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I don't have much experience in retail pharmacy, so I need some expertise help from retail pharmacists regarding some MPJE questions that have been boggling my mind. Please help if you can!
1. So, I know that actual counseling and an offer to counsel is NOT the same thing. So what is an offer to counsel? I know pharmacists can offer to counsel. But can pharmacy technicians also offer to counsel? In the law book, it says "pharmacist's designee can offer to counsel" but I don't really know who pharmacist's designee includes.
2. When a pharmacy technician asks a patient whether they have any questions for the pharmacist about their medications, is that an offer to counsel? And is that appropriate (are pharm techs allowed to provide an offer to counsel)?
3. C-II controlled substances cannot be refilled. With that in mind, if a prescriber writes a prescription for a 30 day supply with 1 refill, should the pharmacist dispense the 30 day supply only or 60 day supply (total prescription amount)?
1. So, I know that actual counseling and an offer to counsel is NOT the same thing. So what is an offer to counsel? I know pharmacists can offer to counsel. But can pharmacy technicians also offer to counsel? In the law book, it says "pharmacist's designee can offer to counsel" but I don't really know who pharmacist's designee includes.
2. When a pharmacy technician asks a patient whether they have any questions for the pharmacist about their medications, is that an offer to counsel? And is that appropriate (are pharm techs allowed to provide an offer to counsel)?
3. C-II controlled substances cannot be refilled. With that in mind, if a prescriber writes a prescription for a 30 day supply with 1 refill, should the pharmacist dispense the 30 day supply only or 60 day supply (total prescription amount)?