1. A
program of training for pharmaceutical technicians must be approved by the
Board before it is provided in this State. A request for approval must be filed
with the Board. The Board will approve a program only if the program:
(a) Is accredited by the American Society of
Health-System Pharmacists; and
(b)
Administers at least one random test for the presence of alcohol or a
controlled substance or other drug to each pharmaceutical technician in
training before the pharmaceutical technician in training is allowed to
participate in any part of the program that involves employment or training in
a pharmacy. If the pharmaceutical technician in training tests positive for the
presence of alcohol or a controlled substance or other drug for which the
pharmaceutical technician in training does not have a lawfully issued
prescription or the pharmaceutical technician in training refuses to submit to
such a test, the administrator of the program must:
(1) Suspend the pharmaceutical technician in
training from participating in any part of the program that involves employment
or training in a pharmacy;
(2)
Notify the Board that the pharmaceutical technician in training has tested
positive for the presence of alcohol or a controlled substance or other drug
for which the pharmaceutical technician in training does not have a lawfully
issued prescription or has refused to submit to such a test; and
(3) Prevent the pharmaceutical technician in
training from resuming participation in any part of the program that involves
employment or training in a pharmacy without the approval of the
Board.
2. The
Board may refuse to approve a program of training for pharmaceutical
technicians or may withdraw its approval of a program at any time for good
cause shown.
3. A program of
training for pharmaceutical technicians that is provided outside this State
shall be deemed to be approved by the Board if the program is accredited by the
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
4. For the purposes of this section, "program
of training for pharmaceutical technicians" does not include on-the-job
training that is provided to a pharmaceutical technician in training by his or
her employer.
Notes
Nev. Admin. Code
§
639.256
Added to NAC by Bd. of
Pharmacy, eff. 11-15-93; A by R036-07, 1-30-2008
NRS 639.070,
639.1371
REVISER'S NOTE.
The regulation of the State Board of Pharmacy filed with the
Secretary of State on January 30, 2008 (LCB File No. R036-07), which amended
this section, contains the following provisions not included in NAC:
"Notwithstanding the provisions of NAC 639.256, if a program
of training for pharmaceutical technicians has been approved by the State Board
of Pharmacy before January 30, 2008:
1. The program is not required to be accredited by the
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists until January 30, 2010;
and
2. An applicant for registration as a pharmaceutical
technician may satisfy the requirement set forth in subparagraph (1) of
paragraph (e) of subsection 2 of NAC
639.240 if he successfully
completes the program not later than January 30,
2010."
