(36) “Pharmacy technician” means an individual who is registered with the department and qualified in accordance with section 20-598a;” “Sec. 20-598a. Registration and certification of pharmacy technicians. (a) No person shall act as a pharmacy technician unless registered with, or certified with, the department, except an individual who is enrolled in an accredited pharmacy technician education program may engage in the duties of a pharmacy technician, as part of the curriculum of such program, under the direct supervision of a pharmacist who is an instructor for such program.
(b) The department shall register as a pharmacy technician any person who presents evidence satisfactory to the department that such person is qualified to perform, under the supervision of a pharmacist, routine functions in the dispensing of drugs that do not require the use of professional judgment. The qualifications for registration as a pharmacy technician under this section shall be in accordance with (1) the standards of an institutional pharmacy, a care-giving institution or a correctional or juvenile training institution, in the case of employment in any such pharmacy or institution, or (2) the standards established by regulation adopted by the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, in the case of employment in a pharmacy.
(c) The department shall certify as a pharmacy technician any person who meets the requirements for registration as a pharmacy technician, pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and who holds a certification from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board or any other equivalent pharmacy technician certification program approved by the department.
(d) The fee required by section 20-601 shall accompany an application for registration under this section. A registration as a pharmacy technician shall be valid for one year and may be renewed upon application and payment of the fee required by section 20-601.
(P.A. 98-31, S. 1: P.A. 99-175, S. 27; P.A. 04-208, S. 2; P.A. 24-73, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 99-175 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (b); P.A. 04-208 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “or certified with”, added new Subsec. (c) providing for the certification of pharmacy technicians, and relettered existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d), effective June 3, 2004; P.A. 24-73 amended Subsec. (a) by adding exception re individual enrolled in accredited pharmacy technician education program, amended Subsec. (b) by deleting provision re authorization by commission, substituting “supervision” for “direct supervision” and deleting definition of “direct supervision” and amended Subsec. (c) by deleting provision re authorization by commission.
Sec. 20-598b. Designation of advanced pharmacy technicians. Duties. Regulations. (a)(1) No pharmacy technician may perform the duties of an advanced pharmacy technician in this state, including, but not limited to, dispensing or redispensing to patients compatible drugs in compliance packaging under section 20-617b, unless such pharmacy technician has applied for and received an advanced pharmacy technician designation in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(2) Each advanced pharmacy technician designation issued under this section shall be issued in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, shall be valid for one year and may be renewed for successive one-year periods upon submission of a complete application and payment of the renewal fee required in section 20-601.
(b) The department shall issue an advanced pharmacy technician designation to a pharmacy technician who:
(1) Submits to the department, in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, (A) a complete application for designation as an advanced pharmacy technician, and (B) the application fee required in section 20-601;
(2) Is actively registered and qualified as a pharmacy technician in accordance with section 20-598a;
(3) Was continuously registered as a pharmacy technician in accordance with section 20-598a for the three-year period immediately preceding the date on which such pharmacy technician applies for an advanced pharmacy technician designation under this section;
(4) Continuously held a certification from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board, or any other equivalent pharmacy technician certification program approved by the department, for the three-year period immediately preceding the date on which such pharmacy technician applies for an advanced pharmacy technician designation under this section, and maintains such certification in good standing;
(5) Successfully completed (A) an educational course, during the one-year period immediately preceding the date on which such pharmacy technician applies for an initial advanced pharmacy technician designation under this section, that (i) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education or another appropriate national accrediting body, or (ii) the commissioner, in the commissioner’s discretion, deems equivalent to an educational course accredited as set forth in subparagraph (A)(i) of this subdivision, and (B) a competency assessment performed by a pharmacist in accordance with requirements established by the commissioner in regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (e) of this section;
(6) Is employed by a pharmacy or institutional pharmacy that satisfies the requirements established in subsection (d) of this section; and
(7) (A) Works under the direct supervision of a pharmacist who satisfies the requirements established in subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of this section; or
(B) Is supervised (i) in the manner set forth in section 20-609a, or (ii) in any manner approved by the commissioner or commission.
