(a) In addition to the requirements of Section 4202, a pharmacy technician working at a remote dispensing site pharmacy shall meet the qualifications promulgated by the board. The regulations developed by the board shall only apply to pharmacy technicians working at remote dispensing sites.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 4115, a registered pharmacy technician may perform order entry, packaging, manipulative, repetitive, and other nondiscretionary tasks at a remote dispensing site pharmacy under the supervision of a pharmacist at a supervising pharmacy using a telepharmacy system.
(c) A pharmacy technician at a remote dispensing site pharmacy shall not do any of the following:
(1) Receive a new prescription order orally from a prescriber or other person authorized to prescribe by law.
(2) Consult with a patient or his or her agent regarding a prescription, either prior to or after dispensing, or regarding any medical information contained in a patient medication record system or patient chart.
(3) Identify, evaluate, or interpret a prescription.
(4) Interpret the clinical data in a patient medication record system or patient chart.
(5) Consult with any prescriber, nurse, or other health care professional or authorized agent thereof.
(6) Supervise the packaging of drugs and check the packaging procedure and product upon completion.
(7) Perform any function that requires the professional judgment of a licensed pharmacist.
(8) Compound drug preparations.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 4115, a pharmacist at a supervising pharmacy may supervise up to two pharmacy technicians at each remote dispensing site pharmacy. This subdivision shall not be construed to alter a pharmacist’s ability to also supervise pharmacy technicians at the supervising pharmacy.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 548, Sec. 7. (AB 401) Effective January 1, 2018.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018