California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 17 - California State Board of Pharmacy › Article 11 - Ancillary Personnel › Section 1793.7 - Requirements for Pharmacies Employing Pharmacy Technicians

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Except as otherwise provided in section
				1793.8, any function performed by
				a pharmacy technician in connection with the dispensing of a prescription,
				including repackaging from bulk and storage of pharmaceuticals, must be
				verified and documented in writing by a pharmacist. Except for the preparation
				of prescriptions for an inpatient of a hospital and for an inmate of a
				correctional facility, the pharmacist shall indicate verification of the
				prescription by initialing the prescription label before the medication is
				provided to the patient.
(b)
				Pharmacy technicians must work under the direct supervision of a pharmacist and
				in such a relationship that the supervising pharmacist is fully aware of all
				activities involved in the preparation and dispensing of medications, including
				the maintenance of appropriate records.
(c) A pharmacy technician must wear
				identification clearly identifying him or her as a pharmacy
				technician.
(d) Any pharmacy
				employing or using a pharmacy technician shall develop a job description and
				written policies and procedures adequate to ensure compliance with the
				provisions of Article 11 of this Chapter, and shall maintain, for at least
				three years from the time of making, records adequate to establish compliance
				with these sections and written policies and procedures.
(e) A pharmacist shall be responsible for all
				activities of pharmacy technicians to ensure that all such activities are
				performed completely, safely and without risk of harm to patients.
(f) For the preparation of a prescription for
				an inpatient of a licensed health facility and for a patient of a licensed home
				health agency, the ratio shall not be less than one pharmacist on duty for a
				total of two pharmacy technicians on duty. Pursuant to Business and Professions
				Code section
				4115(g)(1),
				this ratio shall not apply to the preparation of a prescription for an inmate
				of a correctional facility of the Department of the Youth Authority or the
				Department of Corrections, or for a person receiving treatment in a facility
				operated by the State Department of Mental Health, the State Department of
				Developmental Services, or the Department of Veterans Affairs.
1. New section
				  filed 8-12-92; operative 9-11-92 (Register 92, No. 33).
2. Change
				  without regulatory effect amending subsection (f) and NOTE filed 9-11-2002
				  pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2002, No. 37).
3. Repealer of subsection (a),
				  subsection relettering, amendment of newly designated subsections (b) and (d)
				  and new subsection (e) filed 9-22-2004; operative 10-22-2004 (Register 2004,
				  No. 39).
4. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 12-7-2006; operative
				  1-6-2007 (Register 2006, No. 49).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 4005,
					 4007,
					 4038,
					 4115
					 and
					 4202,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 4005,
					 4007,
					 4038,
					 4115
					 and
					 4202,
					 Business and Professions Code.