Pharmacist Law Written 1h

Pharmacists are allowed to decline filling a prescription for appropriate reasons. This course examines reasons pharmacists may or must decline filling a prescription that has been presented, and how it should be handled to minimize legal implications.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this knowledge-based CPE course, pharmacists should be able to:
1. Classify the reasons why a pharmacist might decline a prescription.
2. Review the appropriateness of a pharmacist’s dispensing of a medication that a litigant contends should have been declined by the pharmacist.
3. Describe a policy for accepting or declining prescriptions that present potential legal challenges.

Faculty

David Brushwood, RPh, JD, FAPhA

Senior Lecturer, The University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy
Pharmacy Law Content Developer, CEimpact

Disclosures:

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

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