Section 20-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] [Effective 10/1/2024] Clerk registration(a) Except for an individual who is otherwise registered with, or licensed by, the department under chapter 400j of the general statutes, each individual who will physically work in an area of a pharmacy or institutional pharmacy where controlled substances or other legend drugs are dispensed by, or under the supervision of, a pharmacist shall register with the department as a clerk in accordance with the provisions of this section. For the purposes of this section, an institutional pharmacy shall not be deemed to include any patient care area or automated prescription dispensing machine that is located outside of the area commonly known as the pharmacy.(b)(1) The department shall register as a clerk any individual who submits to the department, in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, (A) a complete application for registration as a clerk, and (B) the application fee required in section 20-601 of the general statutes.(2) Each clerk registration issued under this section shall be issued in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, shall be valid for two years and may be renewed for successive two-year periods upon application and payment of the renewal fee required in section 20-601 of the general statutes.(3) The department shall not refuse to issue any clerk registration under this section, or refuse to renew any clerk registration issued under this section, because the applicant for such registration or renewal has been convicted of a felony, unless such refusal is rendered in accordance with the provisions of section 46a-80 of the general statutes.(c) A clerk may, under the direct supervision of a pharmacist, (1) handle dispensed drugs and deliver such drugs to patients, (2) collect patient demographic information, (3) collect a prescription number for the purposes of a refill, (4) deliver a drug to an automated prescription dispensing machine or other care-giving area within a care-giving institution or within a correctional or juvenile training institution, (5) perform the duties of a cashier, including, but not limited to, receiving payment for dispensed drugs, (6) conduct inventory management, (7) return to stock any product used to fill a prescription but not sold to a patient, and (8) perform any other duties set forth in regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (e) of this section.(d) No clerk shall (1) review any drug to determine whether such drug is an appropriate treatment, (2) verify the accuracy of the prescription data entered into an electronic data processing system used by a pharmacy, an original prescription, the contents of a prescription label or the contents of a prescription container, (3) perform any task that requires any professional pharmaceutical judgment, or (4) participate in order entry.(e) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to implement the provisions of this section, including, but not limited to, regulations establishing additional requirements for registration as a clerk.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-NEW
Added by P.A. 24-0073,S. 3 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2024 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2024.