2005 Minnesota Statutes - 151.102 — Pharmacy technician.

     151.102 Pharmacy technician. 


    Subdivision 1.    General.  A pharmacy technician may 
 assist a pharmacist in the practice of pharmacy by performing 
 nonjudgmental tasks and works under the personal and direct 
 supervision of the pharmacist.  A pharmacist may supervise two 
 technicians, as long as the pharmacist assumes responsibility 
 for all the functions performed by the technicians.  A pharmacy 
 may exceed the ratio of pharmacy technicians to pharmacists 
 permitted in this subdivision or in rule by a total of one 
 technician at any given time in the pharmacy, provided at least 
 one technician in the pharmacy holds a valid certification from 
 the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board or from another 
 national certification body for pharmacy technicians that 
 requires passage of a nationally recognized, psychometrically 
 valid certification examination for certification as determined 
 by the Board of Pharmacy.  The Board of Pharmacy may, by rule, 
 set ratios of technicians to pharmacists greater than two to one 
 for the functions specified in rule.  The delegation of any 
 duties, tasks, or functions by a pharmacist to a pharmacy 
 technician is subject to continuing review and becomes the 
 professional and personal responsibility of the pharmacist who 
 directed the pharmacy technician to perform the duty, task, or 
 function. 


    Subd. 2.    Waivers by board permitted.  A pharmacist in 
 charge in a pharmacy may petition the board for authorization to 
 allow a pharmacist to supervise more than two pharmacy 
 technicians.  The pharmacist's petition must include provisions 
 addressing the maintenance of patient care and safety.  A 
 petition filed with the board under this subdivision shall be 
 deemed approved 90 days after the board receives the petition, 
 unless the board denies the petition within 90 days of receipt 
 and notifies the petitioning pharmacist of the petition's denial 
 and the board's reasons for denial. 


    HIST: 1997 c 132 s 3; 1999 c 63 s 1; 2000 c 276 s 1