ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-fifth Legislature

Second Regular Session

Senate: HHS DPA 4-3-1-0 │ 3rd Read 16-12-2-0

SB 1569: pharmacy technician trainees; pharmacists; compounding

Sponsor: Senator Barto, LD 15

Committee on Health & Human Services

Overview

Repeals the licensure requirement for pharmacy technician trainees and instead requires pharmacy technician trainee applicants to register with the Board of Pharmacy (Board). Modifies the definition of unethical conduct in the practice of pharmacy.

History

The Board protects the public and oversees the practice of pharmacy by issuing licenses and permits, investigating and resolving complaints and providing information to the public about the status of licenses and permit holders. Additionally, statute outlines what is considered to be unethical conduct in the practice of pharmacy (A.R.S. §§  32-1901.01 and 32-1904).

An applicant for licensure as a pharmacy technician trainee must submit with the application fee prescribed by the board which can not exceed $100. A license expires 36 months after it is issued and can not be renewed or reissued. An applicant for licensure as a pharmacy technician trainee must:

1)   Be of a good moral character;

2)   Be at least 18 years old; and

3)   Have a high school diploma or a high school diploma equivalent (A.R.S. §§ 32-1923.01, 32-1924). 

Provisions

1.   Deletes the licensure requirement of a pharmacy technician trainee. (Sec. 4)

2.   Directs a pharmacy technician trainee to:

a)   Register with the board through an online application; and

b)   Apply for a pharmacy technician license within 36 months after registering as a pharmacy technician trainee. (Sec. 4, 5)

3.   Repeals the requirement that a pharmacy technician trainee applicant be of good moral character and have a high school diploma or the equivalent of a high school diploma. (Sec. 4)

4.   Reduces, from $100 to $25, the maximum pharmacy technician trainee application fee.     (Sec. 5)

5.   ☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteDeletes from the definition of unethical conduct failing to report, in writing to the Board, any evidence that:

a)   A pharmacist or pharmacy intern is or may be professionally incompetent, is or may be guilty of unprofessional conduct or is or may be physically or mentally unable to safely engage in the practice of pharmacy;

b)   A pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee is or may be guilty of unprofessional conduct, is or may be professionally incompetent or is or may be mentally or physically unable to safely engage in the permissible activities of a pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee; and

c)   Appears to show that a permittee or permittee's employee is or may be guilty of unethical conduct, is or may be physically and mentally unable to safely engage in employment duties related to manufacturing, distributing, selling or dispensing drugs, devices, poisons, hazardous substances, controlled substances or precursor chemicals or is or may be violating applicable law or rule. (Sec. 1)

6.   Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1-10).

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