§ 38-2801 Act, how cited
§ 38-2802 Definitions, where found
§ 38-2803 Accredited hospital or clinic, defined
§ 38-2804 Accredited pharmacy program, defined
§ 38-2805 Accredited school or college of pharmacy, defined
§ 38-2805.01 Accrediting body, defined
§ 38-2806 Administer, defined
§ 38-2807 Administration, defined
§ 38-2807.01 Bioequivalent, defined
§ 38-2807.02 Biological product, defined
§ 38-2807.03 Brand name, defined
§ 38-2808 Board, defined
§ 38-2808.01 Calculated expiration date, defined
§ 38-2809 Caregiver, defined
§ 38-2810 Chart order, defined
§ 38-2810.01 Chemically equivalent, defined
§ 38-2811 Compounding, defined
§ 38-2812 Delegated dispensing, defined
§ 38-2813 Deliver or delivery, defined
§ 38-2814 Device, defined
§ 38-2815 Dialysis drug or device distributor, defined
§ 38-2816 Dialysis drug or device distributor worker, defined
§ 38-2817 Dispense or dispensing, defined
§ 38-2818 Distribute, defined
§ 38-2818.01 Drug sample or sample medication;defined
§ 38-2818.02 Drug product, defined
§ 38-2818.03 Drug product select, defined
§ 38-2819 Drugs, medicines, and medicinal substances, defined
§ 38-2820 Electronic signature, defined
§ 38-2821 Electronic transmission, defined
§ 38-2821.01 Equivalent, defined
§ 38-2822 Facility, defined
§ 38-2823 Facsimile, defined
§ 38-2823.01 Generic name, defined
§ 38-2824 Graduate pharmacy education or approved program, defined
§ 38-2825 Hospital, defined
§ 38-2825.01 Hospital pharmacy, defined
§ 38-2825.02 Interchangeable biological product, defined
§ 38-2826 Labeling, defined
§ 38-2826.01 Long-term care facility, defined
§ 38-2826.02 Medical gas, defined
§ 38-2826.03 Medical gas device, defined
§ 38-2828 Medical order, defined
§ 38-2829 Nonprescription drugs, defined
§ 38-2830 Patient counseling, defined
§ 38-2831 Pharmaceutical care, defined
§ 38-2832 Pharmacist, defined
§ 38-2833 Pharmacist in charge, defined
§ 38-2834 Pharmacist intern, defined
§ 38-2835 Pharmacy, defined
§ 38-2836 Pharmacy technician, defined
§ 38-2836.01 Practice agreement, defined
§ 38-2837 Practice of pharmacy, defined
§ 38-2838 Practitioner, defined
§ 38-2839 Prescribe, defined
§ 38-2840 Prescription, defined
§ 38-2841 Prescriptiondrug or device or legend drug or device, defined
§ 38-2842 Public health clinic, defined
§ 38-2843 Public health clinic worker, defined
§ 38-2843.01 Repackage, defined
§ 38-2843.02 Remote dispensing, defined
§ 38-2843.03 Remote dispensing pharmacy, defined
§ 38-2843.04 Supervising pharmacy, defined
§ 38-2844 Signature, defined
§ 38-2845 Supervision, defined
§ 38-2845.01 Telepharmacy, defined
§ 38-2846 Temporary educational permit, defined
§ 38-2846.01 Validation, defined
§ 38-2847 Verification, defined
§ 38-2848 Written protocol, defined
§ 38-2849 Board; membership; qualifications
§ 38-2850 Pharmacy; practice; persons excepted
§ 38-2851 Pharmacist; license; requirements
§ 38-2852 Examinations; grade
§ 38-2854 Pharmacist intern;qualifications; registration; powers
§ 38-2855 Pharmacy; temporary educational permits; issuance
§ 38-2856 Temporary educational permit; practice pharmacy; conditions
§ 38-2857 Temporary educational permit; issuance; when
§ 38-2858 Holder of temporary educational permit; rules and regulations; applicability
§ 38-2859 Temporary educational permit; period valid; renewal
§ 38-2860 Temporary educational permit
§ 38-2861 Temporary educational permit; serve in approved program; application; contents
§ 38-2862 Temporary educational permit; recommendation for issuance; by whom
§ 38-2863 Temporary educational permit; fee
§ 38-2864 Temporary educational permit; disciplinary actions; appeal
§ 38-2865 Holder; temporary educational permit; receive license; when
§ 38-2866 Pharmacist; powers
§ 38-2866.01 Pharmacist; supervision of pharmacy technicians and pharmacist interns
§ 38-2867 Pharmacy; scope of practice; prohibited acts; violation; penalty
§ 38-2867.01 Authority to compound; standards; labeling; prohibited acts
§ 38-2867.02 Pharmacist in charge of hospital pharmacy; duties
§ 38-2867.03 Pharmacist; practice agreement; notice; contents; form; pharmacist intern participation
§ 38-2868 Pharmacist; patient information; privileged
§ 38-2869 Prospective drug utilization review; counseling; requirements
§ 38-2870 Prescriptions for controlled substances; requirements; medical order; duration; dispensing; transmission
§ 38-2871 Prescription information; transfer; requirements
§ 38-2872 Delegated dispensing agreements; authorized
§ 38-2873 Delegated dispensingpermit; requirements
§ 38-2874 Delegated dispensing site; inspection; requirements; fees
§ 38-2875 Delegated dispensing permit; complaint; investigation; costs
§ 38-2876 Delegated dispensing permit; disciplinary actions
§ 38-2877 Delegated dispensing permit; denial or disciplinary actions; notice; hearing; procedure
§ 38-2878 Delegated dispensing permit; orders authorized; civil penalty
§ 38-2879 Delegated dispensing permit; revocation or suspension; procedure; appeal
§ 38-2880 Delegated dispensing permit; criminal charges; when
§ 38-2881 Delegated dispensing permit; formularies
§ 38-2882 Delegated dispensing permit; delegating pharmacist; duties
§ 38-2883 Delegated dispensing permit; liability; when
§ 38-2884 Delegated dispensing permit; public health clinic; dispensing requirements
