West Virginia Code 30-5-11 – Registration of pharmacy technicians
(a) To be eligible for registration as a pharmacy technician to assist in the practice of pharmacist care, the applicant shall:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 30-5-11
- Board: means the West Virginia Board of Pharmacy. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Drug: means :
(A) Articles recognized as drugs by the United States Food and Drug Administration, or in any official compendium, or supplement. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Offense: includes every act or omission for which a fine, forfeiture, or punishment is imposed by law. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
- Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, or any other legal entity, including government. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
- Pharmacist: means an individual currently licensed by this state to engage in the practice of pharmacist care. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
- Pharmacist Care: means the provision by a pharmacist of patient care activities, with or without the dispensing of drugs or devices, intended to achieve outcomes related to the cure or prevention of a disease, elimination, or reduction of a patient's symptoms, or arresting or slowing of a disease process and as provided for in section ten. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
- Pharmacy: means any place within this state where drugs are dispensed and pharmacist care is provided and any place outside of this state where drugs are dispensed and pharmacist care is provided to residents of this state. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
- Pharmacy Technician: means a person registered with the board to practice certain tasks related to the practice of pharmacist care as permitted by the board. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
(1) Submit a written application to the board;
(2) Pay the applicable fees;
(3) Have graduated from high school or obtained a Certificate of General Educational Development (GED) or equivalent.
(4) Have:
(A) Graduated from a competency-based pharmacy technician education and training program as approved by legislative rule of the board;
(B) Completed a pharmacy-provided, competency-based education and training program approved by the board; or
(C) Obtained a national certification as a pharmacy technician and have practiced in another jurisdiction for a period of time as determined by the board.
(5) Have successfully passed an examination developed using nationally recognized and validated psychometric and pharmacy practice standards approved by the board;
(6) Not be an alcohol or drug abuser, as these terms are defined in § 27-1A-11 of this code: Provided, That an applicant in an active recovery process, which may, in the discretion of the board, be evidenced by participation in a 12-step program or other similar group or process, may be considered;
(7) Not have been convicted of a felony in any jurisdiction within 10 years preceding the date of application for license, which conviction remains unreversed;
(8) Not have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony in any jurisdiction if the offense for which he or she was convicted bearing a rational nexus to the practice of pharmacist care, which conviction remains unreversed; and
(9) Have fulfilled any other requirement specified by the board in rule.
(b) A person whose license to practice pharmacist care has been denied, revoked, suspended, or restricted for disciplinary purposes in any jurisdiction is not eligible to be registered as a pharmacy technician.
(c) To be eligible to obtain a nuclear pharmacy technician endorsement, the applicant shall:
(1) Submit a written application to the board;
(2) Pay the applicable fees;
(3) Have graduated from high school or obtained a Certificate of General Educational Development (GED) or equivalent;
(4) Have successfully completed a pharmacy provided, competency-based nuclear pharmacy technician education and training program approved by the board;
(5) Have all applicable national certifications and comply with all federal rules and regulations;
(6) Not be an alcohol or drug abuser, as these terms are defined in § 27-1A-11 of this code: Provided, That an applicant in an active recovery process, which may, in the discretion of the board, be evidenced by participation in a 12-step program or other similar group or process, may be considered;
(7) Not have been convicted of a felony in any jurisdiction within 10 years preceding the date of application for license, which conviction remains unreversed;
(8) Not have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony in any jurisdiction if the offense for which he or she was convicted bearing a rational nexus to the practice of pharmacist care, which conviction remains unreversed; and
(9) Has fulfilled any other requirement specified by the board in any rule.
(d) A person whose license to practice pharmacist care has been denied, revoked, suspended, or restricted for disciplinary purposes in any jurisdiction is not eligible to be registered as a nuclear pharmacy technician.