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Q. |
What are the requirements
for a Pharmaceutical
Technician to be issued a
certificate of registration? |
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A. |
A person applying for
registration as a
Pharmaceutical Technician
must:
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Be 18 years of age or
older;
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Be a high school
graduate or the
equivalent;
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Not have been convicted
of a felony or a
misdemeanor that
involves moral
turpitude, dishonesty or
the unlawful possession,
sale or use of drugs;
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Have no history of drug
abuse; and
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Have complied with
one of the
following requirements:
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Is licensed or
registered as a
pharmaceutical
technician in a
state that licenses
or registers
pharmaceutical
technicians;
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Completed 1,500
hours in Nevada as a
registered
pharmaceutical
technician-in-training;
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Graduated from a
school accredited by
the American Society
of Healthsystem
Pharmacists (ASHP)
and have completed
350 hours in Nevada
as a registered
pharmaceutical
technician-in-training;
or
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Graduated from a
school in another
state that is
not
accredited by ASHP
and have passed the
Pharmacy Technician
Certification
Board’s (PTCB)
national
examination.
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Authority:
NAC 639.240(2) |
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Q. |
What are the duties of a
Pharmaceutical Technician? |
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A. |
Under the direct supervision
of a pharmacist, a
Pharmaceutical Technician
may:
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Repackage and label unit
dose and unit of use,
and repackage drugs;
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Prepare, package,
compound and label
prescription drugs that
pertain to
prescriptions;
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Mix drugs with
parenteral fluids;
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Prepare bulk compounds;
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Distribute routine
orders and stock
medications and supplies
in the pharmacy or areas
where care is provided
to patients;
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Maintain inventories of
supplies of drugs;
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Maintain pharmaceutical
records;
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Request authorization to
refill a prescription
from the prescribing
practitioner; and
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Transfer a prescription
though a computer
network under certain
circumstances.
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Authority:
NAC 639.245(2) |
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Q. |
What duties or tasks may not
be performed by a
Pharmaceutical Technician? |
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A. |
A Pharmaceutical Technician
may not:
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Perform an action that
requires a judgmental
decision regarding;
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A drug;
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The interpretation
of a prescription;
OR
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The instructions for
the preparation of a
prescription;
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Take a new prescription
or chart orders over the
telephone; and
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Distribute medications
that;
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Pertain to a chart
order; OR
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Dispense a
prescription unless
the order or
prescription has
been verified by a
pharmacist.
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Authority:
NAC 639.245(3) |
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Q. |
How many Pharmaceutical
Technicians are allowed for
each pharmacist on duty?
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A. |
The ratio of pharmaceutical
technicians to pharmacists
cannot exceed three to one.
Pharmaceutical
technicians-in-training
count against this ratio,
but interns do not.
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Authority:
NAC 639.1371 |
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Q. |
Does a Pharmaceutical
Technician need CE?
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A. |
No. Instead, pharmaceutical
technicians are required to
have 12 hours of in-service
training every two-year
period between renewals,
however as part of their
hours earned they are
required to obtain 1 hour of
an approved Nevada Law
credit. The
pharmacy employing a
technician must make and
maintain records of the
hours of in-service training
provided by the pharmacy and
verified by the managing
pharmacist. A pharmacy may
authorize as part of its
in-service training that a
pharmaceutical technician’s
attendance at a CE will
count as hours of in-service
training. The records must
be kept on the pharmacy’s
premises and will be
reviewed by the Board’s
inspector during the annual
inspection of the pharmacy.
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Authority:
NAC 639.254 |
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