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Requirement

Requirements:

  1. Applicant must be at least 16 years old.
  2. Applicant must submit an application to the pharmacy
    board.
  3. Applicant must provide proof of attending or having graduated
    from high school or earning a GED.

Training

(a) It shall be the joint responsibility of a pharmacy and its
pharmacist in charge to have trained all of its pharmacy
technicians or obtain proof of prior training in all of the following
topics as they relate to the practice site:

  1. The duties and responsibilities of the technicians and
    pharmacists.
  2. Tasks and technical skills, policies, and procedures.
  3. Compounding, packaging, labeling, and storage.
  4. Pharmaceutical and medical terminology.
  5. Record keeping requirements.
  6. The ability to perform and apply arithmetic
    calculations.

(b) Within 6 months after initial employment or changing the
duties and responsibilities of a pharmacy technician, it shall be the
joint responsibility of the pharmacy and the pharmacist in charge
to train the pharmacy technician or obtain proof of prior training
in the areas listed in subsection (a) of this Section as they relate to
the practice site.

(c) All divisions of pharmacies shall maintain an up-to-date
training program describing the duties and responsibilities of a
pharmacy technician.
(d) All divisions of pharmacies shall create and maintain
retrievable records of training or proof of training as required in
this Section.

The National Pharmacy Technician Training Program can be used to satisfy
these requirements.

Illinois Board of Pharmacy

  • 320 W Washington 3rd Floor
  • Springfield, IL 62786-0001
  • Phone: 217/782-8556 Fax: 217-782-7645
  • www.idfpr.com

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