Nebraska Statutes 38-2847. Verification, defined
(1) Verification means the confirmation by a supervising pharmacist of the accuracy and completeness of the acts, tasks, or functions undertaken by a pharmacy technician to assist the pharmacist in the practice of pharmacy.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 38-2847
- Administer: means to directly apply a drug or device by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or other means to the body of a patient or research subject. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2806
- Dispensing: includes (a) dispensing incident to practice, (b) dispensing pursuant to a delegated dispensing permit, (c) dispensing pursuant to a medical order, and (d) any transfer of a prescription drug or device to a patient or caregiver other than by administering. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2817
- Facility: means a health care facility as defined in section Nebraska Statutes 38-2822
- Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Pharmacist: means any person who is licensed by the State of Nebraska to practice pharmacy. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2832
- Pharmacist intern: means a person who meets the requirements of section Nebraska Statutes 38-2834
- Pharmacy technician: means an individual registered under sections Nebraska Statutes 38-2836
- Practice of pharmacy: means (a) the interpretation, evaluation, and implementation of a medical order, (b) the dispensing of drugs and devices, (c) drug product selection, (d) the administration of drugs or devices, (e) drug utilization review, (f) patient counseling, (g) the provision of pharmaceutical care, (h) medication therapy management, and (i) the responsibility for compounding and labeling of dispensed or repackaged drugs and devices, proper and safe storage of drugs and devices, and maintenance of proper records. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2837
- Prescription: means an order for a drug or device issued by a practitioner for a specific patient, for emergency use, or for use in immunizations. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2840
- Verification: means the confirmation by a supervising pharmacist of the accuracy and completeness of the acts, tasks, or functions undertaken by a pharmacy technician to assist the pharmacist in the practice of pharmacy. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2847
(2) Verification shall occur by a pharmacist on duty in the facility, except that verification may occur by means of a real-time audiovisual communication system if (a) a pharmacy technician performs authorized activities or functions to assist a pharmacist and the prescribed drugs or devices will be administered to persons who are patients or residents of a facility by a credentialed individual authorized to administer medications, (b) a pharmacy technician is engaged in remote dispensing in compliance with section 71-436.02, or (c) all of the following conditions are met: (i) The pharmacist performing the verification is located in Nebraska, (ii) the physical product verification occurs in person at the location where the prescription is prepared, and (iii) the pharmacy maintains manual or electronic records that identify, individually for each order processed, the name, initials, or identification code of each pharmacist, pharmacist intern, or pharmacy technician who took part in all acts, tasks, or functions undertaken to fulfill a prescription.