{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-14-68","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 45:14-68","heading":"Patient profile system.","body":"29. a. A patient profile system shall be maintained by all pharmacies for persons for whom medications are dispensed.  The patient profile record system shall enable the dispensing pharmacist to identify previously dispensed medication at the time a prescription is presented for dispensing.\nb.\tThe following information generated or transferred to the individual pharmacy practice site shall be recorded in the patient profile system:\n(1)\tThe family and the first name of the person for whom the medication is intended (the patient);\n(2)\tThe street address and telephone number of the patient;\n(3)\tIndication of the patient's age, birth date or age group (infant, child, adult) and gender;\n(4)\tThe height, weight and other patient specific criteria for those medications that are height or weight dose dependent;\n(5)\tThe original or refill date the medication is dispensed and the initials of the dispensing pharmacist, if those initials and date are not recorded on the original prescription or in any other record approved by the board;\n(6)\tThe number or designation identifying the prescription;\n(7)\tThe practitioner's name;\n(8)\tThe name, strength and quantity of the drug dispensed;\n(9)\tThe individual history, if significant, including known allergies and drug reactions, known diagnosed disease states and a comprehensive list of medications and relevant devices; and\n(10) Any additional comments relevant to the patient's drug use, which may include any failure to accept the pharmacist's offer to counsel.\nc.\tThe information obtained shall be recorded in the patient's manual or electronic profile, or in the prescription signature log, or in any other system of records, and may be considered by the pharmacist in the exercise of his professional judgment concerning both the offer to counsel and content of counseling.  The absence of any record of a failure to accept the pharmacist's offer to counsel shall be presumed to signify that the offer was accepted and that the counseling was provided.\nL.2003,c.280,s.29.","path":["TITLE 45 PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"a438a4d9a09c1c804ce91942bcd83deb96d7ee864d3159acf667f587bf90c43a","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-14-67.13","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-14-69"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}