Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part LIII - Pharmacists
Chapter 9 - Pharmacy Technicians
Section LIII-903 - Pharmacy Technician Candidates
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code LIII-903
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Registration
1. All pharmacy technician candidates shall
obtain a registration from the board prior to performing any professional
functions in a pharmacy; failure to do so may result in disciplinary action by
the board.
2. Qualifications
a. The applicant shall be at least 18 years
of age, as evidenced by a valid and legible copy of a birth certificate or
other appropriate credential.
b.
The applicant shall be of good moral character and non-impaired.
c. The applicant shall satisfy one of the
following eligibility criteria:
i. proof of
enrollment in a nationally-accredited and board-approved pharmacy technician
training program; or
ii. Proof of
successful completion of a board-approved technician certification examination,
and further, proof of successful completion of a high school approved by a
state department of education or an equivalent degree of education, as
evidenced by a valid and legible copy of a diploma, transcript, or other
appropriate credential.
iii. proof
of credentialing as a pharmacy technician by another state board of pharmacy as
well as evidence of practice as a pharmacy technician for at least one year in
that state, and further, proof of successful completion of a board-approved
technician certification examination.
d. Exceptions
i. A pharmacist or pharmacist intern whose
board credential has been denied, suspended, revoked, or restricted for
disciplinary reasons by any board of pharmacy shall not be a pharmacy
technician candidate or pharmacy technician.
ii. A pharmacist or pharmacist intern whose
board credential is lapsed shall not be a pharmacy technician candidate or
pharmacy technician until such lapsed credential is recalled through
non-disciplinary board action.
3. Issuance and Maintenance
a. Upon receipt of a properly completed
application, appropriate fee, and any other documentation required by the
board, the board may issue a Pharmacy Technician Candidate Registration to the
applicant.
b. The board reserves
the right to refuse to issue, recall, or discipline a registration for
cause.
c. The registration shall
expire 24 months after the date of issuance, and it shall not be
renewable.
d. Termination of
Enrollment; Status of Registration
i. In the
event the candidate is no longer enrolled in a nationally-accredited and
board-approved pharmacy technician training program for any reason other than
graduation, the candidate no longer meets the eligibility criteria to possess
the registration, and the candidate shall relinquish the registration to the
board, giving notice of their last day of enrollment in the program.
ii. In the event a candidate fails to
relinquish their registration when required to do so, or when notified by the
board office of that requirement, the board staff shall inactivate the
registration and refer the matter to the board for its consideration of
disciplinary action against the candidate.
iii. In the event the candidate should
re-enroll in the original program or a different program, and gives proof of
that enrollment to the board, the board may re-issue the registration with the
original expiration date preserved.
iv. In its discretion, the board may grant an
exception to the original expiration date upon request by the candidate
demonstrating unusual circumstances.
e. A pharmacy technician candidate shall
notify the board, in writing, no later than 10 days following a change of
mailing address. The written notice shall include the candidates name,
registration number, and old and new addresses.
f. A pharmacy technician candidate shall
notify the board, in writing, no later than 10 days following a change in
location(s) of employment. The written notice shall include the candidates
name, registration number, and name, address, and permit numbers for old and
new employers.
B. Training Programs
1. All training programs approved by the
board shall maintain their national accreditation.
2. The training program shall notify the
board when a pharmacy technician candidate is no longer enrolled in the
program. Evidence of a programs failure to comply with this rule shall
constitute sufficient basis for the withdrawal of the boards approval for the
program.
3. The training program
shall provide an appropriate credential to the pharmacy technician candidate
who has successfully completed the program, provided, however, that such
credential shall not be formatted in such a manner to lead anyone to believe
that credential resembles a document providing legal authority to practice as a
pharmacy technician.
C. Practical Experience
1. The candidate shall
possess a registration prior to performing any permitted professional function
or earning any practical experience in a pharmacy.
2. The candidate shall wear appropriate
attire and be properly identified as to name and candidate status while on duty
in the prescription department.
3.
A candidate shall not work in a permitted site that is on probation with the
board, or with a pharmacist who is on probation with the board.
4. The candidates registration shall evidence
his authority to earn practical experience in a pharmacy, under the supervision
of a pharmacist, in satisfaction of the requirements for pharmacy technician
certification:
a. in the event the
registration was issued to an applicant enrolled in a nationally-accredited and
board-approved training program, the candidate shall earn the amount of
experience prescribed by the curriculum of that program, which may include
hours earned in a consultant pharmacy practice which does not hold a pharmacy
permit; or
b. in the event the
registration was issued to an applicant by any other method, the candidate
shall earn at least 600 hours of practical experience in a pharmacy in
Louisiana, provided however, that a candidate may receive board credit for a
maximum of 50 hours per week.
5. Hours of practical experience earned by a
candidate shall expire two years after the expiration date of the
registration.
D. Examination
1. A board-approved technician
examination shall consist of integrated pharmacy subject matter and any other
disciplines the board may deem appropriate in order to permit the candidate to
demonstrate his competency. The candidate shall achieve a passing score, as
determined by the board.
2. In the
event the candidate fails the examination, the candidate may repeat the
examination in compliance with the test administrator's policy.
a. Following the first or second unsuccessful
attempt of an examination, the candidate may be permitted to retake that
examination.
b. Following the third
unsuccessful attempt of an examination, the candidate shall wait one year after
the date of the last examination to retake that examination. If the candidate
fails to wait the prescribed one-year period, the board may delay any future
certification until that one-year period has elapsed.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1212.
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