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2025 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS
CHAPTER 9 - Pharmacy
ARTICLE 2 - Definitions
Section 4038.
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CA Bus & Prof Code § 4038 (2025)
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4038. (a) “Pharmacy technician” means an individual who assists a pharmacist in a pharmacy in the performance of their pharmacy related duties, as specified in Section 4115.
(b) A “pharmacy technician trainee” is a person who is enrolled in a pharmacy technician training program operated by a California public postsecondary education institution or by a private postsecondary vocational institution approved by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education or an accredited employer-based pharmacy technician training program.
(Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 196, Sec. 8. (AB 1503) Effective January 1, 2026.)
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