Pharmacist Ethics | Law Written 1 credit hour

Pharmacies have been sued by prescribers for defamation based on perceived insults allegedly verbalized by pharmacy personnel when discussing prescription refusals with patients. This course examines a strategy and appropriate language to use when a patient requests justification for declining to fill a controlled substance prescription.

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$99.00 / year

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this knowledge-based CPE course, pharmacists should be able to:
1. Discuss the pharmacist’s responsibility to screen controlled substance prescriptions and the circumstances in which controlled substance prescriptions must be declined.
2. Identify safe language to use when explaining to a patient why a controlled substance prescription must be declined.
3. Describe a strategy for the avoidance of derogatory and potentially defamatory language about the prescriber of controlled substances.

Faculty

David Brushwood, RPh, JD, FAPhA

Disclosures:

David Brushwood has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

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