§ 38-2885 Delegated dispensing permit; worker; qualifications
§ 38-2886 Delegated dispensing permit; workers;training; requirements; documentation
§ 38-2887 Delegated dispensing permit; worker; proficiency demonstration; supervision; liability
§ 38-2888 Delegated dispensing permit; licensedhealth care professionals; training required
§ 38-2889 Delegated dispensing permit; advisorycommittees; authorized
§ 38-2890 Pharmacy technicians; registration; requirements; certification
§ 38-2891 Pharmacy technicians; authorized functions and tasks
§ 38-2891.01 Pharmacy technician; validate acts, tasks, and functions of pharmacy technician; policies and procedures
§ 38-2892 Pharmacy technicians; responsibility for supervision and performance
§ 38-2893 Pharmacy TechnicianRegistry; created; contents
§ 38-2894 Pharmacy technician; registration; disciplinary measures; procedure; Licensee Assistance Program; participation
§ 38-2895 Pharmacy technician; discipline against supervising pharmacist; enforcement orders
§ 38-2896 Pharmacy technician; reapplication for registration; lifting of disciplinary sanction
§ 38-2897 Duty to report impaired practitioner; immunity
§ 38-2898 Fees
§ 38-2899 Rules and regulations
§ 38-28,100 Department; drugs and devices; powers; appeal
§ 38-28,101 Pharmacy inspector
§ 38-28,102 Prescribing practitioner; loss of ability to prescribe; effect on validity of prescription; pharmacist; use professional judgment; applicability
§ 38-28,103 Violation; penalty
§ 38-28,104 Prescription; contents
§ 38-28,105 Chart order; contents
§ 38-28,106 Communication of prescription, chart order, or refill authorization; limitation
§ 38-28,107 Collection or return of dispensed drugs and devices; conditions; fee; liability; professional disciplinary action

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes > Pharmacy Practice Act

  • Accredited hospital or clinic: means a hospital or clinic approved by the board. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2803
  • Accredited school or college of pharmacy: means a school or college of pharmacy or a department of pharmacy of a university approved by the board pursuant to section 38-2804. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2805
  • Accrediting body: means an entity recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to provide accrediting services for the Medicare Part B Home Medical Equipment Services Benefit. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2805.01
  • Acquire: when used in connection with a grant of power or property right to any person shall include the purchase, grant, gift, devise, bequest, and obtaining by eminent domain. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • active practice of pharmacy: means the performance of the functions set out in this section by a pharmacist as his or her principal or ordinary occupation. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2837
  • 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
  • Administration: means the act of (1) administering, (2) keeping a record of such activity, and (3) observing, monitoring, reporting, and otherwise taking appropriate action regarding desired effect, side effect, interaction, and contraindication associated with administering the drug or device. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2807
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • An accredited pharmacy program: means one approved by the board upon the recommendation of the accrediting committee of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2804
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Attorney: shall mean attorney at law. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Bioequivalent: means drug products: (1) That are legally marketed under regulations promulgated by the federal Food and Drug Administration. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2807.01
  • Board: means the Board of Pharmacy. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2808
  • Brand name: means the proprietary or trade name selected by the manufacturer, distributor, or packager for a drug product and placed upon the labeling of such product at the time of packaging. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2807.03
  • Calculated expiration date: means the expiration date on the manufacturer's, packager's, or distributor's container or one year from the date the drug or device is repackaged, whichever is earlier. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2808.01
  • Caregiver: means any person acting as an agent on behalf of a patient or any person aiding and assisting a patient. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2809
  • Chart order: means an order for a drug or device issued by a practitioner for a patient who is in the hospital or long-term care facility where the chart is stored or for a patient receiving detoxification treatment or maintenance treatment pursuant to section 28-412. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2810
  • Chemically equivalent: means drug products that contain amounts of the identical therapeutically active ingredients in the identical strength, quantity, and dosage form and that meet present compendial standards. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2810.01
  • Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Company shall: include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Compounding: means the preparation of components into a drug product. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2811
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Delegated dispensing: means the practice of pharmacy by which one or more pharmacists have jointly agreed, on a voluntary basis, to work in conjunction with one or more persons pursuant to sections 38-2872 to 38-2889 under a protocol which provides that such person may perform certain dispensing functions authorized by the pharmacist or pharmacists under certain specified conditions and limitations. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2812
  • Deliver or delivery: means to actually, constructively, or attempt to transfer a drug or device from one person to another, whether or not for consideration. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2813
  • Device: means an instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar or related article, including any component, part, or accessory, which is prescribed by a practitioner and dispensed by a pharmacist or other person authorized by law to do so. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2814
  • Dialysis drug or device distributor: means a manufacturer or wholesaler who provides dialysis drugs, solutions, supplies, or devices, to persons with chronic kidney failure for self-administration at the person's home or specified address, pursuant to a prescription. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2815
  • Dialysis drug or device distributor worker: means a person working for a dialysis drug or device distributor with a delegated dispensing permit who has completed the approved training and has demonstrated proficiency to perform the task or tasks of assembling, labeling, or delivering drugs or devices pursuant to a prescription. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2816
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dispense or dispensing: means interpreting, evaluating, and implementing a medical order, including preparing and delivering a drug or device to a patient or caregiver in a suitable container appropriately labeled for subsequent administration to, or use by, a patient. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2817
  • 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
  • Distribute: means to deliver a drug or device, other than by administering or dispensing. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2818
  • Domestic: when applied to corporations shall mean all those created by authority of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Drug product: means any drug or device as defined in section 38-2841. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2818.02
  • Electronic transmission: means transmission of information in electronic form. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2821
  • Equivalent: means drug products that are both chemically equivalent and bioequivalent. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2821.01
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Facility: means a health care facility as defined in section 71-413. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2822
  • Facsimile: means a copy generated by a system that encodes a document or photograph into electrical signals, transmits those signals over telecommunications lines, and reconstructs the signals to create an exact duplicate of the original document at the receiving end. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2823
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Foreign: when applied to corporations shall include all those created by authority other than that of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
  • Generic name: means the official title of a drug or drug combination as determined by the United States Adopted Names Council and accepted by the federal Food and Drug Administration of those drug products having the same active chemical ingredients in the same strength and quantity. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2823.01
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Graduate pharmacy education or approved program: means a period of supervised educational training by a graduate of an accredited school or college of pharmacy, which training has been approved by the board. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2824
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Hospital pharmacy: means each facility licensed as a hospital in which the compounding, preparation for administration, or dispensing of drugs or devices pursuant to a chart order occurs for patients within the confines of the hospital with oversight by a pharmacist in charge. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2825.01
  • Interchangeable biological product: means a biological product that the federal Food and Drug Administration:

    (1) Has licensed and has determined meets the standards for interchangeability pursuant to 42 U. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2825.02

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
  • Juror: A person who is on the jury.
