NAC639.396. Requirements for maintenance of records.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a pharmacist or dispensing practitioner who is responsible for the operation of a remote site shall maintain at the remote site and at the associated telepharmacy a record of each drug that is received, stored, dispensed, returned or otherwise dealt with at the remote site, including, without limitation, any record that is required to be maintained by state or federal law. The records so maintained must include, without limitation:

     (a) Each prescription dispensed at the remote site;

     (b) At the remote site, the initials of the technician who dispensed the controlled substance or dangerous drug;

     (c) At the telepharmacy, the initials of the pharmacist or dispensing practitioner who authorized the controlled substance or dangerous drug to be dispensed at the remote site;

     (d) Each controlled substance or dangerous drug that is transferred between the stock of drugs maintained at the remote site and the stock of drugs maintained at the telepharmacy; and

     (e) At the telepharmacy, documentation of any counseling provided by a pharmacist or dispensing practitioner at the telepharmacy that was provided via computer link, video link or audio link to a patient or person caring for a patient at the remote site.

     2. The pharmacist or dispensing practitioner who is responsible for the operation of a remote site shall ensure that each record which is maintained at the remote site, including, without limitation, each record of a prescription, is maintained in a manner that makes it readily apparent whether the prescription was dispensed at the remote site or at the telepharmacy.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy by R037-10, eff. 10-15-2010)