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Title 12 . Professional and Vocational Regulations
Chapter 52 . Big Game Guides and Transporters
Section 230. Pharmacy technicians

12 AAC 52.230. Pharmacy technicians

(a) The following persons must be licensed as a pharmacy technician:

(1) an individual who assists in performing manipulative, nondiscretionary functions associated with the practice of pharmacy; and

(2) a supportive staff member assigned to work in the dispensing area of a pharmacy, including a cashier or a bookkeeper.

(b) A pharmacy technician shall work under the direct supervision of a person who is licensed as a pharmacist.

(c) A pharmacy technician may not perform any of the duties listed in 12 AAC 52.210.

(d) An individual working as a pharmacy technician shall wear an identification badge that shows the individual's name and identifies the individual as a pharmacy technician.

(e) Before an individual may regularly perform the tasks of a pharmacy technician, the individual shall complete training required by the pharmacist-in-charge. Duties performed by the pharmacy technician must be consistent with the training the pharmacy technician has received.

(f) If a pharmacy technician will assist in the preparation of sterile pharmaceuticals, including parenteral medications, the pharmacy technician must have completed a minimum of 40 hours of on-the-job training in the preparation, sterilization, aseptic technique, and admixture of parenteral and other sterile pharmaceuticals before the pharmacy technician may regularly perform those tasks.

History: Eff. 1/16/98, Register 145; am 4/4/2002, Register 162; am 1/23/2003, Register 165

Authority: AS 08.80.030

AS 08.80.480


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