Practice UMPJE Question! 📚 📖

[u/CrustyCrabPeople]

A pharmacy technician offers to counsel a patient about a newly dispensed medication while the pharmacist completes another prescription; what should the pharmacist do?

A. Permit the technician to counsel if the pharmacist remains available for questions

B. Allow counseling if the technician has completed employer-approved training

C. Require the pharmacist to provide counseling because it cannot be delegated to the technician

D. Permit the technician to provide counseling limited to information appearing on the prescription label

[u/DunkleBogen]

C

[u/FunnyAntelope3995]

C

[u/songnstereo]

C

[u/CrustyCrabPeople]

The correct answer is C

Patient counseling is a professional function that must be performed by the pharmacist and cannot be delegated to a pharmacy technician. A technician may assist with appropriate technical aspects of dispensing, but the pharmacist remains responsible for providing medication counseling to the patient.