Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4729:3 - Pharmacy Technician › Chapter 4729:3-3 - Pharmacy Technician Trainees › Section 4729:3-3-04 - Certified pharmacy technicians

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) As used in this rule, "positive
			 identification" has the same meaning as in rule 4729:5-5-01 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(B) A
			 certified pharmacy technician shall wear a name tag or badge which contains the
			 designation "Certified Pharmacy Technician." The required designation may be
			 added to an existing name tag or badge. The name tag or badge and the required
			 designation shall contain lettering of a legible size.
(C) A certified pharmacy technician may,
			 under the direct supervision of a pharmacist, engage in the following
			 activities at a location licensed as a terminal distributor of dangerous drugs
			 to the extent that the activities do not require the exercise of professional
			 judgment:
(1) Accepting new written, faxed or
			 electronic prescription orders from a prescriber or a prescriber's agent. New
			 verbal prescription orders from a prescriber or a prescriber's agent for
			 non-controlled drugs may be accepted pursuant to paragraph (C)(13) of this
			 rule.
(2) Entering information into
			 and retrieving information from a database or patient profile.
(3) Preparing and affixing labels.
(4) Stocking dangerous drugs and retrieving
			 those drugs from inventory.
(5)
			 Counting and pouring dangerous drugs into containers.
(6) Placing dangerous drugs into containers
			 prior to dispensing by a pharmacist.
(7) Non-sterile drug compounding in
			 accordance with the required training in paragraph (D) of this rule.
(8) Sterile drug compounding in accordance
			 with the required training in paragraph (E) of this rule.
(9) Packaging and selling a dangerous drug to
			 a patient or patient representative.
(10) Sending or receiving electronic
			 prescriptions between pharmacies accessing the same prescription records in a
			 centralized database or pharmacy computers linked in any other
			 manner.
(11) Stocking automated
			 drug storage systems, floor stock, and crash carts at a location licensed as a
			 terminal distributor of dangerous drugs.
(a)
			 Notwithstanding the definition of direct supervision in rule
			 4729:3-1-01
			 of the Administrative Code, a certified pharmacy technician may stock automated
			 drug storage systems, crash carts, and floor stock at a location licensed as a
			 terminal distributor of dangerous drugs if a pharmacist is not physically
			 present at the licensed location and all of the following apply:
(i) A pharmacist is readily available to
			 answer questions of the certified pharmacy technician;
(ii) A pharmacist is responsible for
			 conducting routine verifications of the activities of the certified pharmacy
			 technician to prevent the diversion of dangerous drugs;
(iii) A pharmacist is fully responsible for
			 all activities conducted by the certified pharmacy technician at the licensed
			 location.
(12) Requesting refill authorizations for
			 dangerous drugs from a prescriber or prescriber's agent, so long as there is no
			 change from the original prescription;
(13) Accepting new verbal prescription
			 orders, including refill authorizations, for non-controlled drugs from a
			 prescriber or a prescriber's agent pursuant to all of the following:
(a) The pharmacist on duty who is supervising
			 the activity of the certified pharmacy technician will determine if the
			 technician is competent to receive a verbal order.
(b) The pharmacist on duty who is supervising
			 the activity of the certified pharmacy technician is responsible for the
			 accuracy of a prescription order received by a technician.
(c) The pharmacist on duty must be
			 immediately available to answer questions or discuss the prescription order
			 received by a certified pharmacy technician.
(d) The certified pharmacy technician may not
			 receive a prescription order for a controlled substance.
(e) If applicable, the certified pharmacy
			 technician receiving a prescription order must document the full name of the
			 prescriber's agent.
(f) The
			 receiving certified pharmacy technician shall immediately reduce the
			 prescription order to writing, which may include
			 entering the information directly into a computerized record keeping
			 system, and shall review the prescription with the pharmacist on
			 duty.
(g) Prior to dispensing,
			 positive identification of the receiving certified pharmacy technician and the
			 pharmacist on duty shall be recorded to identify the responsibility for the
			 receipt of the prescription.
(h)
			 The certified pharmacy technician and the pharmacist on duty must meet all
			 other applicable rules for the receipt of new verbal prescription orders
			 pursuant to agency 4729 of the Administrative Code.
(14) Send or receive copies of non-controlled
			 prescriptions pursuant to all of the following:
(a) The pharmacist on duty who is supervising
			 the activity of the certified pharmacy technician will determine if the
			 technician is competent to send or receive a prescription copy.
(b) The pharmacist on duty who is supervising
			 the activity of the certified pharmacy technician is responsible for the
			 accuracy of a prescription copy that is sent or received by a
			 technician.
(c) The pharmacist on
			 duty must be immediately available to answer questions or discuss the
			 prescription copy that is sent or received by a certified pharmacy
			 technician.
(d) The certified
			 pharmacy technician may not send or receive a prescription copy for a
			 controlled substance.
(e) The
			 pharmacist or certified pharmacy technician receiving a prescription copy from
			 a certified pharmacy technician must document the full names of the sending
			 technician and the technician's supervising pharmacist. The receiving
			 technician shall immediately reduce the prescription copy to writing, which may include entering the information directly into a
			 computerized record keeping system, and shall review the prescription
			 with the pharmacist on duty. Prior to dispensing, positive identification of
			 the certified pharmacy technician and the pharmacist on duty shall be recorded
			 to identify the responsibility for the receipt of the copy.
(f) The pharmacist or certified pharmacy
			 technician sending a prescription copy to a certified technician must document
			 the full names of the receiving technician and the technician's supervising
			 pharmacist.
(g) The certified
			 technician and the pharmacist on duty must meet all other applicable rules for
			 the transfer of a prescription copy pursuant agency 4729 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(15) Contacting a
			 prescriber or prescriber's agent to obtain clarification for a prescription
			 order if the clarification does not require the exercise of professional
			 judgment.
(16) Performing
			 diagnostic laboratory testing pursuant to agency 4729 of the Administrative
			 Code.