Disclaimer: This article was published in 2018 and reflects the information available at that time.
  When a prescription is dispensed, the Pharmacy Board expects that the pharmacist responsible for the script can be identified. It is common practice in many dispensaries to have multiple pharmacists involved in the dispensing of a single item. One pharmacist or technician may input the information, another may assemble the prescription, while a third could do the final check and clear the script for collection. In this scenario, the initials of the pharmacist entered into the computer originally will not necessarily reflect who does the final check and is therefore responsible f…

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