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LB1171                                                                   LB1171
                                                                     2024
                               LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
                           ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
                                     SECOND SESSION
                       LEGISLATIVE BILL 1171
      Introduced by Hardin, 48.
      Read first time January 11, 2024
      Committee: Health and Human Services
  A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to the Pharmacy Practice Act; to amend section
         38-2847, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2022; to change
        verification requirements for pharmacy technicians; and to repeal
        the original section.
    Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,
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LB1171                                                                                                   LB1171
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         Section 1. Section 38-2847, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement,
     2022, is amended to read:
         38-2847 (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.
         (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, or (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.
         Sec.   2.      Original section     38-2847,        Revised Statutes Cumulative
  Supplement, 2022, is repealed.
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Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 38-2847