R156-17b-607. Operating Standards - Supportive Personnel

(1) Under Subsection 58-17b-102(72)(a), supportive personnel may assist in tasks not related to drug preparation or processing, including: (a) stock ordering and restocking; (b) cashiering; (c) billing; (d) filing; (e) receiving a written prescription and delivering it to the pharmacist, pharmacy intern, pharmacy technician, pharmacy technician trainee, DMP, or DMP designee; (f) housekeeping; and (g) delivering a pre-filled prescription to a patient. (2) Supportive personnel may not enter information into a patient prescription profile or accept verbal refill information. (3) Under Subsection 58-17b-102(72)(b), supportive personnel shall be supervised by a licensed pharmacist or DMP who is: (a) present in the area where the individual being supervised is performing services; and (b) immediately available to assist the individual being supervised in the services being performed, except for the delivery of pre-filled prescriptions under Subsection (1)(g). (4) Under Subsection 58-17b-601(1), a pharmacist, pharmacy intern, pharmacy technician, pharmacy technician trainee, DMP, or DMP designee whose license has been revoked or is suspended may not provide support services in a pharmacy.