Law & The Technician
The lead agency for enforcement of the Controlled Substance Act.
What is DEA
Drugs that do not require a prescription.
What is OTC drugs
Requires pharmacist to offer counseling to Medicaid patients regarding medications.
What is Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)
Patients have the right to choose their treatment.
What is Autonomy
A type of negligence lawsuits brought against a person with a professional license.
What is malpractice
Charged with assuring the safety, efficacy, and quality of drugs and medical devices; food, cosmetics, and dietary supplements; and products that give off radiation.
What is FDA
An unintended side effect of a medication that is negative or in some way injurious to a patient's health.
What is adverse effect
Signed into law with the overall goals of improving patient care, quality , and outcomes while also reducing cost.
What is the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
or Health Care Reform
or Obamacare
The actions of the health-care provider should be in the best interest of the patient.
What is Beneficence
A tort arising from the breach of the duty of care.
What is negligence.
An independent, non-profit organization that established standards and monitors compliance for nearly 20,000 health-care programs in the United States.
What is The Joint Commission
Information and procedures that are required of manufactures by the FDA for drugs with know risks.
What is Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS)
A federal act that protects the privacy of individuals and the sharing of protected health information.
What is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Fairness and equality should be applied when providing care to all patients.
What is Justice
Can be guilty of misconduct by simply failing to do something you should have done.
What is liability
Sets standards for pharmacies that provide the following services: infusion pharmacy, specialty pharmacy, community retail pharmacy, and long-term care pharmacy.
What is The Accreditation Commission for Health Care
The number on a manufacturer's label indicating the manufacturer and product information.
What is NDC (national drug code)
__________was designed to promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology, including electronic prescribing and medical records.
What is Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH)
The health-care provider should do no harm in providing care to the patient.
What is Non-maleficence
A ten-digit number assign to physicians, health plans, and pharmacies.
What is National Provider Identifier (NPI)
The United State Congress pass the _______ as result of New England Compounding Center.
What is Drug Quality and Security Act
The number all prescribes of controlled substance are assigned and that must be used on all controlled drug prescriptions.
What is DEA number
Establishes strict controls on OTC sales of pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine
What is Combact Methamphetamine Epidemic Act
The health-care provider should treat the patient with________and respect.
What is dignity
Drugs that requires prescriptions are __________drugs.
What is legend