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Requirement

Requirements:
  1. Applicant must be at least 16 years old.
  2. Applicant must submit an application ($40) 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

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