NAC639.258. Participation in program of training for pharmaceutical technicians.

     1. A pharmaceutical technician in training who is registered with the Board may perform the duties of a pharmaceutical technician while he or she is participating in a program of training for pharmaceutical technicians that is approved by the Board pursuant to NAC 639.256. The registration of such a pharmaceutical technician in training:

     (a) Will specify the program of training in which he or she is participating; and

     (b) Expires when the enrollment of the pharmaceutical technician in the program terminates.

     2. A person who is participating in a program of training for pharmaceutical technicians that is approved by the Board pursuant to NAC 639.256 may be trained in more than one pharmacy as a part of the program.

     3. A pharmacist who is acting as an instructor for a program of training for pharmaceutical technicians that is approved by the Board pursuant to NAC 639.256 may, while acting as an instructor, supervise one pharmaceutical technician in training, in addition to the persons that he or she may supervise pursuant to NAC 639.250, if the additional pharmaceutical technician in training:

     (a) Has completed at least 9 months of a program of training for pharmaceutical technicians that is approved by the Board pursuant to NAC 639.256; and

     (b) Has not yet successfully completed 240 hours of practical training.

     4. A pharmacist shall not supervise an additional pharmaceutical technician in training pursuant to subsection 3 after that pharmaceutical technician in training has successfully completed 240 hours of practical training.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy, eff. 11-15-93; A 12-13-96; R036-07, 1-30-2008)

Notation

REVISER’S NOTE.

      The regulation of the State Board of Pharmacy filed with the Secretary of State on January 30, 2008 (LCB File No. R036-07), which amended this section, contains the following provisions not included in NAC:

      “Notwithstanding the provisions of NAC 639.256, if a program of training for pharmaceutical technicians has been approved by the State Board of Pharmacy before January 30, 2008:

      1.  The program is not required to be accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists until January 30, 2010; and

      2.  An applicant for registration as a pharmaceutical technician may satisfy the requirement set forth in subparagraph (1) of paragraph (e) of subsection 2 of NAC 639.240 if he successfully completes the program not later than January 30, 2010.”