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Oregon News: Certified Oregon Pharmacy Technicians
Published in the November 2008 Oregon State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter
The transition from pharmacy technician to certified Oregon pharmacy technician has finally come to a close. As of October 1, 2008, all qualified applicants for renewal as a certified Oregon pharmacy technician have received their annual license. Many new applications from nationally certified pharmacy technicians are being received in the Board of Pharmacy office every day.
As of October 1, 2007, applicants who have not passed one of the national certification examinations began receiving a one-year nonrenewable “pharmacy technician” license. This allows them to work as a pharmacy technician in Oregon for up to one year. If one of the national certification examinations is not passed within this year, the technician license will not be renewed and the individual may not work as a technician until he or she can provide evidence of certification to the Board. No person may perform the duties of a pharmacy technician in Oregon unless licensed by the Board of Pharmacy as either a pharmacy technician or a certified Oregon pharmacy technician.
As of October 6, 2008, the Board has 4,427 currently active Oregon certified pharmacy technicians, and the number of currently active one-year nonrenewable pharmacy technicians licensed is 1,093. The number of applications received and pending for a certified Oregon pharmacy technician license to date is 141. The Board receives between 130 and 150 technician applications per month. On October 1, the beginning of the 2008-2009 licensing period, 1,355 existing technician licenses were not renewed. This is slightly lower than the average number of technicians who fail to renew each year.
