§ 390-3.3. Pharmacy technician and pharmacy technician trainee registration, qualifications and...
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 63 P.S. Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)Effective: January 29, 2021
Effective: January 29, 2021
63 P.S. § 390-3.3
§ 390-3.3. Pharmacy technician and pharmacy technician trainee registration, qualifications and supervision
<Section 3 of 2020, Nov. 30, P.L. 1306, No. 140, effective in 60 days [Jan. 29, 2021], provides that no individual is required to register as a pharmacy technician under this section until one year after the State Board of Pharmacy has promulgated final regulations.>
(a) A pharmacy technician shall register with the board biennially on a form prescribed by the board and pay a registration fee established by the board by regulation. An individual must possess an unrestricted registration from the board to practice as a pharmacy technician. The following shall apply:
(1) Except as provided under section 3.4,1 a pharmacy technician shall be responsible to and under the direct and immediate personal supervision of a board-licensed pharmacist.
(i) is unfit or unable to practice under section 3(a)(2);2 or
(4) An individual practicing as a pharmacy technician for at least one year of the two-year period immediately preceding the effective date of this section shall not be required to comply with clause (3)(i) or (ii), provided the individual applies within one year of the promulgation of regulations by the board implementing this section.
(5) The board shall renew, refuse, revoke or suspend the registration of a pharmacy technician and temporary registration for a pharmacy technician trainee, or otherwise discipline a pharmacy technician and a pharmacy technician trainee, under regulations promulgated by the board. This clause is subject to 2 Pa.C.S. Chs. 5 Subch. A (relating to practice and procedure of Commonwealth agencies) and 7 Subch. A (relating to judicial review of Commonwealth agency action). Provisions and procedures with respect to refusal and discipline contained in sections 5(a), (c) and (d) and 73 shall apply to pharmacy technician registrations and pharmacy technician trainee permits.
(6) Except as provided for in clause (7), or unless ordered to do so by a court of proper jurisdiction, the board may not reinstate the registration of an individual whose registration to practice as a pharmacy technician has been revoked or if the individual is unfit or unable to practice under section 3(a)(2) or has been convicted of an offense described under section 3(a)(6).
(2) A registration for a pharmacy technician trainee may not be issued if the applicant is unfit or unable to practice under section 3(a)(2) or has been convicted of an offense described under section 3(a)(6) in this Commonwealth or another state unless the provisions of section 3(a)(6)(i), (ii) and (iii) have been satisfied.
(5) The board shall issue only one temporary registration to an applicant and the temporary registration shall expire two years after the date of issue or upon obtaining registration as a pharmacy technician under subsection (a). If a pharmacy technician trainee applies for registration as a pharmacy technician under subsection (a) within the two-year registration period, the fee for the initial temporary registration shall be used to offset the pharmacy technician registration fee.
Credits
1961, Sept. 27, P.L. 1700, No. 699, § 3.3, added 2020, Nov. 30, P.L. 1306, No. 140, § 2, effective in 60 days [Jan. 29, 2021].
63 P.S. § 390-3.3, PA ST 63 P.S. § 390-3.3
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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