{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-85.34a","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-85.34A","heading":"Public health pharmacy practice.","body":"(a)\tA registered nurse in a local health department clinic may dispense prescription drugs and devices, other than controlled substances as defined in G.S. 90-87, under the following conditions:\n(1)\tThe registered nurse has training acceptable to the Board in the labeling and packaging of prescription drugs and devices;\n(2)\tDispensing by the registered nurse shall occur only at a local health department clinic;\n(3)\tOnly prescription drugs and devices contained in a formulary recommended by the Department of Health and Human Services and approved by the Board shall be dispensed;\n(4)\tThe local health department clinic shall obtain a pharmacy permit in accordance with G.S. 90-85.21;\n(5)\tWritten procedures for the storage, packaging, labeling and delivery of prescription drugs and devices shall be approved by the Board; and\n(6)\tThe pharmacist-manager, or another pharmacist at his direction, shall review dispensing records at least weekly, provide consultation where appropriate, and be responsible to the Board for all dispensing activity at the local health department clinic.\n(b)\tThis section is applicable only to prescriptions issued on behalf of persons receiving local health department clinic services and issued by an individual authorized by law to prescribe drugs and devices.\n(c)\tThis section does not affect the practice of nurse practitioners pursuant to G.S. 90-18.2 or of physician assistants pursuant to G.S. 90-18.1. (1985, c. 359; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1004, s. 2; 1997-443, s. 11A.22.)","path":["Chapter 90. Medicine and Allied Occupations.","Article 4A. North Carolina Pharmacy Practice Act.","Part 1. North Carolina Pharmacy Practice Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_90/GS_90-85.34A.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:12:48Z","sha256":"a71f53b535cf3247c7dc2d4afdd8ad91c46e39c3e81ffd3191ba4c1c3d3cbfa2","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-85.34","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-85.35"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}