Essentials of Law and Ethics for Pharmacy Technicians

The legal system in the United States
Overview and objectives
Legislation, regulation, and interpretation
Criminal versus civil law
Sample questions for student review

History and development of current law
Overview and objectives
Into the twentieth century
Sample questions for student review

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938
Overview and objectives
Adulteration
Misbranding
Drug samples
Investigational new drugs
New drug applications
The Drug Price Competition and Patent-Term Restoration Act of 1984
The Orphan Drug Act of 1983
Prescribing requirements and restrictions
Dispensing requirements and restrictions
Drug pedigrees
Sample questions for student review

Federal Controlled Substance Act of 1970
Overview and objectives
Control schedules
Registration
Obtaining controlled substances
Record keeping
Prescribing requirements and restrictions
Fax requirements and restrictions
Dispensing requirements and restrictions
Reporting theft
Sample questions for student review

Other pertinent federal legislation
Overview and objectives
The Health Information Portability and Accountability Act
The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act
The United States Pharmacopoeia/Chapter 797 Guidelines
Sample questions for student review

Ethics theory and application
Overview and objectives
The development of pharmaceutical ethical considerations
Code of ethics background and progression
Pharmacy — a respected tradition
Pharmacy-related relationships
Communicating professionally in an information age
Patient’s rights
Modern controversial issues
Sample questions for student review

Appendix 1: Addresses and websites of board of pharmacy executives
Appendix 2: Addresses and websites of pertinent pharmacy organizations
Appendix 3: List of accredited pharmacy technician programs
Appendix 4: Sample DEA forms
Appendix 5: Legal standing of pharmacy technicians
Appendix 6: Legal status of fax prescriptions
Appendix 7: Legal status of electronic transmission of prescriptions
Appendix 8: Who has prescribing authority

Biography

Kenneth M. Strandberg is the program director of the Pharmacy Technician Program at the North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, North Dakota, a position he has held since 1994. This program has certificate and associate degree options, both available via on-campus and distance-learning options (both paper-based and web-based). Since 1988, he has also been an adjunct professor of pharmacy practice at North Dakota State University in Fargo and an adjunct assistant professor of medicine at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine in Grand Forks. He retired as the pharmacy department manager at a Veterans Administration hospital and clinic, and is now the associate director for scientific applications at Cetero Research, a pharmaceutical research firm. He received his BS in pharmacy in 1974 and MBA in 1984, both from North Dakota State University.

Erin E. Miller is a pharmacy resident at a Veterans Affairs hospital and clinic. She received her Pharm.D. in 2010 from North Dakota State University. She is a member of the American Pharmacists Association and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and an alumna of Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity.

Praise for previous editions:

"I highly recommend this book to pharmacy technician educators, as it is an excellent reference guide. The book also gives information that is helpful in lectures. The author’s purpose for the book—to provide information aimed directly at the pharmacy technician—has been met in an easy-to-read and understandable format."

—Judith Neville, Program Director, Vatterott College, in Pharmacy Technology, Nov/Dec 2007, Vol. 23