New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 39 - STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY
Subchapter 7 - DRUG DISPENSING AND PRESCRIPTION RECORDS
Section 13:39-7.21 - Patient counseling
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) Except as provided in (a)5 below, before dispensing a new medication, a pharmacist shall make reasonable efforts to counsel the patient or the patient's caregiver. Counseling may include the following:
(b) The offer to counsel may be made by pharmacy personnel. However, counseling shall be performed only by a pharmacist, or by a pharmacy intern or pharmacy extern under the immediate personal supervision of a pharmacist consistent with the requirements of 13:39-6.2(f)5.
(c) A pharmacist shall not be required to counsel a patient or caregiver when the patient or caregiver refuses such counseling.
(d) If the patient or caregiver is not physically present, the offer to counsel shall be made by telephone or in writing on a separate document accompanying the prescription. A written offer to counsel shall be in bold print, easily read, and shall include the hours a pharmacist is available and a telephone number where a pharmacist may be reached. The telephone service must be available at no cost to the pharmacy's primary patient population.
(e) At the time of dispensing, the pharmacist shall document that counseling was provided or refused.
(f) The requirements of this section shall not apply to a pharmacist who dispenses any drug to an inpatient at a hospital or a long term care facility in which the resident is provided with 24-hour nursing care.