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Missouri News: Technician Registration Compliance Issues
Published in the February 2007 Missouri Board of Pharmacy Newsletter
The Board continues to see noncompliance relating to technician registration. The pharmacist-in-charge (PIC) is responsible for ensuring all technicians are properly registered. Before a technician can assist in the practice of pharmacy, a complete registration application must be submitted. A complete application consists of the application form, photograph, fee, and Identix fingerprinting receipt. The PIC is required to keep a copy of applications on file in the pharmacy until technicians receive their registration certificates. The PIC must maintain a current list of technicians and descriptions of their duties. Besides those assisting in the practice of pharmacy, any person other than a pharmacist or permit holder who has independent access to legend drug stock on a routine basis in a pharmacy must register as a technician. Pharmacies and hospitals may not employ a technician whose name appears on the Employment Disqualification List, which can be found at the Board’s Web site.
Technicians are required to keep the Board apprised of their current home addresses. Changes may be submitted via the Board’s Web site or faxed to 573/526-3464. Renewals are mailed each March and, if returned as undeliverable, are not sent out a second time. Technicians who let their registrations expire on May 31 must reapply by submitting a new, complete application. Technicians that continue to work on expired registrations will be held accountable for their actions. Pharmacists are asked to provide this information to their technicians.
Pharmacies and hospitals are required to report any final disciplinary action taken against a technician or the voluntary resignation of a pharmacy technician against whom any complaints or reports have been made, which might have led to final disciplinary action that can be a cause of action for discipline by the Board as provided for in subsection 2 of Section 338.055, RSMo.
As required in 20 Code of State Regulation 2220-2.030, pharmacist reciprocity applicants who do not complete the pharmacist licensure process within three months of the Board’s receipt of their applications, must register as technicians to continue to work in a pharmacy.