(c) (1) The pharmacist who directly supervises an advanced pharmacy technician may delegate to the advanced pharmacy technician:
(A) The pharmacist’s authority to perform final verifications, provided the pharmacy or institutional pharmacy that employs such advanced pharmacy technician satisfies the requirements established in subsection (d) of this section;
(B) The pharmacist’s authority to administer vaccines in accordance with the provisions of section 20-633 and the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (d) of said section; and
(C) The pharmacist’s authority to administer COVID-19-related tests, influenza-related tests and HIV-related tests in accordance with the provisions of section 20-633f and the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (g) of said section, except the pharmacist shall not delegate such pharmacist’s responsibility to present the results of any such test to the patient.
(2) No pharmacist who makes any delegation to an advanced pharmacy technician under subdivision (1) of this subsection shall delegate to the advanced pharmacy technician any discretionary decision-making authority concerning the propriety of any drug in relation to a patient’s medical condition or treatment plan.
(d) (1) The pharmacy or institutional pharmacy that employs an advanced pharmacy technician:
(A) Shall use bar code technology, or another technology approved by the department, to assist in dispensing drugs and confirm accuracy in dispensing; and
(B) Shall not permit the ratio of advanced pharmacy technicians to pharmacists physically present in the pharmacy premises or institutional pharmacy to exceed one advanced pharmacy technician to one pharmacist providing direct supervision, except such pharmacy or institutional pharmacy may deviate from such ratio if such deviation is authorized by the commissioner or commission, including, but not limited to, in any regulation adopted by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (e) of this section. The commissioner or commission shall not provide for a ratio of pharmacy technicians to supervising pharmacists that is lower than three-to-one, and no advanced pharmacy technician shall be counted toward such ratio.
(2) If a pharmacy employs an advanced pharmacy technician, the pharmacy shall, in addition to satisfying the requirements set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection, not allow the advanced pharmacy technician to perform any final verification under subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of this section unless such advanced pharmacy technician, in performing such final verification, uses a technology that includes images of each drug that such advanced pharmacy technician reviews in performing such final verification. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to an institutional pharmacy.
(3) If an institutional pharmacy employs an advanced pharmacy technician, the institutional pharmacy shall, in addition to satisfying the requirements set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection, not allow the advanced pharmacy technician to perform any final verification under subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of this section unless such institutional pharmacy uses bar code scanning, or another technology or process approved by the department, at the point of administration to confirm accuracy in dispensing.
(e) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section. Such regulations shall, at a minimum, establish: (1) Requirements for performance of the competency assessment required under subparagraph (B) of subdivision (5) of subsection (b) of this section; (2) ratios of pharmacists to advanced pharmacy technicians; and (3) additional requirements concerning the duties of advanced pharmacy technicians.
(P.A. 24-73, S. 2.)
History:(Revisor’s note: In codifying this section, an incorrect reference in Subsec. (d)(3) to “subparagraph (A) of subdivision (2) of subsection (c)” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of subsection (c)” for accuracy).
Sec. 20-607. (Formerly Sec. 20-173). Certificate of license, temporary permit or registration to be available for inspection. Each person practicing as a pharmacist, pharmacy intern or pharmacy technician shall at all times have available for inspection by an inspector of the department a current certificate of license or temporary permit to practice pharmacy or a current registration to act as a pharmacy intern or pharmacy technician.
(1949 Rev., S. 4477; P.A. 95-264, S. 29; P.A. 98-31, S. 7; P.A. 99-175, S. 33; P.A. 00-182, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 95-264 deleted reference to licensed or assistant pharmacist, deleted requirement that pharmacist must display certificate in the place he practices and required that a current certificate of license to practice must be available for inspection at all times; Sec. 20-173 transferred to Sec. 20-607 in 1997; P.A. 98-31 added provisions re pharmacy interns and pharmacy technicians; P.A. 99-175 made a technical change; P.A. 00-182 added “or temporary permit”.
