Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Bureau of Professional Licensing › Board of Pharmacy › Pharmacy Technicians › Section R. 338.3665 - Performance of activities and functions; delegation

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 15. In addition to performing the functions described
					 in section 17739
(1) of the code, MCL
				  333.17739, a licensed pharmacy
				  technician may also engage in the following tasks, under the delegation and
				  supervision of a licensed pharmacist:
(a)
				  Reconstitute non-sterile dosage forms consistent with approved labeling
				  provided by the manufacturer of a commercially available product.
(b) Provide technology-assisted final product
				  verification, which includes all the following:
(i) A properly trained pharmacy technician
				  performing final product verification with the use of bar coding or another
				  error prevention technology.
(ii)
				  The licensed pharmacy technician providing final product verification is
				  subject to all of the following requirements:
(A) The licensed pharmacy technician holds a
				  current full or limited pharmacy technician license in this state.
(B) Before performing final product
				  verification the full or limited licensed pharmacy technician meets 1 of the
				  following:
(1) Has accrued not less than 1,000
				  hours of pharmacy technician work experience in the same type of pharmacy
				  practice site where the technology-assisted final product verification will be
				  performed while the pharmacy technician holds a current full pharmacy
				  technician license, a temporary license, a limited license, or is in training
				  in this state.
(2) Has completed a
				  final product verification training program that includes at least all of the
				  following:
(i) The role of a pharmacy
				  technician in the product verification process.
(ii) The legal requirements and liabilities
				  of a final verification technician.
(iii) The use of technology assisted
				  verification systems.
(iv) The
				  primary causes of medication errors and misfills.
(v) The identification and resolution of
				  dispensing errors.
(C) The practice setting where a licensed
				  pharmacy technician performs final product verification has in place policies
				  and procedures including a quality assurance plan governing pharmacy technician
				  technology-assisted final product verification.
(D) The technology enabled verification
				  system must document and electronically record each step of the prescription
				  process including which individuals complete each step.
(E) A licensed pharmacy technician shall not
				  perform technology-assisted final product verification for sterile or
				  nonsterile compounding.
(F)
				  Technology-assisted final product verification by a licensed pharmacy
				  technician is not limited to a practice setting.
(G) A pharmacist using professional judgment
				  may choose to delegate technology-assisted final product verification after
				  ensuring licensed pharmacy technicians have completed and documented relevant
				  training or work experience.
(c) Access the electronic database of a
				  pharmacy from inside or outside of the pharmacy to perform the delegated tasks
				  in paragraph (iii) of this subdivision related to prescription processing
				  functions outside of the personal charge of a pharmacist.
(i) A pharmacy technician remotely performing
				  the tasks in paragraph (iii) of this subdivision must be supervised by a
				  licensed pharmacist.
(ii) The
				  remote supervision in paragraph (i) of this subdivision means that a pharmacist
				  directs and controls the actions of the remote technician using technology to
				  ensure the supervising pharmacist does both of the following:
(A) Is readily and continuously available to
				  answer questions, review the practice of the supervised pharmacy technician,
				  provide consultation, review records, and educate the pharmacy technician in
				  the performance of functions.
(B)
				  Has established predetermined procedures and drug protocol governing any
				  activity performed remotely including protection of patient
				  confidentiality.
(iii)
				  Delegated tasks relating to prescription processing functions include, but are
				  not limited to, the following:
(A)
				  Verification of a patient's medication history.
(B) Data entry regarding processing
				  prescription data and patient data.
(C) Claims adjudication.
(D) Handling phone calls regarding processing
				  prescription data and patient data.
(E) Processing refill requests.
(F) Technology-assisted final product
				  verification.
(G) Transferring
				  prescriptions for non-controlled substances.