Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 535 - Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy
Chapter 15 - Pharmacies
Subchapter 13 - Pharmacy Supportive Personnel
Section 535:15-13-6 - Duties

(1) retrieval tasks such as retrieving prescriptions or files as necessary;

(2) clerical tasks such as data entry, typing labels and maintaining patient profiles;

(3) secretarial tasks such as telephoning, filing, and typing;

(4) accounting tasks such as record keeping, maintaining accounts receivables, third party billing and posting;

(5) inventory control tasks including monitoring, pricing, dating, invoicing, stocking pharmacy, and preparation of purchase orders; and

(6) help maintain a clean and orderly pharmacy.

(1) count and/or pour medications;

(2) prepackage (e.g. unit dose) and properly label medications;

(3) affix the prescription label to the proper container;

(4) affix auxiliary labels to the container as directed by the pharmacist;

(5) reconstitution of medications (i.e. liquid antibiotics);

(6) bulk compounding, including such items as non-sterile topical compounds, sterile bulk solutions for small volume injectables, sterile irrigation solutions and products prepared in relatively large volume for internal or external use. Documentation of a system of in-process and final checks and controls must be developed or approved by the certifying pharmacist and carefully and systematically enforced;

(7) Technician training and requirements for technician participation in non-sterile compounding is described in 535:15-10-3(a) - (h).

(8) Technician training and requirements for technician participation in sterile compounding is described in 535:15-10-52(a) - (h).

(9) any duties auxiliary personnel are allowed to perform;

(10) assist the pharmacist in the annual CDS inventory. The pharmacist remains responsible for completeness and accuracy; and,

(11) take verbal authorizations from licensed prescriber or licensed prescriber's authorized agent (when allowed) for refill of non-controlled prescriptions with no changes to strength or directionsand,

(12) fill "Modified unit dose distribution systems", "Automated dispensing systems" and/or "Unit dose distribution systems".