Except as provided in subrule 3.5(1), all pharmacy technicians
shall be required to be nationally certified as provided by this rule. National
certification acquired through successful completion of any NCCA-accredited
pharmacy technician certification program and examination fulfills the
requirement for national certification. National certification does not replace
the need for licensed pharmacist control over the performance of delegated
functions, nor does national certification exempt the pharmacy technician from
registration pursuant to these rules. A certified pharmacy technician shall
maintain the technician's national certification, in addition to the
technician's Iowa registration, during any period of employment in or for an
Iowa pharmacy as a certified pharmacy technician.
(1)
Pharmacy technician
trainee. A person who is in the process of acquiring
national
certification as a
pharmacy technician shall register with the
board as a
pharmacy technician trainee pursuant to rule
657-3.9 (155A).
(2)
Certified pharmacy
technician. All applicants for a new
pharmacy technician registration
except as provided by subrule 3.5(1), and all applicants for renewal of a
pharmacy technician registration pursuant to rule
657-3.10 (155A), shall provide
proof of current national
pharmacy technician certification and shall complete
the application for
certified pharmacy technician registration.
Notes
Iowa Admin. Code r. 657-3.5
ARC 8673B, IAB 4/7/10,
effective 6/1/10; ARC 9009B, IAB 8/11/10, effective 7/23/10; ARC 9407B, IAB
3/9/11, effective 4/13/11
Amended by
IAB
December 10, 2014/Volume XXXVII, Number 12, effective
1/14/2015
Amended by
IAB
December 15, 2021/Volume XLIV, Number 12, effective
1/19/2022
Amended by
IAB
July 27, 2022/Volume XLV, Number 2, effective
8/31/2022
