Sec. 554.053. RULEMAKING: PHARMACY TECHNICIAN  


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  • (a) The board shall establish rules for the use and the duties of a pharmacy technician in a pharmacy licensed by the board. A technician shall be responsible to and must be directly supervised by a pharmacist.

    (b) The board may not adopt a rule establishing a ratio of pharmacists to pharmacy technicians in a Class C pharmacy or limiting the number of pharmacy technicians that may be used in a Class C pharmacy.

    (c) The board shall determine and issue standards for recognition and approval of a training program for pharmacy technicians and maintain a list of board-approved training programs that meet those standards.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.303(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.