Registered Pharmacy Technician Responsibilities

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Board of Pharmacy

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

64B16-27.420Registered Pharmacy Technician Responsibilities

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 40, No. 208, October 24, 2014 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

The change is in response to written comments submitted by the staff of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee.  The changes are as follows:

1.  The title of the rule shall be:

Pharmacy Technician – Delegable and Non-Delegable Tasks.

2. The introductory paragraph shall now read as follows:

A pharmacy technician may only assist a pharmacist in executing or carrying out the practice of the profession of pharmacy, but shall never themselves engage in the practice of the profession of pharmacy as defined in Chapter 465, F.S. Therefore, pharmacy technicians may only perform delegable tasks as identified and defined pursuant to this rule.

3. Subsection (1) shall now read as follows:

(1) Definition of Delegable Tasks – Delegable tasks are those tasks that are performed pursuant to a pharmacist’s direction, without the exercise of the pharmacy technician’s own judgment and discretion, and which do not require the pharmacy technician to exercise the independent professional judgment that is the foundation of the practice of the profession of pharmacy.

4. Subsection (2)(l) shall now read as follows:

(l) While under the direct supervision of the pharmacist, performance of any other mechanical, technical or administrative tasks which do not themselves constitute practice of the profession of pharmacy.

5. Subsection (3)(a) shall now read as follows:

(a) Receive new non written prescriptions or receive any change in the medication, strength, or directions of an existing prescription;

6. Subsection (3)(k) shall now read as follows:

(k) Engage in any other act that requires the exercise of a pharmacist’s professional judgment.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Patrick Kennedy, Executive Director, Board of Pharmacy, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C04, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3254