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Repackaging of
Medications
Can the nurse pre-fill a weekly or monthly medication planner for the
patient?
In the Alabama Board of Nursing’s
Administrative Code Section 610-X-6-.03(3c) and (4c), the scope of practice
for both the professional nurse and the licensed practical nurse includes “state
and federal statutes and regulations.”
In Alabama Code § 34-23-1(23), Pharmacy and
Pharmacist, a repackager is defined as “A person who purchases or acquires from
a manufacturer or distributor, a drug, medicine, chemical or poison for the
purpose of bottling, labeling or otherwise repackaging for sale or
distribution.” Therefore, a nurse may not take pills from a labeled bottle
dispensed by the pharmacist and repackage them. The nurse may, however, assist
the patient with medication management and provide education concerning the
medications to the patient and/or caregiver who transfers medications from the
labeled bottle to another container. |
