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Minnesota News: Technicians
Reprinted from the April 2007 Minnesota Board of Pharmacy Newsletter.
Board of Pharmacy inspectors continue to report finding pharmacy technicians working without a current technician registration. In some cases, individuals have been allowed to work as technicians for months without being registered. Technicians are reminded that they are not allowed to work as pharmacy technicians without valid registration with the Board. For new technicians, original registration must take place before employment as a technician commences.
PICs of pharmacies in Minnesota are responsible for assuring that all pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacist interns are properly licensed or registered with the Board at all times. If an individual works in one of those capacities without proper licensure or registration, disciplinary action can be taken against both the PIC and the unlicensed or unregistered individual.
While a PIC no longer has to submit copies of policies and procedures relating to the use of pharmacy technicians to the Board for approval, these documents are still required to be up-to-date and readily accessible to Board of Pharmacy inspectors at the time of their regular inspection visits. In the experience of the Board inspectors, pharmacists frequently cannot find their policies and procedures, the procedures do not accurately reflect what the technicians are actually doing, or the policies and procedures have not been updated within the last five years, as required. Sometimes all of the above are found to be true.
A PIC must make sure that the policies and procedures for the use of technicians at their pharmacy are up-to-date, are readily retrievable, and have been read by all of the pharmacists and technicians employed at the pharmacy.
