<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:51:22:05"><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0-000000">20:51:22:05</span></a><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0-000001">.  Support personnel.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0"> </span><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">Pharmacy s</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">upport personnel are those persons other than a licensed pharmacist, a </span><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">certified</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0"> pharmacy intern, or a registered pharmacy technician, who may perform </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">delivery, billing, custodial, maintenance, clerical, or other </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">nontechnical duties assigned by the pharmacist under the pharmacist's </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">general </span><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">supervision.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">    </span><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">Appropriately trained pharmacy support personnel may perform the following nontechnical functions involving the handling of prescription drugs, delegated to them by the pharmacist</span><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">    (1)  </span><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">Placing a prescription container into a bag or sack for delivery to the patient as part of the sales transaction after the accuracy of the prescription has been verified by the pharmacist</span><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">    (2)  </span><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">Opening drug shipments and affixing appropriate inventory or price stickers to drug stock bottles or containers</span><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">    (3)  </span><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">Answering telephones and filing processed, hard-copy prescriptions and other pharmacy records</span><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">    (4)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">Receiving a </span><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">patient's</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0"> request for a prescription refill, excluding the processing of the refill request; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">    (5)  </span><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">Delivering drugs to patient care areas, long-term care facilities, patient residences, or patient employment locations, excluding the restocking of automated medication distribution systems</span><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">    </span><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0"> 31 SDR 35, effective September 19, 2004</span><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">; 50 SDR 138, effective June 2, 2024; 53 SDR 13, effective August 16, 2026</span><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">    </span><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-11"><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0-000003">36-11-11</span></a><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">(1).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">    </span><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-1"><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0-000003">36-11-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-2.2"><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0-000003">36-11-2.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-10"><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0-000003">36-11-10</span></a><span class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8a3ede9-fab6-43db-a67c-bd72de973298000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>