(225 ILCS 85/17.1)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
Sec. 17.1. Pharmacy technician training.
(a) Beginning January 1, 2004, it shall be the joint responsibility of a pharmacy and its pharmacist in charge to have trained all of its pharmacy technicians or obtain proof of prior training in all of the following topics as they relate to the practice site:
(1) The duties and responsibilities of the
technicians and pharmacists.
(2) Tasks and technical skills, policies, and
procedures.
(3) Compounding, packaging, labeling, and storage.
(4) Pharmaceutical and medical terminology.
(5) Record keeping requirements.
(6) The ability to perform and apply arithmetic
calculations.
(b) Within 6 months after initial employment or changing the duties and responsibilities of a pharmacy technician, it shall be the joint responsibility of the pharmacy and the pharmacist in charge to train the pharmacy technician or obtain proof of prior training in the areas listed in subsection (a) of this Section as they relate to the practice site or to document that the pharmacy technician is making appropriate progress.
(c) All pharmacies shall maintain an up-to-date training program describing the duties and responsibilities of a pharmacy technician.
(d) All pharmacies shall create and maintain retrievable records of training or proof of training as required in this Section.
(Source: P.A. 95-689, eff. 10-29-07.)
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