Utah Admin. Code R156-17b-303a - Qualifications for Licensure - Pharmacist, Pharmacy Intern, and Pharmacy Technician - Education Requirements
(1) Under Subsections
58-17b-303(2) and
58-17b-304(6)(b),
the credentialing agency recognized to provide certification and evaluate
equivalency of a foreign educated pharmacy graduate is the Foreign Pharmacy
Graduate Examination Committee (FPGEC) of the National Association of Boards of
Pharmacy.
(2) Under Subsection
58-17b-304(6), an
applicant for a pharmacy intern license shall:
(a) be a current pharmacy student in a
college of pharmacy accredited by the ACPE, as evidenced by written
verification from a dean of the college; or
(b) hold a graduate degree from a foreign
pharmacy school and have received a certificate of equivalency from an approved
credentialing agency under Subsection (1).
(3) Under Subsection
58-17b-305(1)(e),
a pharmacy technician shall complete a training program that:
(a) is accredited by:
(i) ASHP; or
(ii) the Accrediting Bureau of Health
Education Schools (ABHES); or
(b) is conducted by:
(i) Pharmacy Technicians University;
or
(ii) a branch of the Armed Forces
of the United States; and
(c) meets the following standards:
(i) requires completion, while licensed as a
pharmacy technician trainee, of at least 180 hours of directly supervised
practical training in a licensed pharmacy by a licensed pharmacist in good
standing; and
(ii) has written
protocols and guidelines for the teaching pharmacist outlining the use and
supervision of pharmacy technician trainees that address:
(A) the specific manner in which supervision
will be completed; and
(B) an
evaluative procedure to verify the accuracy and completeness of any act, task,
and function performed by the pharmacy technician trainee.
(4) A pharmacy
technician trainee shall complete a pharmacy technician training program and
pass the required examination in Subsection
R156-17b-303c(4)
within two years after obtaining their pharmacy technician trainee license,
unless otherwise approved by the Division in collaboration with the Board for
good cause showing exceptional circumstances. An individual who fails to comply
with this time frame shall repeat a pharmacy technician training program in its
entirety if the individual pursues licensure as a pharmacy
technician.
(5)
(a) A pharmacy technician training program is
exempt from satisfying ASHP or ABHES accreditation for students enrolled on or
before December 31, 2024.
(b) A
student in a program described in Subsection (5)(a) shall comply with the
program completion deadline and testing requirements in Subsection (4), except
that the license application shall be submitted to the Division before December
31, 2025. A program in ASHP candidate status shall notify a student before
enrollment that if the program is denied accreditation status while the student
is enrolled in the program, the student will be required to complete education
in another program with no assurance of how many credits will transfer to the
new program.
(c) A program in ASHP
candidate status that is denied accreditation shall immediately notify the
Division, enrolled students, and student practice sites, of the denial. The
notice shall instruct each student and practice site that:
(i) the program no longer satisfies the
pharmacy technician license education requirement in Utah; and
(ii) enrollment in a different program
meeting requirements in Subsection
R156-17b-303a(3)
is necessary for the student to complete training and to satisfy the pharmacy
technician license education requirement in Utah.
(6) An applicant from another jurisdiction
seeking licensure as a pharmacy technician in Utah, who does not meet the
qualifications for licensure by endorsement in Subsection
58-1-302(1),
meets the qualifications for licensure in Subsections
58-1-302(2),
58-17b-305(1)(e),
and 58-17b-305(1)(f)
if the applicant:
(a) has engaged in the
practice of a pharmacy technician for a minimum of 1,000 hours in that
jurisdiction within the past two years, or has equivalent experience as
approved by the Division in collaboration with the Board; and
(b) has current PTCB or ExCPT
certification.
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