NAC639.910. Information to be provided by system; procedure to ensure information not lost or destroyed.

     1. Any computerized system used by a pharmacy for recording information concerning prescriptions must be designed in such a manner that it provides:

     (a) A readily retrievable printed record of the information relating to a prescription or a patient which the pharmacy is required to maintain pursuant to state or federal law, including, without limitation, information relating to the original prescription or the refill or modification of that prescription;

     (b) The original prescription number;

     (c) The prescribing practitioner’s name, address and the registration number issued to him or her by the Drug Enforcement Administration if the prescribing practitioner is registered with that agency;

     (d) The full name and address of the patient;

     (e) The date on which the original prescription was filled, if it is different from the date prescribed;

     (f) The name, strength, form, dosage, quantity and directions for use of the drug prescribed;

     (g) The name or common abbreviation of the manufacturer, packer or distributor or the National Drug Code number of the drug dispensed to the patient;

     (h) The total number of refills authorized by the prescriber;

     (i) The date and quantity of each refill of a drug dispensed to a patient;

     (j) The total number of refills of a drug dispensed to a patient;

     (k) The quantity dispensed, if that is different from the quantity prescribed;

     (l) At the time a prescription is filled or refilled, an automatic notice of the information the pharmacist or intern pharmacist considered pursuant to subsection 4 of NAC 639.707; and

     (m) A procedure that may be conducted at least once each day to ensure that the information which is recorded in the system is not lost or destroyed.

     2. The managing pharmacist of a pharmacy that uses a computerized system for recording information concerning prescriptions shall ensure that a procedure is conducted upon the computerized system that ensures that the information which is recorded in the system is not lost or destroyed.

     3. As used in this section, “National Drug Code number” means the number assigned to a drug by the Food and Drug Administration.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy, eff. 12-3-84; A 8-27-96; R016-03, 10-21-2003; R034-09, 10-27-2009)