Sec.20-635-3. Notification to patient and prescribing practitioner

(a) Unless informed of a prescription error by the prescribing practitioner or the patient, a pharmacist who has discovered or been informed of a prescription error, shall immediately notify the patient and the prescribing practitioner that a prescription error has occurred. If the patient is deceased or unable to fully comprehend the notification of the error, the pharmacist shall notify the patient's caregiver or appropriate family member.

(b) The pharmacist shall communicate to the patient and prescribing practitioner the methods for correcting the error and reducing the negative impact of the error on the patient.

(Adopted effective September 4, 2003)