Final Regulations for the Pharmacy Technician Registration were adopted January 28, 2008. Pharmacy technician candidates and pharmacy students may obtain applications from the Board’s website at: www.mdbop.org/license/tech/index.htm . Criminal Background Check forms can not be downloaded from the website. A quantity of applications and Criminal Background Check forms will be mailed to all permit holders using a staggered mailing process. Applications and forms will be mailed to candidates upon direct request to the Board.
Currently, nationally certified pharmacy technicians and grandfathered pharmacy technician candidates are the only candidates eligible to apply for pharmacy technician registration. These candidates are encouraged to register with the Board as soon as possible. Following completion of a Board-approved training program and examination*, all other pharmacy technician registration candidates may apply to the Board to become state registered.
All candidates for technician registration and students seeking exemption from registration requirements must apply to the Board before July 28, 2008 in order to continue working in a pharmacy area. If after July 28, 2008, non-pharmacist personnel working behind the counter in the pharmacy area can document that they are enrolled in Board-approved training programs, they may continue to work without registering with the Board until the training program is completed. Board approved training programs are not to exceed six months. The Code of Maryland Regulations, COMAR 10.34.34 defines the duties of the pharmacy technicians as well as the duties of the permit holders.
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