Arizona Administrative Code
Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 23 - BOARD OF PHARMACY
Article 11 - PHARMACY TECHNICIANS
Section R4-23-1105 - Pharmacy Technician Trainee Training Program, Pharmacy Technician Drug Compounding Training Program, and Alternative Pharmacy Technician Training
Universal Citation: AZ Admin Code R 4-23-1105
Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. Nothing in this Section prevents additional offsite training of a pharmacy technician.
B. Pharmacy technician trainee training program.
1. A pharmacy
permittee or pharmacist-in-charge shall develop, implement, review, revise in
the same manner described in
R4-23-653(A),
and comply with a pharmacy technician trainee training program based on the
needs of the individual pharmacy.
2. A pharmacy permittee or
pharmacist-in-charge shall ensure the pharmacy technician trainee training
program includes training guidelines that:
a.
Define the specific tasks a pharmacy technician trainee is expected to
perform,
b. Specify how and when
the pharmacist-in-charge will assess the pharmacy technician trainee's
competency, and
c. Address the
policies and procedures specified in
R4-23-1104(G)
and the permissible activities specified in
R4-23-1104(A).
3. A pharmacist-in-charge shall:
a. Document the date a pharmacy technician
trainee successfully completed the training program, and
b. Maintain the documentation required in
this subsection for inspection by the Board or its designee.
4. A pharmacy technician trainee
shall perform only those tasks, listed in
R4-23-1104(A),
for which training and competency has been demonstrated.
C. Pharmacy technician drug compounding training program.
1. A pharmacy permittee or
pharmacist-in-charge shall develop, implement, review, revise in the same
manner described in
R4-23-653(A),
and comply with a pharmacy technician drug compounding training program based
on the needs of the individual pharmacy;
2. A pharmacy permittee or
pharmacist-in-charge shall ensure the pharmacy technician drug compounding
training program includes training guidelines that:
a. Define the specific tasks a pharmacy
technician is expected to perform,
b. Specify how and when the
pharmacist-in-charge will assess the pharmacy technician's competency,
and
c. Address the following
procedures and tasks:
i. Area
preparation,
ii. Component
preparation,
iii. Aseptic technique
and product preparation,
iv.
Packaging and labeling, and
v. Area
cleanup;
3. A
pharmacist-in-charge shall:
a. Document the
date a pharmacy technician successfully completed the pharmacy technician drug
compounding training program, and
b. Maintain the documentation required in
this subsection for inspection by the Board or its designee.
D. Alternative pharmacy technician training.
1. An individual who has
passed the required Board-approved pharmacy technician examination, but has not
followed the normal path to pharmacy technician licensure by obtaining a
pharmacy technician trainee license and working while completing a pharmacy
technician trainee training program as specified in subsection (B), may obtain
a pharmacy technician license, if the individual has employment in pharmacy and
completes an on-the-job training program as part of the individual's employment
orientation that includes: reading and discussing with the pharmacist-in-charge
of the pharmacy where employed, the Board rules concerning pharmacy technicians
and pharmacy technician trainees, the pharmacy technician and pharmacy
technician trainee job description, and the policies and procedures manual of
that pharmacy.
2. An individual who
has completed a pharmacy technician certificate program and has passed the
required Board-approved pharmacy technician examination, but has not followed
the normal path to pharmacy technician licensure by obtaining a pharmacy
technician trainee license and working while completing a pharmacy technician
trainee training program as specified in subsection (B), may obtain a pharmacy
technician license, if the individual has employment in pharmacy and completes
an on-the-job training program as part of the individual's employment
orientation that includes: reading and discussing with the pharmacist-in-charge
of the pharmacy where employed, the Board rules concerning pharmacy technicians
and pharmacy technician trainees, the pharmacy technician and pharmacy
technician trainee job description, and the policies and procedures manual of
that pharmacy.
3. A
pharmacist-in-charge shall:
a. Document the
date an individual licensed under subsection (D)(1) or (2) successfully
completed the on-the-job training program as part of the individual's
employment orientation as required under subsection (D)(1) or (2),
and
b. Maintain the documentation
required in this subsection for inspection by the Board or its
designee.
E. A pharmacy technician shall perform only those tasks, listed in R4-23-1104(B), for which training and competency has been demonstrated.
F. If a pharmacy technician leaves a training program described under subsection (B), (C), or (D) before successfully completing the training program, the pharmacist-in-charge shall provide the pharmacy technician with written documentation of the hours of training completed and the tasks for which competence was demonstrated by the pharmacy technician.
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