Tennessee Board of Pharmacy Reports on Top Five Compliance Violations

Top Five Board Violations Noted

Following the Board directive to educate registrants on

continuing issues presented for disciplinary action, Executive

Director Reggie Dilliard reported the top five complaints brought

to the Board.

1. Patient counseling (prescription and pseudoephedrine)

2. Pharmacy technician registrations (expired or never

registered), affidavits, and technician registry documents

maintained by the PIC

3. Readily retrievable records (if the PIC is not available, the

pharmacist-on-duty should know where all documents,

including Drug Enforcement Administration biennial

inventory, invoices, technician registry, prescription

records, etc, are)

4. Pharmacists/manufacturers/wholesaler-distributors

unaware of requirements, including notification of

relocation, recognizing board authority, opening oxygen

locations without licensing, etc

5. Proper documentation of verbal orders (ie, they must be

recorded completely with the initials of the pharmacist

or certified pharmacy technician recorded per Board rule)

Fines and/or other discipline may increase if these issues

continue to escalate. The Board advises all registrants to take

note of these violations and correct these issues immediately to

avoid additional consequence
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