Definitions
(a) The definitions in section 20-571 of the Connecticut General Statutes and this section shall apply to sections 20-576-33 to 20-576-39 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. The term pharmacy technician does not include:
(1) persons working in an institutional pharmacy who are not engaged in the compounding and dispensing of medications, such as stock clerks and clerical personnel; and
(2) persons working in a pharmacy who are not engaged in the compounding and dispensing of medications, such as stock clerks, cashiers, clerical personnel and data entry personnel performing routine functions such as entering and retrieving basic information not directly related to dispensing as defined in subdivision (9) of section 20-571 of the Connecticut General Statutes, getting prescription files and other manual records from storage, generating computer records such as refill logs and inventories of dispensing for the signature or initials of the pharmacist, handling or delivering completed prescriptions to the patient or the patient’s agent, and ringing up or receiving sales. Data entry of demographic and insurance information shall not be considered to be directly related to dispensing.
(b) “”Supervising pharmacist”” means a pharmacist who supervises pharmacy technicians; who is fully aware of and responsible for all activities pertinent to drug preparation, dispensing and distribution in which pharmacy technicians are engaged; and who conducts in-process and final checks on the performance of such pharmacy technicians.
(c) “”Certified pharmacy technician”” means a person who holds an active certification from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board, or any other equivalent pharmacy technician certification approved by the Commission of Pharmacy.
(d) “”Director of pharmacy”” means the pharmacist designated by the facility administrator in a care-giving, correctional or juvenile training institution as being in direct charge of, and having overall responsibility for the operation and management of pharmacy services of that institution.
(e) “”Inpatient pharmacy”” means that area of an institutional pharmacy which is engaged in the manufacture, production, sale and distribution of drugs, devices and other pharmaceutical related materials used in the diagnosis and treatment of registered inpatients of a care-giving, correctional or juvenile training institution.
(f) “”Satellite pharmacy”” means an extension of an inpatient pharmacy which provides decentralized pharmaceutical care to persons in specific locations within a care-giving, correctional or juvenile training institution, including but not limited to specific patient care areas, nursing units, operating rooms and critical care units.
(g) “”Outpatient pharmacy”” means that area of an institutional pharmacy which provides pharmaceutical care to registered outpatients receiving treatment at a care-giving institution.
(Adopted effective January 11, 1999; Amended June 28, 2004)
Sec. 20-576-37. Training and registration
(a) Pharmacy technicians shall complete initial training as determined by the pharmacist manager of each pharmacy. Such training shall include, but not be limited to, on-the-job and other related education and shall be commensurate with the tasks pharmacy technicians are to perform. This training shall be completed prior to the regular performance of such tasks. The pharmacy technician shall be registered with the department no more than thirty days after the start of such training.
(b) The pharmacist manager shall assure the continued competency of pharmacy technicians through continuing in-service training designed to supplement initial training.
(c) The pharmacist manager shall be responsible for maintaining a written record documenting the initial and continuing training of pharmacy technicians and it shall contain the following information:
(1) the name of the individual receiving the training;
(2) the date(s) of the training;
(3) a general description of the topics covered;
(4) the name of the person supervising the training; and
(5) the signature of the individual receiving the training and the pharmacist manager.
When a change of pharmacist manager occurs, the new manager shall review the document and sign it, indicating that he understands its contents. This record shall be readily available for inspection and may be copied by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection or his authorized agents.
(Adopted effective January 11, 1999; Amended June 28, 2004)
Sec. 20-576-60. Definitions
(6) “”Nuclear pharmacy technician”” means a person who:
(A) works under the direct supervision of a nuclear pharmacist;
(B) is currently registered as a pharmacy technician with the department; and
(C)
(i) has successfully completed a nuclear pharmacy technician training program provided by an accredited college program or an equivalent company sponsored program approved by the commission, or
(ii) is listed as an “”Authorized User of Radioactive Materials”” on the nuclear pharmacy’s United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission or agreement state license;
The data contained in this 2012 Annual Scorecard are accurate as of December 2012 . Because statutes and regulations are continually revised, the data are subject to change. These data have been verified with the state board of pharmacy. This scorecard is updated on an annual basis in order to incorporate statutory and regulatory changes. A new scorecard will be issued in July 2013.
Scoring rationale for Education and Training: In order to protect the public and help ensure patient safety, it is important that pharmacy technicians are properly educated and trained. The most rigorous training is accredited training. The sole entity empowered to accredit pharmacy-technician training programs is the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). Please note that this is “programmatic accreditation” – not “institutional accreditation.” It is the content of the training program – as measured against established standards – that is being evaluated and accredited. Accredited training is vital to protecting patient safety because it means that a pharmacy-technician training program has met established quality standards to provide assurance and confidence to the public. For more information, please see http://www.ashp.org/menu/Accreditation/TechnicianAccreditation.aspx.
