Rule 480-10-.10. Prescription Drug Order Copies

1. (1) Only a licensed pharmacist or a licensed pharmacy intern/extern, acting under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist, may prepare, receive, read, or transfer a copy of a prescription drug order to any person, and then only to a licensed pharmacist or licensed pharmacy intern/extern, acting under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist, who is authorized to receive and give such information as follows:

   1. (a) When a copy of prescription drug order is received manually, meaning without the use of a computer or other electronic means, the person receiving such copy shall immediately reduce the information to writing by creating a hard-copy prescription drug order which, besides the required prescription data, should include at a minimum the following information;

      1. 1. The name of the pharmacist or pharmacy intern/extern who received the prescription drug order;
      2. 2. The name of the transferring pharmacy and its telephone number along with the name of the pharmacist or pharmacy intern/extern who provided the information for the prescription drug order copy;
      3. 3. The date the prescription drug order copy was received.

   2. (b) When a prescription drug order copy is sent and handled manually, meaning without the use of a computer or other electronic means, the person giving such copy shall record immediately upon his or her hard copy prescription drug order the following information:

      1. 1. That a copy of the prescription has been given and the prescription drug order is null and void, with the word "VOID" being marked on its face;
      2. 2. The name of the pharmacy, and telephone number, where the prescription drug order was transferred;
      3. 3. The name of the pharmacist, or pharmacy intern/extern who received the transferred prescription drug order information; and
      4. 4. The date on which the prescription drug order was transferred.
   3. (c) When a prescription drug order copy is either sent or received by aid of a computer, or other electronic means, the pharmacist or pharmacy intern/extern should use the procedures for prescription drug order transfers detailed in Rule 480-27-.07.

Authority: O.C.G.A. Secs. 26-4-27, 26-4-28, 26-4-80, 26-4-82.

History. Original Rule entitled "Prescription Copies" adopted. F. Oct. 6, 1970; eff. Oct. 26, 1970.

Repealed: New Rule entitled "Prescription Drug Order Copies" adopted. F. Mar. 5, 2003; eff. Mar. 25, 2003.