California Code of Regulations
Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 17 - California State Board of Pharmacy
Article 11 - Ancillary Personnel
Section 1793.8 - Technicians in Hospitals with Clinical Pharmacy Programs
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
(a) A general acute care hospital, as defined in Health and Safety Code 1250(a), that has an ongoing clinical pharmacy program may allow pharmacy technicians to check the work of other pharmacy technicians in connection with the filling of floor and ward stock and unit dose distribution systems for patients admitted to the hospital whose orders have previously been reviewed and approved by a licensed pharmacist.
Only inpatient hospital pharmacies as defined in 4029(a) that maintain a clinical pharmacy services program as described in 4052.1 may have a technician checking technician program as described. The pharmacy shall have on file a description of the clinical pharmacy program prior to initiating a technician checking technician program.
(b) Compounded or repackaged products must have been previously checked by a pharmacist and then may be used by the technician to fill unit dose distribution systems, and floor and ward stock.
(c) To ensure quality patient care and reduce medication errors, programs that use pharmacy technicians to check the work of other pharmacy technicians pursuant to this section must include the following components:
1. New section
filed 12-7-2006; operative 1-6-2007 (Register 2006, No. 49).
2.
Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (a) and amending NOTE
filed 12-18-2007 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2007, No. 51).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 4005 and 4115, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 4005, 4052.1 and 4115, Business and Professions Code.