Scoring rationale for Certification: Certification is the process by which a nongovernmental agency or association grants recognition to an individual who has met certain predetermined qualifications specified by that agency or association. This is often determined by an examination process. Numerous organizations have recommended that the certification exam conducted by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) should be recognized as the sole, nationally-accredited certification exam for pharmacy technician certification – including the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), the Texas State Board of Pharmacy (TSBP), and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). In a recent report, NABP recommended that states be encouraged to “recognize certification by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB).” Moreover, NABP performed a psychometric audit of the PTCB’s pharmacy technician certification examination (PTCE) in 2001 and determined that the PTCE is psychometrically sound, defensible, and valid. In May 2010, the TSBP awarded the PTCB with the Pharmacy Technician Certification Provider contract in Texas. PTCB was selected for the contract after a rigorous bidding and evaluation process that included formal reviews and evaluations from three independent psychometricians. TSBP confidently recognizes PTCB as the single provider of certification examinations for pharmacy technicians. In addition, in June 2010, the VA began requiring PTCB certification for VA pharmacy technicians employed at grade GS-6 and above.
Scoring rationale for Registration/Licensure: Registration/licensure is the process by which the state maintains a list of all pharmacy technicians in the state and grants permission for an individual to work as a pharmacy technician in the state based on the applicant’s completion of all pre-requisites to registration/licensure – such as required training and certification.
Scoring rationale for Continuing Education: Continuing education enables pharmacy technicians to fulfill their professional responsibility to maintain competence and up-to-date knowledge and skills in an environment of technological advances and increasingly complex, new medications and therapies.
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Connecticut Law
I. Laws
https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/pub/chap_400j.htm
Sec. 20-571. (Formerly Sec. 20-184a).
Definitions.
(36) “Pharmacy technician” means an individual who is registered with the department and qualified in accordance with section 20-598a;” “Sec. 20-598a. Registration and certification of pharmacy technicians. (a) No person shall act as a pharmacy technician unless registered with, or certified with, the department, except an individual who is enrolled in an accredited pharmacy technician education program may engage in the duties of a pharmacy technician, as part of the curriculum of such program, under the direct supervision of a pharmacist who is an instructor for such program.
(b) The department shall register as a pharmacy technician any person who presents evidence satisfactory to the department that such person is qualified to perform, under the supervision of a pharmacist, routine functions in the dispensing of drugs that do not require the use of professional judgment. The qualifications for registration as a pharmacy technician under this section shall be in accordance with (1) the standards of an institutional pharmacy, a care-giving institution or a correctional or juvenile training institution, in the case of employment in any such pharmacy or institution, or (2) the standards established by regulation adopted by the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, in the case of employment in a pharmacy.
(c) The department shall certify as a pharmacy technician any person who meets the requirements for registration as a pharmacy technician, pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and who holds a certification from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board or any other equivalent pharmacy technician certification program approved by the department.
(d) The fee required by section 20-601 shall accompany an application for registration under this section. A registration as a pharmacy technician shall be valid for one year and may be renewed upon application and payment of the fee required by section 20-601.
(P.A. 98-31, S. 1: P.A. 99-175, S. 27; P.A. 04-208, S. 2; P.A. 24-73, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 99-175 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (b); P.A. 04-208 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “or certified with”, added new Subsec. (c) providing for the certification of pharmacy technicians, and relettered existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d), effective June 3, 2004; P.A. 24-73 amended Subsec. (a) by adding exception re individual enrolled in accredited pharmacy technician education program, amended Subsec. (b) by deleting provision re authorization by commission, substituting “supervision” for “direct supervision” and deleting definition of “direct supervision” and amended Subsec. (c) by deleting provision re authorization by commission.
Sec. 20-598b. Designation of advanced pharmacy technicians. Duties. Regulations. (a)(1) No pharmacy technician may perform the duties of an advanced pharmacy technician in this state, including, but not limited to, dispensing or redispensing to patients compatible drugs in compliance packaging under section 20-617b, unless such pharmacy technician has applied for and received an advanced pharmacy technician designation in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(2) Each advanced pharmacy technician designation issued under this section shall be issued in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, shall be valid for one year and may be renewed for successive one-year periods upon submission of a complete application and payment of the renewal fee required in section 20-601.
