Pursuant to Florida Statutes § 465.014, in order to be registered as a pharmacy technician in Florida, an applicant must have completed a pharmacy technician training program approved by the Board. The standards for approval of a registered pharmacy technician training program are as follows.

Terms Used In Florida Regulations 64B16-26.351

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    (1) Preapproved pharmacy technician training programs. The standard for approval of Registered Pharmacy Technician Training programs provided or offered by accredited institutions or entities is whether the program or institution is, as of December 1, 2018,
    (a) accredited by a regional or national accrediting agency; a regional or national institutional accrediting agency; or a specialized accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary of the United States Department of Education;
    (b) accredited by an accrediting agency whose accreditation establishes eligibility to participate in the Title IV student financial assistance program administered by United States Department of Education; or
    (c) Pharmacy technician training programs within the public-school system of the State of Florida that comply with the Florida Department of Education Curriculum Framework for Pharmacy Technician (2018-2019), program number H170500; which is incorporated herein by reference and which can be obtained at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-10356 or http://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/18567/urlt/H170500-1819.rtf.
    (2) Federal Armed Services programs. The standard for approval of pharmacy technician training programs provided by a branch of the federal armed services shall be whether the curriculum of such course was developed on or before June 1, 2018.
    (3) Other non-employer based programs. The standard for approval of all programs offered or accredited by an entity not listed in subsection (1) or (2), and which are not employer based programs, is whether the program:
    (a) Meets the requirements of and is licensed by the Commission for Independent Education pursuant to chapter 1005, F.S., or the equivalent licensing authority of another state or jurisdiction or is within the public school system of the State of Florida;
    (b) Offers a course of study that includes classroom study and clinical instruction that includes the following:
    1. Introduction to pharmacy and health care systems:
    a. Confidentiality,
    b. Patient rights and Health Insurance Portability