Key Notes: Pharmacy Law

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9GzvpPFh0dy0mnxJmzSZQoP5W8Rq6vAS0NMpKJ4U9530R4r7G4LEYiYkQO2IWl4hEGidQ-hwvuJl0_FY2oLF03lhCmPQeVl_ScQVXONV-wyqLaa6Btg4s1iHY7xquJDwqj9mulgCfvUIc/s1600/notes+A.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9GzvpPFh0dy0mnxJmzSZQoP5W8Rq6vAS0NMpKJ4U9530R4r7G4LEYiYkQO2IWl4hEGidQ-hwvuJl0_FY2oLF03lhCmPQeVl_ScQVXONV-wyqLaa6Btg4s1iHY7xquJDwqj9mulgCfvUIc/s320/notes+A.png" width="320" /></a></div> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>If the state and federal laws or regulations differ, both laws and regulations must be followed, including the more stringent requirements, whether federal or state. </li> </ul> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>The qualifications for pharmacy technician registration or licensure generally include minimum age, high school graduation or the equivalent, completion of training program, including pharmacy employer training programs, and an  examination. </li> </ul> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>State pharmacy laws do not permit pharmacy  technicians to perform pharmacy tasks and responsibilities that are limited to pharmacists and require the professional judgement, education, and training of a pharmacist.</li> </ul> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>Patient counseling must be provided by the pharmacists. Technicians are not authorized to counsel patients on their medications.</li> </ul> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>Prescription monitoring programs require pharmacies to submit information on controlled-substance prescriptions to help states identify potential diversions and abuse. </li> </ul> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>Pharmacists use the "<a href="http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/InformationOnDrugs/ucm129662.htm" target="_blank">Orange Book</a>" to find the FDA's determination that a particular manufacturer's generic drug is therapeutically equivalent to the brand name.   </li> </ul>

Key Notes: Pharmacy Law

If the state and federal laws or regulations differ, both laws and regulations must be followed, including the more stringent requirement...

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Key Notes: Intro to Pharmacy

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9GzvpPFh0dy0mnxJmzSZQoP5W8Rq6vAS0NMpKJ4U9530R4r7G4LEYiYkQO2IWl4hEGidQ-hwvuJl0_FY2oLF03lhCmPQeVl_ScQVXONV-wyqLaa6Btg4s1iHY7xquJDwqj9mulgCfvUIc/s1600/notes+A.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9GzvpPFh0dy0mnxJmzSZQoP5W8Rq6vAS0NMpKJ4U9530R4r7G4LEYiYkQO2IWl4hEGidQ-hwvuJl0_FY2oLF03lhCmPQeVl_ScQVXONV-wyqLaa6Btg4s1iHY7xquJDwqj9mulgCfvUIc/s320/notes+A.png" width="320" /></a></div> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>Pharmacists are ultimately responsible for the technicians' activities and performance and are legally held liable for the technicians work. </li> </ul> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>Training prerequisites for pharmacy technicians vary from state to state and from employer to employer.</li> </ul> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>Most consumers believe that all pharmacy technicians have been trained and certified before they are allowed to prepare prescriptions.</li> </ul>

Key Notes: Intro to Pharmacy

Pharmacists are ultimately responsible for the technicians' activities and performance and are legally held liable for the technician...

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