Sec. 568.002. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. (a) A person must register with the board before beginning work in a pharmacy in this state as a pharmacy technician or a pharmacy technician trainee.
(b) The board may allow a pharmacy technician to petition the board for a special exemption from the pharmacy technician certification requirement if the pharmacy technician is in a county with a population of less than 50,000.
(c) An applicant for registration as a pharmacy technician or a pharmacy technician trainee must submit an application on a form prescribed by the board.
(d) A person's registration as a pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee remains in effect as long as the person meets the qualifications established by board rule.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.313(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 583 (S.B. 869), Sec. 20, eff. June 14, 2013.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 485 (H.B. 2561), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2017.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle J - Pharmacy and Pharmacists
Chapter 568 - Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy Technician Trainees
Section 568.001. Rules; Qualifications
Section 568.002. Registration Required
Section 568.003. Grounds for Disciplinary Action
Section 568.0035. Discipline Authorized; Effect on Trainee
Section 568.0036. Submission to Mental or Physical Examination
Section 568.0037. Temporary Suspension or Restriction of Registration
Section 568.004. Renewal of Registration
Section 568.0045. Rules Relating to Continuing Education
Section 568.006. Ratio of Pharmacists to Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy Technician Trainees
Section 568.008. Pharmacy Technicians in Hospitals With Clinical Pharmacy Program