A pharmacy intern, under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist, receives a new verbal prescription over the phone from a prescriber's office. The supervising pharmacist is busy counseling another patient but is physically present in the pharmacy. According to most state pharmacy laws, which action is the intern permitted to perform?
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A
Transcribe the verbal order to writing and perform the final verification of the filled prescription.
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B
Counsel the patient on the new medication without the pharmacist's final approval.
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C
Transcribe the verbal order to writing for the pharmacist's final verification.
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D
Independently transfer a copy of the prescription to another pharmacy.