West Virginia Code 30-5-10 – Scope practice for licensed pharmacist;
(a) A licensed pharmacist may:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 30-5-10
- Administer: means the direct application of a drug to the body of a patient or research subject by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
- Device: means an instrument, apparatus, implement or machine, contrivance, implant or other similar or related article, including any component part or accessory, which is required under federal law to bear the label, "Caution: Federal or state law requires dispensing by or on the order of a physician. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
- Drug: means :
(A) Articles recognized as drugs by the United States Food and Drug Administration, or in any official compendium, or supplement. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
- Drug regimen review: includes , but is not limited to, the following activities:
(A) Evaluation of the prescription drug orders and if available, patient records for:
(i) Known allergies. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
- Drug therapy management: means the review of drug therapy regimens of patients by a pharmacist for the purpose of evaluating and rendering advice to a physician regarding adjustment of the regimen in accordance with the collaborative pharmacy practice agreement. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
- Label: means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container of any drug or device. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
- Medication therapy management: is a distinct service or group of services that optimize medication therapeutic outcomes for individual patients. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
- Patient counseling: means the communication by the pharmacist of information, as prescribed further in the rules of the board, to the patient to improve therapy by aiding in the proper use of drugs and devices. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
- Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, or any other legal entity, including government. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
- Pharmacist: means an individual currently licensed by this state to engage in the practice of pharmacist care. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
- Pharmacist Care: means the provision by a pharmacist of patient care activities, with or without the dispensing of drugs or devices, intended to achieve outcomes related to the cure or prevention of a disease, elimination, or reduction of a patient's symptoms, or arresting or slowing of a disease process and as provided for in section ten. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
- Pharmacy: means any place within this state where drugs are dispensed and pharmacist care is provided and any place outside of this state where drugs are dispensed and pharmacist care is provided to residents of this state. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
(1) Provide care related to the interpretation, evaluation, and implementation of medical orders;
(2) Dispense of prescription drug orders; participate in drug and device selection;
(3) Provide drug administration;
(4) Provide drug regimen review;
(5) Provide drug or drug-related research;
(6) Perform patient counseling;
(7) Provide pharmacy related primary care;
(8) Provide pharmacist care in all areas of patient care, including collaborative pharmacy practice;
(9) Compound and label drugs and drug devices;
(10) Proper and safe storage of drugs and devices;
(11) Maintain proper records;
(12) Provide patient counseling concerning the therapeutic value and proper use of drugs and devices;
(13) Order laboratory tests in accordance with drug therapy management; and
(14) Provide medication therapy management.
(b) A licensee meeting the requirements as promulgated by legislative rule may administer immunizations.
(c) The sale of any medicine, if the contents of its container, or any part thereof, taken at one time, are likely to prove poisonous, deleterious, or habit-forming is prohibited by any person other than a registered pharmacist, who shall take precautions to acquaint the purchaser of the nature of the medicine at the time of sale.