(b) The department shall issue an advanced pharmacy technician designation to a pharmacy technician who:
(1) Submits to the department, in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, (A) a complete application for designation as an advanced pharmacy technician, and (B) the application fee required in section 20-601;
(2) Is actively registered and qualified as a pharmacy technician in accordance with section 20-598a;
(3) Was continuously registered as a pharmacy technician in accordance with section 20-598a for the three-year period immediately preceding the date on which such pharmacy technician applies for an advanced pharmacy technician designation under this section;
(4) Continuously held a certification from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board, or any other equivalent pharmacy technician certification program approved by the department, for the three-year period immediately preceding the date on which such pharmacy technician applies for an advanced pharmacy technician designation under this section, and maintains such certification in good standing;
(5) Successfully completed (A) an educational course, during the one-year period immediately preceding the date on which such pharmacy technician applies for an initial advanced pharmacy technician designation under this section, that (i) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education or another appropriate national accrediting body, or (ii) the commissioner, in the commissioner’s discretion, deems equivalent to an educational course accredited as set forth in subparagraph (A)(i) of this subdivision, and (B) a competency assessment performed by a pharmacist in accordance with requirements established by the commissioner in regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (e) of this section;
(6) Is employed by a pharmacy or institutional pharmacy that satisfies the requirements established in subsection (d) of this section; and
(7) (A) Works under the direct supervision of a pharmacist who satisfies the requirements established in subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of this section; or
(B) Is supervised (i) in the manner set forth in section 20-609a, or (ii) in any manner approved by the commissioner or commission.
(c) (1) The pharmacist who directly supervises an advanced pharmacy technician may delegate to the advanced pharmacy technician:
(A) The pharmacist’s authority to perform final verifications, provided the pharmacy or institutional pharmacy that employs such advanced pharmacy technician satisfies the requirements established in subsection (d) of this section;
(B) The pharmacist’s authority to administer vaccines in accordance with the provisions of section 20-633 and the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (d) of said section; and
(C) The pharmacist’s authority to administer COVID-19-related tests, influenza-related tests and HIV-related tests in accordance with the provisions of section 20-633f and the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (g) of said section, except the pharmacist shall not delegate such pharmacist’s responsibility to present the results of any such test to the patient.
(2) No pharmacist who makes any delegation to an advanced pharmacy technician under subdivision (1) of this subsection shall delegate to the advanced pharmacy technician any discretionary decision-making authority concerning the propriety of any drug in relation to a patient’s medical condition or treatment plan.
(d) (1) The pharmacy or institutional pharmacy that employs an advanced pharmacy technician:
(A) Shall use bar code technology, or another technology approved by the department, to assist in dispensing drugs and confirm accuracy in dispensing; and
(B) Shall not permit the ratio of advanced pharmacy technicians to pharmacists physically present in the pharmacy premises or institutional pharmacy to exceed one advanced pharmacy technician to one pharmacist providing direct supervision, except such pharmacy or institutional pharmacy may deviate from such ratio if such deviation is authorized by the commissioner or commission, including, but not limited to, in any regulation adopted by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (e) of this section. The commissioner or commission shall not provide for a ratio of pharmacy technicians to supervising pharmacists that is lower than three-to-one, and no advanced pharmacy technician shall be counted toward such ratio.
(2) If a pharmacy employs an advanced pharmacy technician, the pharmacy shall, in addition to satisfying the requirements set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection, not allow the advanced pharmacy technician to perform any final verification under subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of this section unless such advanced pharmacy technician, in performing such final verification, uses a technology that includes images of each drug that such advanced pharmacy technician reviews in performing such final verification. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to an institutional pharmacy.
(3) If an institutional pharmacy employs an advanced pharmacy technician, the institutional pharmacy shall, in addition to satisfying the requirements set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection, not allow the advanced pharmacy technician to perform any final verification under subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of this section unless such institutional pharmacy uses bar code scanning, or another technology or process approved by the department, at the point of administration to confirm accuracy in dispensing.
