Source: https://code.dccouncil.us/dc/council/code/titles/3/chapters/12/subchapters/VII-E/
Timestamp: 2019-05-23 19:14:33
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D.C. Law Library - Subchapter VII-E. Registered Pharmacy Technicians.
Subchapter VII-F. Qualifications for Licensure to Practice as a Clinical Laboratory Practitioner.
§ 3–1207.54. Trainees.
§ 3–1207.56. Waiver of requirements.
§ 3–1207.58. Rules.
(1) “Board” means the Board of Pharmacy.
(2) “Direct supervision” means, with respect to the supervision of a pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee, that a licensed pharmacist is:
(A) Physically present at the same pharmacy as the pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee and in the general vicinity of the pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee;
(B) Readily available to answer questions of the pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee;
(C) Making appropriate in-process and end-process verifications of the activities of the pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee; and
(D) Fully responsible for the practice of the pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee.
(3) “Pharmacy technician trainee” means a person enrolled in a Board- approved training program who may perform the duties of a registered pharmacy technician under the direct supervision of a pharmacist in a licensed pharmacy in the District.
(4) “Registered pharmacy technician” means a person who is registered with the Board as a pharmacy technician.
(Mar. 25, 1986, D.C. Law 6-99, § 751; as added May 1, 2013, D.C. Law 19-303, § 2(d), 60 DCR 2711.)
The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-303 added this subchapter.
A registered pharmacy technician shall wear a name tag bearing the title “registered pharmacy technician” and display his or her current registration in a conspicuous place in the pharmacy in which he or she is employed.
(Mar. 25, 1986, D.C. Law 6-99, § 753; as added May 1, 2013, D.C. Law 19-303, § 2(d), 60 DCR 2711.)
(a) The Board shall issue rules regulating the duties and scope of the practice of pharmacy technician trainees.
(b) The Board, through rulemaking, may require that pharmacy technician trainees register with the Board.
(c) A pharmacy technician trainee shall not use a title other than pharmacy technician trainee and shall wear a name tag bearing the title “pharmacy technician trainee”.
(Mar. 25, 1986, D.C. Law 6-99, § 754; as added May 1, 2013, D.C. Law 19-303, § 2(d), 60 DCR 2711.)
This section is referenced in § 3-1207.52.
(a) A registered pharmacy technician may provide technical pharmacy-related services, as defined through rulemaking, that do not require professional judgment regarding the preparation and distribution of drugs if the technical services are provided under the direct supervision of a pharmacist licensed under this chapter.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a registered pharmacy technician shall not provide the following services:
(3) Prescriber contact, except for receiving authorization of prescription refills;
(4) Therapy modification;
(5) Patient counseling;
(6) Dispensing process validation;
(7) Vaccination or immunization administration;
(8) Receiving a new prescription drug order over the telephone;
(9) Any activity required by law or regulation to be performed only by a pharmacist; or
(10) Any activity for which professional pharmaceutical judgment is required.
(Mar. 25, 1986, D.C. Law 6-99, § 755; as added May 1, 2013, D.C. Law 19-303, § 2(d), 60 DCR 2711.)
The Board shall waive the educational and examination requirements under § 3-1207.52(b) for any applicant for registration or registration renewal who can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Board that he or she has been performing the function of a pharmacy technician on a full-time or substantially full-time basis continually for at least 24 months immediately preceding May 1, 2013, and is qualified to do so on the basis of pertinent education, training, experience, and demonstrated current experience; provided, that the application is made within 24 months of May 1, 2013.
(Mar. 25, 1986, D.C. Law 6-99, § 756; as added May 1, 2013, D.C. Law 19-303, § 2(d), 60 DCR 2711.)
(a) Unless otherwise authorized by the Board, an individual who works at a pharmacy and is not licensed or registered by the Board as a pharmacist or pharmacy intern or authorized to perform the services of a pharmacy technician under this chapter, may perform only ancillary pharmacy services, such as:
(1) Cashiering;
(2) Bookkeeping;
(3) Pricing;
(4) Stocking;
(5) Delivering;
(6) Answering nonprofessional telephone inquiries; and
(7) Documenting third-party reimbursement.
(b) An individual who is not licensed or registered by the Board as a pharmacist or pharmacy intern or authorized to perform the services of a pharmacy technician under this chapter shall not perform the tasks of a:
(1) Pharmacist;
(2) Pharmacy intern;
(3) Pharmacy technician; or
(4) Pharmacy technician trainee.
(Mar. 25, 1986, D.C. Law 6-99, § 757; as added May 1, 2013, D.C. Law 19-303, § 2(d), 60 DCR 2711.)
The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 [§ 2-501 et seq.], shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this subchapter.
(Mar. 25, 1986, D.C. Law 6-99, § 758; as added May 1, 2013, D.C. Law 19-303, § 2(d), 60 DCR 2711.)