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REFERENCE TITLE: remote pharmacies; pharmacy technicians; training |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024
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HB 2450 |
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Introduced by Representative Montenegro
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An Act
amending section 32-1923.01, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona state board of pharmacy.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 32-1923.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-1923.01. Pharmacy technicians; pharmacy technician trainees; qualifications; remote dispensing site pharmacies
A. An applicant for licensure as a pharmacy technician must:
1. Be at least eighteen years of age.
2. Have a high school diploma or the equivalent of a high school diploma.
3. Complete a training program prescribed by board rules.
4. Pass a board-approved pharmacy technician examination.
B. An applicant to register as a pharmacy technician trainee must:
1. Be at least eighteen years of age.
2. Register with the board via an online application.
C. Before a pharmacy technician prepares, compounds or dispenses prescription medications at a remote dispensing site pharmacy, the pharmacy technician shall:
1. Complete, in addition to any other board-approved mandatory continuing professional education requirements, a two-hour continuing education program on remote dispensing site pharmacy practices provided by an approved provider.
2. Have at least one thousand hours of experience working as a pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee in an outpatient pharmacy setting under the direct supervision of a pharmacist.
D. A pharmacy technician working at a remote dispensing site pharmacy:
1. Shall maintain an active, nationally recognized pharmacy technician certification approved by the board.
2. May not perform extemporaneous sterile or nonsterile compounding but may prepare commercially available medications for dispensing, including the reconstitution of orally administered powder antibiotics.