(e) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section. Such regulations shall, at a minimum, establish: (1) Requirements for performance of the competency assessment required under subparagraph (B) of subdivision (5) of subsection (b) of this section; (2) ratios of pharmacists to advanced pharmacy technicians; and (3) additional requirements concerning the duties of advanced pharmacy technicians.
(P.A. 24-73, S. 2.)
History:(Revisor’s note: In codifying this section, an incorrect reference in Subsec. (d)(3) to “subparagraph (A) of subdivision (2) of subsection (c)” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of subsection (c)” for accuracy).
Sec. 20-607. (Formerly Sec. 20-173). Certificate of license, temporary permit or registration to be available for inspection. Each person practicing as a pharmacist, pharmacy intern or pharmacy technician shall at all times have available for inspection by an inspector of the department a current certificate of license or temporary permit to practice pharmacy or a current registration to act as a pharmacy intern or pharmacy technician.
(1949 Rev., S. 4477; P.A. 95-264, S. 29; P.A. 98-31, S. 7; P.A. 99-175, S. 33; P.A. 00-182, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 95-264 deleted reference to licensed or assistant pharmacist, deleted requirement that pharmacist must display certificate in the place he practices and required that a current certificate of license to practice must be available for inspection at all times; Sec. 20-173 transferred to Sec. 20-607 in 1997; P.A. 98-31 added provisions re pharmacy interns and pharmacy technicians; P.A. 99-175 made a technical change; P.A. 00-182 added “or temporary permit”.
Regulations on the Practice of Pharmacy
https://eregulations.ct.gov/eRegsPortal/Browse/RCSA/Title_20Subtitle_20-576/
Sec. 20-576-32. Pharmacy technicians.
Definitions
(a) The definitions in section 20-571 of the Connecticut General Statutes and this section shall apply to sections 20-576-33 to 20-576-39 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. The term pharmacy technician does not include:
(1) persons working in an institutional pharmacy who are not engaged in the compounding and dispensing of medications, such as stock clerks and clerical personnel; and
(2) persons working in a pharmacy who are not engaged in the compounding and dispensing of medications, such as stock clerks, cashiers, clerical personnel and data entry personnel performing routine functions such as entering and retrieving basic information not directly related to dispensing as defined in subdivision (9) of section 20-571 of the Connecticut General Statutes, getting prescription files and other manual records from storage, generating computer records such as refill logs and inventories of dispensing for the signature or initials of the pharmacist, handling or delivering completed prescriptions to the patient or the patient’s agent, and ringing up or receiving sales. Data entry of demographic and insurance information shall not be considered to be directly related to dispensing.
(b) “”Supervising pharmacist”” means a pharmacist who supervises pharmacy technicians; who is fully aware of and responsible for all activities pertinent to drug preparation, dispensing and distribution in which pharmacy technicians are engaged; and who conducts in-process and final checks on the performance of such pharmacy technicians.
(c) “”Certified pharmacy technician”” means a person who holds an active certification from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board, or any other equivalent pharmacy technician certification approved by the Commission of Pharmacy.
(d) “”Director of pharmacy”” means the pharmacist designated by the facility administrator in a care-giving, correctional or juvenile training institution as being in direct charge of, and having overall responsibility for the operation and management of pharmacy services of that institution.
(e) “”Inpatient pharmacy”” means that area of an institutional pharmacy which is engaged in the manufacture, production, sale and distribution of drugs, devices and other pharmaceutical related materials used in the diagnosis and treatment of registered inpatients of a care-giving, correctional or juvenile training institution.
(f) “”Satellite pharmacy”” means an extension of an inpatient pharmacy which provides decentralized pharmaceutical care to persons in specific locations within a care-giving, correctional or juvenile training institution, including but not limited to specific patient care areas, nursing units, operating rooms and critical care units.
(g) “”Outpatient pharmacy”” means that area of an institutional pharmacy which provides pharmaceutical care to registered outpatients receiving treatment at a care-giving institution.
