A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT pertaining to the preservation of prescription drug orders BY PHARMACIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 90‑85.26 reads as rewritten:
"§ 90‑85.26.  Prescription orders preserved.
(a)	Every pharmacist‑manager of a pharmacy shall maintain for at least three years the original of every prescription order and refill compounded or dispensed at the pharmacy except for prescription orders recorded in a patient's medical record. An automated data processing system may be used for the storage and retrieval of refill information for prescriptions pursuant to the regulations of the Board. A pharmacist‑manager may comply with this section by capturing and maintaining an electronic image of a prescription order or refill. An electronic image of a prescription order or refill shall constitute the original prescription order, and a hard copy of the prescription order or refill is not required to be maintained. If a pharmacist-manager elects to maintain prescription orders by capturing electronic images of prescription orders or refills, the pharmacy's computer system must be capable of maintaining, printing, and providing, upon a request by the Board, all of the information required by this Chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this Chapter within 48 hours of such a request.
(b)	Every pharmacy permittee's designated agent shall maintain documentation of alleged medication errors and incidents described in G.S. 90‑85.47(e)(1) for which the pharmacy permittee has knowledge."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.