# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 34 — Board of Pharmacy

### Chapter 21 — Standard of Practice for Unlicensed Personnel

#### Regulation .03 Duties of the Permit Holder.

*COMAR 10.34.21.03*

The permit holder shall:

A. Determine which operational support tasks the pharmacist may assign unlicensed personnel to perform in the prescription area;

B. Ensure that unlicensed personnel:

  (1) Receive appropriate training for the tasks that the pharmacist assigns unlicensed personnel to perform in the prescription area;

  (2) Receive training that will enable unlicensed personnel to understand how the provisions of Health-General Article, Title 4, Subtitle 3, Annotated Code of Maryland, apply to:

    (a) Prescription records, and

    (b) The requirements for confidentiality of patient specific information; and

  (3) When performing tasks in the prescription area, maintain proper:

    (a) Sanitation;

    (b) Hygiene;

    (c) Biohazard precautions; and

    (d) Infection control; and

C. Ensure that unlicensed personnel are clearly identified to the consumer.