SECTION 535:15-13-8. Technician annual permit requirement

(a)   Each pharmacy technician in Oklahoma shall obtain a permit annually before practicing as such. A pharmacy technician must be employed in a licensed pharmacy located in Oklahoma to be eligible to renew his pharmacy technician permit.

(1)   Upon meeting the qualifications listed in 535:15-13-4 and 535:25, applicants shall apply for a pharmacy technician permit on the form provided by the Board. Such application shall be returned accompanied by the fee authorized by the legislature and in the agency fee schedule.

(2)   After the pharmacy technician has completed his portion of the application, he must submit it to the pharmacy manager or designated pharmacist who has conducted the technician training for review and signature.

(3)   The pharmacy manager or designated pharmacist must first verify the applicant’s completion of Phase I of the Board approved pharmacy technician training program. The signature by the pharmacist verifying technician training indicates that there is written training verification in the pharmacy available for Board inspection.

(4)   Each pharmacy technician who desires to continue to work as a tech shall annually, on or before the last day of the registrants’ birth month, send to the Board the fee authorized by the legislature and in the agency fee schedule, with a completed Board renewal application signed by the supervising pharmacist and the technician. Renewal notice will be sent to the technician’s address on file in the Board office either electronically or by mail.

(b)   The technician applicant is required to report and the Board shall, at a minimum, consider the following factors in reviewing qualifications of persons who apply for a pharmacy technician permit within the state:

(1)   any arrest, charge, plea of nolo contendere, or conviction, or deferred sentence, for any misdemeanor or felony offense of the applicant under any federal, state, or local laws;

(2)   the furnishing of any false or fraudulent material in any application made to the Board;

(3)   suspension or revocation by federal, state, or local government of any license currently or previously held by the applicant;

(4)   compliance with permitting requirements under previously granted permits, if any;

(5)   any abuse of alcohol or habit-forming drugs or use of an illegal CDS substance or a positive drug screen for such illegal substance or its metabolite; and,

(6)   any other factors or qualifications the Board considers relevant to and consistent with the public health and safety.

(c)   The Board shall have the right to deny a permit to an applicant if it determines that the granting of such a permit would not be consistent with the public health and safety.

[Source: Added at 11 Ok Reg 3431, eff 6-27-94; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2982, eff 9-2-03 (emergency); Amended at 21 Ok Reg 2452, eff 7-1-04; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 2257, eff 7-1-07; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 2249, eff 7-11-10; Amended at 32 Ok Reg 1229, eff 8-27-15; Amended at 33 Ok Reg 1784, eff 9-11-16]