Virginia Administrative Code › Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING › Agency 110 - BOARD OF PHARMACY › Chapter 30 - REGULATIONS FOR PRACTITIONERS OF THE HEALING ARTS TO SELL CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES › Part II - Licensure and Permit Requirements › Section 18VAC110-30-40 - Acts to be performed by the licensee

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. The selection of the controlled substance
				  from the stock, any preparation or packaging of a controlled substance or the
				  preparation of a label for a controlled substance to be transferred to a
				  patient shall be the personal responsibility of the licensee.
1. Any compounding of a controlled substance
				  shall be personally performed by the licensee or a registered pharmacy
				  technician under the supervision of the licensee.
2. A licensee may supervise one person who
				  may be present in the storage and selling area to assist in performance of
				  pharmacy technician tasks, as set forth in § 54.1-3321 of the Code of
				  Virginia, provided such person is not licensed to sell controlled substances
				  and is either:
a. A pharmacy technician
				  registered with the board; or
b. A
				  licensed nurse or physician assistant who has received training in technician
				  tasks consistent with training required for pharmacy technicians.
3. Unless using one of the
				  board-approved training courses for pharmacy technicians, a licensee who uses a
				  nurse or physician assistant to perform pharmacy technician tasks shall develop
				  and maintain a training manual and shall document that such licensee has
				  successfully completed general training in the following areas:
a. The entry of prescription information and
				  drug history into a data system or other recordkeeping system;
b. The preparation of prescription labels or
				  patient information;
c. The removal
				  of the drug to be dispensed from inventory;
d. The counting or measuring of the drug to
				  be dispensed to include pharmacy calculations;
e. The packaging and labeling of the drug to
				  be dispensed and the repackaging thereof;
f. The stocking or loading of automated
				  dispensing devices or other devices used in the dispensing process, if
				  applicable; and
g. Applicable laws
				  and regulations related to dispensing.
4. A licensee who employs or uses pharmacy
				  technicians, licensed nurses or physician assistants to assist in the storage
				  and selling area shall develop and maintain a site-specific training program
				  and manual for training to work in that practice. The program shall include
				  training consistent with that specific practice to include training in proper
				  use of site-specific computer programs and equipment, proper use of other
				  equipment used in the practice in performing technician duties, and pharmacy
				  calculations consistent with the duties in that practice.
5. A licensee shall maintain documentation of
				  successful completion of the site-specific training program for each pharmacy
				  technician, nurse or physician assistant for the duration of the employment and
				  for a period of two years from date of termination of employment. Documentation
				  for currently employed persons shall be maintained on site or at another
				  location where the records are readily retrievable upon request for inspection.
				  After employment is terminated, such documentation may be maintained at an
				  off-site location where it is retrievable upon request.