(Adopted effective January 11, 1999; Amended June 28, 2004)
Sec. 20-576-37. Training and registration
(a) Pharmacy technicians shall complete initial training as determined by the pharmacist manager of each pharmacy. Such training shall include, but not be limited to, on-the-job and other related education and shall be commensurate with the tasks pharmacy technicians are to perform. This training shall be completed prior to the regular performance of such tasks. The pharmacy technician shall be registered with the department no more than thirty days after the start of such training.
(b) The pharmacist manager shall assure the continued competency of pharmacy technicians through continuing in-service training designed to supplement initial training.
(c) The pharmacist manager shall be responsible for maintaining a written record documenting the initial and continuing training of pharmacy technicians and it shall contain the following information:
(1) the name of the individual receiving the training;
(2) the date(s) of the training;
(3) a general description of the topics covered;
(4) the name of the person supervising the training; and
(5) the signature of the individual receiving the training and the pharmacist manager.
When a change of pharmacist manager occurs, the new manager shall review the document and sign it, indicating that he understands its contents. This record shall be readily available for inspection and may be copied by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection or his authorized agents.
(Adopted effective January 11, 1999; Amended June 28, 2004)
Sec. 20-576-60. Definitions
(6) “”Nuclear pharmacy technician”” means a person who:
(A) works under the direct supervision of a nuclear pharmacist;
(B) is currently registered as a pharmacy technician with the department; and
(C)
(i) has successfully completed a nuclear pharmacy technician training program provided by an accredited college program or an equivalent company sponsored program approved by the commission, or
(ii) is listed as an “”Authorized User of Radioactive Materials”” on the nuclear pharmacy’s United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission or agreement state license;
References
Pharmacy Practice Act
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/pub/chap400j.htm
Regulations on the Practice of Pharmacy
http://www.ct.gov/dcp/lib/dcp/dcp_regulations/20-576_the_practice_of_pharmacy.pdf
The data contained in this 2012 Annual Scorecard are accurate as of December 2012 . Because statutes and regulations are continually revised, the data are subject to change. These data have been verified with the state board of pharmacy. This scorecard is updated on an annual basis in order to incorporate statutory and regulatory changes. A new scorecard will be issued in July 2013.
Scoring rationale for Education and Training:
In order to protect the public and help ensure patient safety, it is important that pharmacy technicians are properly educated and trained. The most rigorous training is accredited training. The sole entity empowered to accredit pharmacy-technician training programs is the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). Please note that this is “programmatic accreditation” – not “institutional accreditation.” It is the content of the training program – as measured against established standards – that is being evaluated and accredited. Accredited training is vital to protecting patient safety because it means that a pharmacy-technician training program has met established quality standards to provide assurance and confidence to the public. For more information, please see http://www.ashp.org/menu/Accreditation/TechnicianAccreditation.aspx.
Scoring rationale for Certification:
Certification is the process by which a nongovernmental agency or association grants recognition to an individual who has met certain predetermined qualifications specified by that agency or association. This is often determined by an examination process. Numerous organizations have recommended that the certification exam conducted by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) should be recognized as the sole, nationally-accredited certification exam for pharmacy technician certification – including the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), the Texas State Board of Pharmacy (TSBP), and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). In a recent report, NABP recommended that states be encouraged to “recognize certification by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB).” Moreover, NABP performed a psychometric audit of the PTCB’s pharmacy technician certification examination (PTCE) in 2001 and determined that the PTCE is psychometrically sound, defensible, and valid. In May 2010, the TSBP awarded the PTCB with the Pharmacy Technician Certification Provider contract in Texas. PTCB was selected for the contract after a rigorous bidding and evaluation process that included formal reviews and evaluations from three independent psychometricians. TSBP confidently recognizes PTCB as the single provider of certification examinations for pharmacy technicians. In addition, in June 2010, the VA began requiring PTCB certification for VA pharmacy technicians employed at grade GS-6 and above.
Scoring rationale for Registration/Licensure:
Registration/licensure is the process by which the state maintains a list of all pharmacy technicians in the state and grants permission for an individual to work as a pharmacy technician in the state based on the applicant’s completion of all pre-requisites to registration/licensure – such as required training and certification.
Scoring rationale for Continuing Education:
Continuing education enables pharmacy technicians to fulfill their professional responsibility to maintain competence and up-to-date knowledge and skills in an environment of technological advances and increasingly complex, new medications and therapies.
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