Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 480 - RULES OF GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY
Chapter 480-15 - PHARMACY TECHNICIANS AND OTHER PHARMACY PERSONNEL
Rule 480-15-.03 - Use of Registered Pharmacy Technicians and Other Pharmacy Personnel
Current through Rules and Regulations filed through March 20, 2024
(a) In dispensing drugs, no individual other than a licensed pharmacist, intern or extern working under direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist shall perform or conduct those duties or functions which require professional judgment. It shall be the responsibility of the supervising pharmacist to ensure that no other employee of the pharmacy, excluding pharmacy interns or externs, performs or conducts those duties or functions which require professional judgment.
(b) For all prescription drug orders, it shall be the responsibility of the Pharmacist on duty at a facility to ensure that only a pharmacist or a pharmacy intern and/or extern under the direct supervision of a pharmacist provides professional consultation and counseling with patients or other licensed health care professionals and that only a pharmacist or a pharmacy intern or an extern under the direct supervision of a pharmacist accepts telephoned oral prescription drug orders or provides or receives information in any manner relative to prescriptions or prescription drugs.
(c) Registered pharmacy technicians and other pharmacy personnel, i.e., clerks, cashiers, observers, etc., in the prescription department shall be easily identifiable by use of a name badge or other similar means which prominently displays their name and the job function in which the personnel are engaging at that time. Any pharmacy personnel or other person present in the pharmacy department must be under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist.
(d) In the dispensing of all prescription drug orders:
(e) The pharmacist to registered pharmacy technician ratio shall not exceed one pharmacist providing direct supervision of four registered pharmacy technicians in accordance with the certification requirements below.
(f) In addition to the utilization of four (4) registered pharmacy technicians as outlined in subsection (e), a pharmacist may be assisted by and directly supervise at the same time one (1) pharmacy intern, one (1) pharmacy extern, and one (1) pharmacy observer.
(g) The board may consider and approve an application to increase the ratio in a pharmacy located in a licensed hospital. Such application must be made in writing and may be submitted to the Board by the pharmacist in charge of a specific hospital pharmacy in this state.
(h) No completed prescription drug order shall be given to the patient requesting the same unless the contents and label thereof have been verified by a pharmacist.
(i) The Board of Pharmacy may revoke or suspend the registration of a pharmacy technician for any of the grounds set forth in O.C.G.A. Sections 43-1-19 or 26-4-60. The revocation or suspension of the registration of a pharmacy technician is not a contested case under the Georgia Administrative Procedures Act, O.C.G.A.T. 50, Ch.13, and the technician is not entitled to a hearing, but the technician may be entitled to an appearance before the Board.
O.C.G.A. §§ 26-4-27, 26-4-28, 26-4-60, 26-4-80, 26-4-82, 26-4-83, 26-4-84, 26-4-85, 26-4-88, 26-4-110, 26-4-111, 43-1-19.