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Law: Understanding Disabled Pharmacy Patients’ Right to Nondiscrimination-RECORDED WEBINAR

The Arthur E. Schwarting Symposium is an educational conference focused on pharmacy practice for pharmacists in many settings.

This year's symposium had an overall topic of Information Overload.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the federal and state laws that protect patients with disabilities
  • Recognize situations in which accommodations should be provided to disabled patients
  • Recall examples of common modifications for patients with disabilities

Activity Release Dates

Released:  April 24, 2025
Expires:  April 24, 2028

Course Fee

$17 Pharmacist

ACPE UAN Codes

 0009-0000-25-027-H03-P

Session Code

25RS27-VXK92

Accreditation Hours

1.0 hours of CE

Accreditation Statement

The University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians are eligible to participate in this application-based activity and will receive 1.0 CE Hour  for completing the activity  (ACPE UAN 0009-0000-25-027-H03-P), passing the quiz with a grade of 70% or better, and completing an online evaluation. Statements of credit are available via the CPE Monitor online system and your participation will be recorded with CPE Monitor within 72 hours of submission.

Grant Funding

There is no grant funding for this activity.

Faculty

Caroline Wick, JD, MSPH, BA
Practitioner-in-Residence and Acting Director of the Disability Rights Law Clinic
American University Washington College of Law
Washington DC

    

Faculty Disclosure

  • Caroline Wick doesn't have any relationships with ineligible companies.

 

Disclaimer

The material presented here does not necessarily reflect the views of The University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy or its co-sponsor affiliates. These materials may discuss uses and dosages for therapeutic products, processes, procedures and inferred diagnoses that have not been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration. A qualified health care professional should be consulted before using any therapeutic product discussed. All readers and continuing education participants should verify all information and data before treating patients or employing any therapies described in this continuing education activity.

Content

Post Test Pharmacist

1. What was Congress’ purpose when it wrote the definition of “individual with a disability”:
A. To make it easier for people with disabilities to be covered by federal law
B. To restrict coverage to people with certain medical diagnoses
C. To only cover people with physical impairments

2. When may a pharmacist refuse to administer the flu shot to a person with HIV?
A. If the patient is in a rehabilitation program for using illegal drugs.
B. If the patient hasn’t made an appointment ahead of time and all patients must make appointments ahead of time.
C. If special gloves are not available for administering shots to people with communicable diseases.

3. A patient enters the pharmacy with a dog, and you are not sure if it’s a service animal or not. Which of the following questions may you ask the patient?
A. What is the nature and extent of your disability?
B. Do you need the dog to be present because of a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual or other mental disability?
C. Is the dog required because of a disability?

4. A patient enters the pharmacy with a dog. When you ask what tasks the dog has been trained to perform, the patient says that it is a comfort animal and has undergone no training. Can you ask the patient to leave and come back without the comfort animal?
A. No, because comfort animals are considered service animals under federal law.
B. Yes, because comfort animals are not protected by federal law.
C. No, because that would be discrimination.

5. A patient enters the pharmacy with a bulldog. When you ask if the patient needs the bulldog because of a disability, the patient says yes. Can you exclude the bulldog?
A. No, because a service animal cannot be excluded based solely on its breed.
B. Yes, because bulldogs are known to be aggressive.
C. Yes, because the patient has not disclosed their specific disability in response to your question.

6. If a patient enters the pharmacy using a mobility device, a pharmacist is permitted to inquire about which of the following?

A. The nature and extent of the patient’s disability.
B. What paperwork the patient has with them to prove that the mobility device has been serviced recently.
C. Whether the mobility device is needed because of the patient’s disability.