2012 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 36 PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 11. Pharmacies And Pharmacists
§36-11-68 Counseling patients and caregivers--Maintenance of patient records.
36-11-68. Counseling patients and caregivers--Maintenance of patient records. After receipt of a prescription drug order, the pharmacist shall offer to counsel each patient or caregiver who receives a prescribed drug or device from him on matters which in the exercise of the pharmacist's professional judgment the pharmacist deems significant. To this purpose, the pharmacist shall make a reasonable effort to obtain, record, and maintain pertinent patient information. Before January 1, 1993, the board shall establish minimum standards by rules adopted pursuant to chapter 1-26 for counseling patients and caregivers and for maintenance of patient information.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a pharmacist to provide patient counseling for prescribed drugs:
(1) Administered to an inpatient or resident of a health care facility;
(2) Administered by a certified or licensed health professional to registered outpatients of a hospital; or
(3) Provided in less than a seventy-two-hour supply to inpatients or outpatients as a part of the discharge process.
Source: SL 1992, ch 270, § 3.
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