  • Labeling: means the process of preparing and affixing a label to any drug container or device container, exclusive of the labeling by a manufacturer, packager, or distributor of a nonprescription drug or commercially packaged legend drug or device. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2826
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Long-term care facility: means an intermediate care facility, an intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities, a long-term care hospital, a mental health substance use treatment center, a nursing facility, or a skilled nursing facility, as such terms are defined in the Health Care Facility Licensure Act. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2826.01
  • Magistrate: shall include judge of the county court and clerk magistrate. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Medical gas: means oxygen in liquid or gaseous form intended for human consumption. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2826.02
  • Medical gas device: means a medical device associated with the administration of medical gas. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2826.03
  • Medical order: means a prescription, a chart order, or an order for pharmaceutical care issued by a practitioner. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2828
  • Month: shall mean calendar month. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Nonprescription drugs: means nonnarcotic medicines or drugs which may be sold without a medical order and which are prepackaged for use by the consumer and labeled in accordance with the requirements of the laws and regulations of this state and the federal government. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2829
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Patient counseling: means the verbal communication by a pharmacist, pharmacist intern, or practitioner, in a manner reflecting dignity and the right of the patient to a reasonable degree of privacy, of information to the patient or caregiver in order to improve therapeutic outcomes by maximizing proper use of prescription drugs and devices and also includes the duties set out in section 38-2869. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2830
  • Peace officer: shall include sheriffs, coroners, jailers, marshals, police officers, state highway patrol officers, members of the National Guard on active service by direction of the Governor during periods of emergency, and all other persons with similar authority to make arrests. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • 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
  • 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
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Pharmaceutical care: includes the process through which the pharmacist works in concert with the patient and his or her caregiver, physician, or other professionals in designing, implementing, and monitoring a therapeutic plan that will produce specific therapeutic outcomes for the patient. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2831
  • Pharmacist: means any person who is licensed by the State of Nebraska to practice pharmacy. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2832
  • Pharmacist in charge: means a pharmacist who is designated on a pharmacy license or a remote dispensing pharmacy license or designated by a hospital as being responsible for the practice of pharmacy in the pharmacy for which a pharmacy license or a remote dispensing pharmacy license is issued or in a hospital pharmacy and who works within the physical confines of such pharmacy or hospital pharmacy, except that the pharmacist in charge is not required to work within the physical confines of a remote dispensing pharmacy unless otherwise required by law. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2833
  • Pharmacist intern: means a person who meets the requirements of section 38-2854. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2834
  • Pharmacy technician: means an individual registered under sections 38-2890 to 38-2897. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2836
  • Practice agreement: means a document signed by a pharmacist and a practitioner with independent prescribing authority, in which the pharmacist agrees to design, implement, and monitor a therapeutic plan based on a written protocol. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2836.01
  • 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
  • Practitioner: means a certified registered nurse anesthetist, a certified nurse midwife, a dentist, an optometrist, a nurse practitioner, a physician assistant, a physician, a podiatrist, or a veterinarian. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2838
  • Prescribe: means to issue a medical order. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2839
  • 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
  • Prescription drug or device or legend drug or device does not: include a type of device, including supplies and device components, which carries the federal Food and Drug Administration legend "Caution: Federal law restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a licensed health care practitioner" or an alternative legend approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration which it recognizes, in published guidance, as conveying essentially the same message. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2841
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Process: shall mean a summons, subpoena, or notice to appear issued out of a court in the course of judicial proceedings. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Public health clinic: means the department, any county, city-county, or multicounty health department, or any private not-for-profit family planning clinic licensed as a health clinic as defined in section 71-416. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2842
  • Public health clinic worker: means a person in a public health clinic with a delegated dispensing permit who has completed the approved training and has demonstrated proficiency to perform the task of dispensing authorized refills of contraceptives pursuant to a written prescription. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2843
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Repackage: means the act of taking a drug product from the container in which it was distributed by the manufacturer and placing it into a different container without further manipulation of the drug. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2843.01
  • Signature: means the name, word, or mark of a person written in his or her own hand with the intent to authenticate a writing or other form of communication or a digital signature which complies with section 86-611 or an electronic signature. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2844
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Supervision: means the personal guidance and direction by a pharmacist of the performance by a pharmacy technician of authorized activities or functions subject to (1) verification by such pharmacist or (2) validation by a certified pharmacy technician subject to section 38-2891. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2845
  • Sworn: shall include affirmed in all cases in which an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Telepharmacy: means the provision of pharmacist care, by a pharmacist located within the United States, using telecommunications, remote order entry, or other automations and technologies to deliver care to patients or their agents who are located at sites other than where the pharmacist is located. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2845.01
  • Temporary educational permit: means a permit to practice pharmacy in a supervised educational program approved by the board. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2846
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: shall include territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Validation: means the action of a certified pharmacy technician checking the accuracy and completeness of the acts, tasks, or functions undertaken by another certified pharmacy technician as provided in section 38-2891. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2846.01
  • 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
  • Written protocol: means a written template, agreed to by pharmacists and practitioners with independent prescribing authority, working in concert, which directs how the pharmacists will implement and monitor a therapeutic plan. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2848
  • Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801