Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Oklahoma creates a new law allowing supportive personnel to perform certain task in the practice of pharmacy if suchsuch personnel perform the tasks in compliance with rules promulgated by the State Board of Pharmacy. (Effective November 1, 2015)


SECTION 12. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 353.18A of Title 59, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Supportive personnel may perform certain tasks in the practice of pharmacy if such personnel perform the tasks in compliance with rules promulgated by the State Board of Pharmacy.
B. 1. No person shall serve as a pharmacy technician without first procuring a permit from the Board.
2. An application for an initial or renewal pharmacy technician permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be submitted to the Board and provide any other information deemed relevant by the Board.
3. An application for an initial or renewal permit shall be accompanied by a permit fee not to exceed Seventy Five Dollars ($75.00) for each period of one (1) year. A permit issued pursuant to this subsection shall be valid for a period to be determined by the Board.
4. Every permitted pharmacy technician who fails to complete a renewal form and remit the required renewal fee to the Board by the fifteenth day after the expiration of the permit shall pay a late fee to be fixed by the Board.
5. A pharmacy technician permit shall be cancelled thirty (30) days after expiration.
6. A person may obtain reinstatement of a cancelled pharmacy technician permit by making application, paying a reinstatement fee, and satisfactorily completing other requirements set by the Board.

quoted from OK SB787 signed into law by the Governor on May 4, 2015

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