Comments on: Survey says… We have some work to do. http://blog.pharmacist.com/tmenighan/index.php/2009/09/17/survey-says-we-have-some-work-to-do/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:09:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: John http://blog.pharmacist.com/tmenighan/index.php/2009/09/17/survey-says-we-have-some-work-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-417 John Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:15:53 +0000 http://blog.pharmacist.com/tmenighan/?p=396#comment-417 Hello all! Being an immunizer is a priviledge afforded to pharmacists by their respective states not a requirement to practice the profession of pharmacy. Therefore, it would be illegal for an employer to force a RPh to become an immunizer to remain employed. Hello all!
Being an immunizer is a priviledge afforded to pharmacists by their respective states not a requirement to practice the profession of pharmacy. Therefore, it would be illegal for an employer to force a RPh to become an immunizer to remain employed.

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From what I know, the states that allow their RPhs to be immunizer do not require that RPhs who are not certified immunizer to become certified. A RPh can retain and practice pharmacy without being an immunizer. I do no think an employer can force or softly pressure their RPhs to become immunizer. That would be illegal because it is not a state requirement to practice pharmacy. I hope that help.

]]> By: Tom Menighan http://blog.pharmacist.com/tmenighan/index.php/2009/09/17/survey-says-we-have-some-work-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-357 Tom Menighan Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:02:32 +0000 http://blog.pharmacist.com/tmenighan/?p=396#comment-357 Hi Farris, I spoke with an attorney pharmacist colleague who shared these perspectives. I caution you that this is not legal advice. Any decisions you may make that may affect your own employment status should be made in consultation with an attorney who represents you. With that caveat, I can tell you that there are legitimate ethics issues here, as well as employment law issues. While it might be a stretch to apply APhA's policies on conscience clause where pharmacists choose not to dispense a product due to their moral or religious, it is possible based on the reasons one might have for not wanting to become an immunizer. Employment law is another matter. Generally speaking, if the scope of practice in your state includes pharmacist authority to immunize, then your employer is on fairly solid ground to ask that pharmacists employed by them in that state become certified and fill the needs of patients in their pharmacies. Hi Farris,

I spoke with an attorney pharmacist colleague who shared these perspectives. I caution you that this is not legal advice. Any decisions you may make that may affect your own employment status should be made in consultation with an attorney who represents you. With that caveat, I can tell you that there are legitimate ethics issues here, as well as employment law issues. While it might be a stretch to apply APhA’s policies on conscience clause where pharmacists choose not to dispense a product due to their moral or religious, it is possible based on the reasons one might have for not wanting to become an immunizer.

Employment law is another matter. Generally speaking, if the scope of practice in your state includes pharmacist authority to immunize, then your employer is on fairly solid ground to ask that pharmacists employed by them in that state become certified and fill the needs of patients in their pharmacies.

]]> By: Farris http://blog.pharmacist.com/tmenighan/index.php/2009/09/17/survey-says-we-have-some-work-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Farris Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:42:01 +0000 http://blog.pharmacist.com/tmenighan/?p=396#comment-235 If a retail RPH does not want to be an immunizer, is it legal for their place of work to pressure them to become one? If a retail RPH does not want to be an immunizer, is it legal for their place of work to pressure them to become one?

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