controlled substance prescription drug order as described in 12 AAC 52.500.

(3) clarify or obtain missing information from the practitioner or the practitioner's authorized agent on a non-controlled substance prescription drug order; or

(4) administer a vaccine or related emergency medication in accordance with 12 AAC 52.992.

(b) Prescription drug order information clarifications under (a)(3) of this section must have the following information documented on the prescription drug order:

(1) the result of the clarification;

(2) the initials of the pharmacy technician who holds a national certification;

(3) the name of the practitioner or authorized agent that the pharmacy technician spoke to; and

(4) the date of the call.

(c) A pharmacy technician who holds a national certification may not sign or initial any document that is required to be signed or initialed by a pharmacist.

(d) In this section, "bar code scanning and verification system" means any technology that scans the bar code on a manufacturer drug container to ensure that the product being distributed matches the expectation of what was prescribed and inputted into the dispensing software.

12 AAC 52.235

Eff. 4/3/2020, Register 234; am 8/30/2020, Register 235; am 5/19/2023, Register 246, July 2023; am 9/28/2024, Register 251, October 2024

Authority:AS 08.80.005

AS 08.80.030

AS 08.80.168