63 Pa. Stat. § 390-3.4

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-111
Section 390-3.4 - Pharmacy technician data entry.

A pharmacy technician may conduct data entry including prescription entry, drug order or patient information into a patient profile via technological means without the immediate supervision of a board licensed pharmacist if all of the following apply:

(1) The pharmacy has documented policies and procedures and other adequate safeguards to protect against patient harm and privacy incidents.
(2) The pharmacy technician is adequately trained to perform the data entry task.
(3) A supervising pharmacist is readily available to answer questions of the pharmacy technician and is responsible for the practice and accuracy of the pharmacy technician.
(4) No part of the data entry includes any direct interaction with prescription medication.

63 P.S. § 390-3.4

Added by P.L. TBD 2020 No. 140, § 2, eff. 11/30/2020.