Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 657 - Pharmacy Board › Chapter 5 - Pharmacy Support Persons › Rule 657-5.17 - Tasks a Pharmacy Support Person Shall Not Perform

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
A pharmacy support person shall not perform any of the
				following judgmental or technical functions. Performance of any of these tasks
				by a pharmacy support person shall constitute the practice of pharmacy without
				a license in violation of Iowa Code section
				155A.7. A
				pharmacy support person shall not:
1.
			 Provide the final verification for the accuracy, validity, completeness, or
			 appropriateness of a filled prescription or medication order.
2. Conduct prospective drug use review or
			 evaluate a patient's medication record for purposes identified in rule
			 657-8.21 (155A).
3. Provide patient counseling, consultation,
			 or patient-specific drug information; make an offer of patient counseling on
			 behalf of the pharmacist; or accept a refusal of patient counseling from a
			 patient or patient's agent.
4. Make
			 decisions that require a pharmacist's professional judgment, such as
			 interpreting or applying information.
5. Accept by oral communication any new or
			 refill prescription authorizations communicated to a pharmacy by a prescriber
			 or by the prescriber's office or contact a prescriber to obtain prescription
			 refill authorizations.
6. Provide a
			 prescription or drug to a patient without a pharmacist's verification as to the
			 accuracy of the dispensed medication and without the physical presence of a
			 pharmacist.
7. Package, pour, or
			 place in a container for dispensing, sale, distribution, transfer, vending, or
			 barter any drug which, under federal or state laws, may be sold or dispensed
			 only pursuant to the prescription of a practitioner authorized to prescribe
			 drugs. This prohibited task includes the addition of water or other liquid for
			 reconstitution of oral antibiotic liquids. A pharmacy support person may place
			 a prescription container into a bag or sack for delivery to the patient as part
			 of the sales transaction after the accuracy of the prescription has been
			 verified by the pharmacist.
8.
			 Affix required prescription labels upon any container of drugs sold or
			 dispensed pursuant to the prescription of an authorized prescriber.
9. Process or enter, including entry into the
			 pharmacy computer system, pertinent clinical patient or prescription
			 information, including allergies and disease state information.
10. Prepackage or label multidose and
			 single-dose packages of drugs, including dose picks for unit dose cart fills
			 for hospital or long-term care facility patients.
11. Check or inspect drug supplies provided
			 and controlled by an Iowa-licensed pharmacy but located or maintained outside
			 the pharmacy department, including but not limited to drug supplies maintained
			 in an ambulance or other emergency medical service vehicle, a long-term care
			 facility, a hospital nursing unit, or a hospice facility.
12. Reconstitute prefabricated noninjectable
			 medication, prepare parenteral products, or compound sterile or nonsterile drug
			 products.
13. Communicate,
			 transmit, or receive patient or prescription information to or from the
			 pharmacy for the purpose of transferring a patient's prescription between
			 pharmacies.
14. Assist with or
			 witness the destruction or wastage of controlled substances pursuant to
			 657-subrule 10.22(2).
15. Perform
			 any technical functions pursuant to 657-Chapter 3 that may be delegated to a
			 pharmacy technician.