(a) No person shall act as a pharmacy technician unless registered with, or certified with, the department.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 20-598a

  • Care-giving institution: means an institution that provides medical services and is licensed, operated, certified or approved by the Commissioner of Public Health, the Commissioner of Developmental Services or the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
  • Commission: means the Commission of Pharmacy appointed under the provisions of §. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Consumer Protection. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
  • Correctional or juvenile training institution: means a facility for the detention or incarceration of persons convicted or accused of crimes or offenses or for training of delinquent juveniles, including those state facilities under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Correction, training schools for delinquent juveniles and any other facilities operated by the state or municipalities for such detention, incarceration or training. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
  • Department: means the Department of Consumer Protection. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
  • Drug: means (A) an article recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them, (B) an article intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in humans or other animals, (C) an article, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or any other animal, and (D) an article intended for use as a component of any article specified in this subdivision, but does not include a device. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Institutional pharmacy: means that area within a care-giving institution or within a correctional or juvenile training institution, commonly known as the pharmacy, that is under the direct charge of a pharmacist and in which drugs are stored and dispensed. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate trust, partnership, association, joint venture or any other legal or commercial entity. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
  • Pharmacist: means an individual who is licensed to practice pharmacy under the provisions of §. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
  • Pharmacy: means a place of business where drugs and devices may be sold at retail and for which a pharmacy license has been issued to an applicant under the provisions of §. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
  • Pharmacy technician: means an individual who is registered with the department and qualified in accordance with §. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571

(b) The department shall, upon authorization of the commission, register as a pharmacy technician any person who presents evidence satisfactory to the department that such person is qualified to perform, under the direct 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 chapter 54, in the case of employment in a pharmacy. As used in this subsection, “direct supervision” means a supervising pharmacist (A) is physically present in the area or location where the pharmacy technician is performing routine drug dispensing functions, and (B) conducts in-process and final checks on the pharmacy technician’s performance.

(c) The department shall, upon authorization of the commission, 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 § 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 § 20-601.