Tex. Occ. Code § 568.001 · Chapter 568. PHARMACY TECHNICIANS AND PHARMACY TECHNICIAN TRAINEES
RULES; QUALIFICATIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In establishing rules under Section 554.053(c), the board shall require that:
(1) a pharmacy technician:
(A) have a high school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate or be working to achieve an equivalent diploma or certificate; and
(B) have passed a board-approved pharmacy technician certification examination; and
(2) a pharmacy technician trainee have a high school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate or be working to achieve an equivalent diploma or certificate.
(b) The board shall adopt rules that permit a pharmacy technician and pharmacy technician trainee to perform only nonjudgmental technical duties under the direct supervision of a pharmacist.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
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. 19, eff. June 14, 2013.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.568.htm
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