Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 535 - Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy
Chapter 15 - Pharmacies
Subchapter 5 - Hospital Pharmacies
Section 535:15-5-7.4 - Pharmacy technician tasks

(1) Any tasks auxiliary supportive personnel are allowed to perform;

(2) Count and/or pour medications;

(3) Affix prescription label to the final container;

(4) Affix auxiliary labels to the container as directed by the pharmacist;

(5) Assist the pharmacist in the management of the controlled dangerous substance (CDS) inventory. The pharmacist remains responsible for completeness and accuracy;

(6) Fill "Modified unit dose distribution systems", "Automated dispensing systems" and/or "Unit dose distributions systems";

(7) Prepackage and label multi-dose and unit-dose packages of medication as directed by pharmacist-established procedures for such, including selection of containers, labels and lot numbers, with provisions for the pharmacist to check the finished task prior to dispensing to the patient. (While a pharmacy technician may package and label the drug, the certification is the responsibility of the pharmacist.)

(8) Perform bulk reconstitution of prefabricated non-injectable medication utilizing a pharmacist established procedure for the bulk reconstitution of prefabricated noninjectable medications.

(9) Perform bulk compounding, including such items as sterile bulk solutions for small-volume injectables, sterile irrigation solutions, products prepared in relatively large volume for internal or external use by patients, and reagents or other products for other departments of the hospital facility. Such intermediate and large scale compounding may be done by a pharmacy technician through the use of a procedural manual and a system of in-process and final checks and controls developed or approved by the pharmacist and which are carefully and systematically enforced.

(10) Technician training and requirements for technician participation in non-sterile compounding is described in 535:15-10-3(a) - (h).

(11) Technician training and requirements for technician participation in sterile compounding is described in 535:15-10-52(a) - (h).

(12) Prepare sterile compounded preparations utilizing a policy and procedure that addresses the verification of the pharmaceutical constituents, the prepared label and the final product by the pharmacist following documented training and demonstrated competency as required in OAC 535:15-10-52(d).

(13) Record patient or medication information for later validation by the pharmacist pursuant to procedures which prevent the information from being utilized in any way until it is validated by the pharmacist. Exempt from the necessity of pharmacist validation shall be records, such as financial, inventory control, etc., which can in no way affect the safety and accuracy of medication administration to patients.

(14) Select prepackaged and pre-labeled doses of medication from storage areas and place and transport to the patient area such doses in containers bearing a patient's name in a unit dose distribution system or a modified unit dose distribution system if the pharmacist personally checks and verifies by signature or initial all patient medication before it is administered to the patient.