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Ohio News: Pharmacy Technician Issues
Published in the November 2009 Ohio State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter
We have been receiving a large number of calls from or about technicians. Please remember that in Ohio, technicians are not required to be licensed, registered, or certified. However, employers must ensure that technicians are qualified to compound drugs or to package or label any drug. In order to be a qualified pharmacy technician, a person must be 18 years of age or older, a high school graduate (exceptions for the age and graduation requirements are made for technical school students), must have cleared a Board-defined background check, and must have passed a Board-approved examination. Technicians who were employed on or before April 8, 2009, have 18 months to meet those criteria. Technicians hired after April 8, 2009, have 12 months from the date of hire to meet the criteria. The rules for the background checks and the approved examinations may be found on the Board’s Web site under “What’s New” if you need more information. As always, if you have specific questions that are not answered on the Web site, please call the Board office.
