RELATES TO:
KRS
315.010(12), (20), (26),
315.020(4)(b),
315.191(1)(a), (g),
(l)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
315.191(1)(a) authorizes the
board to promulgate administrative regulations governing pharmacy technicians.
KRS
315.020(4)(b) authorizes the
board to establish the scope of practice for pharmacy technicians.
KRS
315.010(20) and
315.191(1)(l)
authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations establishing when
a pharmacy technician can practice under the general, rather than immediate,
supervision of a pharmacist. This administrative regulation establishes the
qualifications required for a pharmacy technician to practice under the general
supervision of a pharmacist, and establishes the scope of practice for a
pharmacy technician.
Section 1. A
person shall be recognized by the board as a certified pharmacy technician, if:
(1)
(a) The
person has successfully completed the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam
(PTCE) administered by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or
the Examination for the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians (ExCPT) by the
National Healthcareer Association (NHA); and
(b) The certificate issued by the PTCB or NHA
is current; or
(2) The
person has successfully completed the Nuclear Pharmacy Technician Training
Program at the University of Tennessee.
Section 2. A certified pharmacy technician
may perform the following functions under the general supervision of a
pharmacist:
(1) Certify for delivery unit dose
mobile transport systems that have been refilled by another
technician;
(2) Within a nuclear
pharmacy, receive diagnostic orders; and
(3)
(a)
Initiate or receive a telephonic communication from a practitioner or
practitioner's agent concerning refill authorization, after the certified
pharmacy technician clearly identifies himself or herself as a certified
pharmacy technician; and
(b) If a
practitioner or practitioner's agent communicates information that does not
relate to the refill authorization:
1. A
technician shall immediately inform the pharmacist; and
2. The pharmacist shall receive the
communication.
Section 3.
(1) A technician who has not been certified
by PTCB or NHA may perform the functions specified by Section 2 of this
administrative regulation under the immediate supervision of a
pharmacist.
(2) A function
performed by a certified pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician shall be
performed subject to the review of the pharmacist who directed the technician
to perform the function.
(3) A
pharmacist who directs a certified pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician
to perform a function shall be responsible for the technician and the
performance of the function.
