As Amended by Senate Committee
Session of 2000
SENATE BILL No. 598
By Committee on Public Health and Welfare
2-9
10 AN ACT relating
to pharmacy technicians; amending K.S.A. 1999 Supp.
11 65-1642 and repealing
the existing section.
12
13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
14 Section
1. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 65-1642 is hereby amended to read as
15 follows: 65-1642. (a) Each pharmacy shall
be equipped with proper phar-
16 maceutical utensils, in order that
prescriptions can be properly filled and
17 United States pharmacopoeia and national
formulary preparations prop-
18 erly compounded, and with proper sanitary
appliances which shall be kept
19 in a clean and orderly manner. The board
shall prescribe the minimum
20 of such professional and technical
equipment which a pharmacy shall at
21 all times possess.
22 (b)
(1) Each pharmacy shall at all times maintain a list of the
names
23 of pharmacy technicians employed by the
pharmacy and shall post in a
24 conspicuous location in the prescription
area of the pharmacy the name
25 of the pharmacy technician currently on
duty at the pharmacy, if any. A
26 pharmacy technician shall work under the
direct supervision and control
27 of a pharmacist. It shall be the
responsibility of the pharmacist to deter-
28 mine that the pharmacy technician is in
compliance with the applicable
29 rules and regulations of the board, and the
pharmacist who supervises a
30 pharmacy technician shall be responsible
for the acts and omissions of
31 the pharmacy technician in the performance
of the pharmacy technician's
32 duties. The ratio of pharmacy technicians
to pharmacists in the prescrip-
33 tion area of a pharmacy shall not exceed a
two-to-one ratio except that
34 the board may establish by rules and
regulations a ratio greater than two
35 pharmacy technicians for each pharmacist
in the prescription area of a
36 pharmacy.
37 (2) The board
shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary
38 to ensure that pharmacy technicians are
adequately trained as to the na-
39 ture and scope of their lawful duties.
Pursuant to rules and regulations
40 of the board, each pharmacy
technician shall register with the board and
41 the responsible pharmacist shall
provide sufficient information to identify
42 the registrant.
At the time a pharmacy registers with the board:
(1)
43 The pharmacist in charge shall
provide to the board the name, ad-
2
1 dress and date of birth of each
pharmacy technician employed by
2 the pharmacy; and (2) a
pharmacy which employs a pharmacy tech-
3 nician or technicians shall pay
to the board a $20 pharmacy tech-
4 nician register fee. The
pharmacist in charge shall report to the
5 board the name, address and
date of birth of any newly hired phar-
6 macy technician and the name of
any pharmacy technician who has
7 ceased to be employed by the
pharmacy within 10 days of hiring a
8 pharmacy technician or within
10 days of the cessation of employ-
9 ment of a pharmacy
technician.
10 (c) Each pharmacy
shall keep a suitable book or file which records
11 every prescription order filled at the
pharmacy and a medication profile
12 record system as provided under subsection
(d). The book or file of pre-
13 scription orders shall be kept for a period
of not less than five years. The
14 book or file of prescription orders shall
at all times be open to inspection
15 by members of the board, the secretary of
health and environment, the
16 duly authorized agents or employees of such
board or secretary and other
17 proper authorities.
18 (d) (1) A
medication profile record system shall be maintained in all
19 pharmacies for persons for whom
prescriptions are dispensed. The fol-
20 lowing information shall be recorded: (A)
The name and address of the
21 patient for whom the medication is
intended; (B) the prescriber's name,
22 the original date the prescription is
dispensed and the number or desig-
23 nation identifying the prescription; (C)
the name, strength and quantity
24 of the drug dispensed and the name of the
dispensing pharmacist; and
25 (D) drug allergies and sensitivities.
26 (2) Upon receipt
of a prescription order, the pharmacist shall examine
27 the patient's medication profile record
before dispensing the medication
28 to determine the possibility of a harmful
drug interaction or reaction to
29 medication. Upon recognizing a potential
harmful drug interaction or
30 reaction to the medication, the pharmacist
shall take appropriate action
31 to avoid or minimize the problem which
shall, if necessary, include con-
32 sultation with the prescriber with
documentation of actions taken on the
33 prescription record.
34 (3) A medication
profile record shall be maintained for a period of
35 not less than five years from the date of
the last entry in the record.
36 (4) All
prescription drug orders communicated by way of electronic
37 transmission shall conform to federal and
state laws and the provisions of
38 the board's rules and regulations.
39 (e) No
registration shall be issued or continued for the conduct of a
40 pharmacy until or unless the provisions of
this section have been complied
41 with.
42 Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1999 Supp.
65-1642 is hereby repealed.
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1 Sec. 3. This act
shall take effect and be in force from and after its
2 publication in the statute book.