1. (a) Any pharmacist, intern, or pharmacy technician participating in the preparation of orders or dispensing of prescriptions and/or any pharmacist who is responsible for supervising pharmacy personnel participating in the preparation of orders or dispensing of prescriptions is responsible for the validity and legality of the order or prescription.
2. (b) Any pharmacist who is responsible for supervising pharmacy personnel is also responsible for any shortage of drugs classified as controlled drugs under state or federal law that occurs under their supervision.
3. (c) In a pharmacy’s electronic data processing system that can delineate the individual steps in the prescription filling process, the pharmacist overseeing each step would be specifically responsible for that part of the process.
4. (d) In a pharmacy’s electronic data processing system that is not capable of delineating the individual steps in the prescription filling process, the pharmacist or pharmacists involved in the process will share a corresponding liability for each prescription filled.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: “(Revised 11/6/2008)"