A patient profile record system shall be maintained in all pharmacies for persons for whom prescriptions are dispensed. The patient profile record system shall be devised to enable the immediate retrieval of information necessary for the dispensing pharmacist to identify previously dispensed medication at the time a prescription is presented for dispensing. One profile record or document may be maintained for all members of a family living at the same address and possessing the same family name. The following information shall be recorded:

1. 1. Name The family name and the first name of the person for whom the medication is intended;

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2. 2. Address The address to correspond to the name in subsection 1;

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3. 3. Age group An indication of the patient's age group, that is, infant, child or adult;

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4. 4. Original date of dispensing The original date the medication is dispensed pursuant to the receipt of a practitioner's prescription;

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5. 5. Prescription identification The number or designation identifying the prescription;

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6. 6. Prescriber's name The name of the person prescribing the drug or device;

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7. 7. Drug information The name, strength and quantity of the drug; and

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8. 8. Initials of pharmacist; date of refill The initials of the dispensing pharmacist and the date of dispensing the medication as a renewal or refill, if those initials and that date are not recorded on the back of the original prescription.

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PL 1987, c. 710, §5 (NEW). PL 1999, c. 130, §13 (AMD).