Arizona Laws 32-1923.01. Pharmacy technicians; pharmacy technician trainees; qualifications; remote dispensing site pharmacies
A. An applicant for licensure as a pharmacy technician must:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-1923.01
- Compounding: means preparing, mixing, assembling, packaging or labeling a drug by a pharmacist or an intern or pharmacy technician under the pharmacist's supervision, for the purpose of dispensing to a patient based on a valid prescription order. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Direct supervision of a pharmacist: means that the pharmacist is present. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Pharmacy: means :
(a) Any place where drugs, devices, poisons or related hazardous substances are offered for sale at retail or where prescription orders are dispensed by a licensed pharmacist. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Pharmacy technician: means a person who is licensed pursuant to this chapter. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Pharmacy technician trainee: means a person who is licensed pursuant to this chapter. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Prescription: means either a prescription order or a prescription medication. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Remote dispensing site pharmacy: means a pharmacy where a pharmacy technician or pharmacy intern prepares, compounds or dispenses prescription medications under remote supervision by a pharmacist. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
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 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.