NAC639.708. Counseling of patients: Duties of pharmacy.

To facilitate counseling regarding a prescription, a pharmacy shall:

     1. Maintain a record of medication for each patient to whom a prescription has been dispensed by that pharmacy. The record must:

     (a) Be retrievable for use by the pharmacist;

     (b) Be maintained for at least 2 years after the most recent entry;

     (c) List all prescriptions dispensed to the patient at that pharmacy; and

     (d) Include all data required to be placed on the prescription.

     2. Make a reasonable effort to obtain and retain in the record of medication the:

     (a) Telephone number or numbers, if any, of the patient;

     (b) Gender of the patient;

     (c) Age or date of birth of the patient;

     (d) History of the patient, including allergies, reactions to particular drugs and any medications or medical devices used by the patient; and

     (e) Any comments relevant to the drug therapy of the patient, including any other information which is specific to the patient or drug.

     3. Ensure that a pharmacist is available by telephone during business hours and, if the pharmacy routinely delivers prescriptions outside of the trade area covered by local telephone service, provide a toll-free telephone number.

     4. Include with each prescription container delivered or distributed by a public carrier:

     (a) The local, and if applicable toll-free, telephone numbers of the pharmacy;

     (b) The hours during which the patient may contact the pharmacy by telephone; and

     (c) A written notice in substantially the following form:

Written information about this prescription has been provided for you. Please read this information before you take this medication. If you have questions concerning this prescription, a pharmacist is available between the hours of ..... and ..... to answer your questions.

     5. Maintain the confidentiality of each patient’s records, including prescriptions, pursuant to NRS 639.238. A pharmacist shall not divulge the contents of a patient’s records, except as authorized by NRS 639.238.

     6. Make available to a practitioner, upon request, all information relating to a prescription that is provided to a patient of that practitioner by the pharmacist or an intern pharmacist.

     7. Ensure that counseling is conducted in a confidential manner to prevent disclosure of information to any person other than the patient or the person caring for the patient.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy, eff. 11-15-93)