ok-2241: Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy — Pharmacies

Summary

The revision to 535:15-3-2 adds to (b)(3) “Remote Medication Order Processing (RMOP) pharmacies” as a type of pharmacy that is exempt from the rule that requires a pharmacist-in-charge (“PIC”) to serve in no more than one pharmacy at a time. The revision to 535:15-13-5: replaces, in (c), the word “two” with the word “four” to now require a ratio of no more than four pharmacy technicians to one supervising pharmacist on duty for a pharmacy; removes (d) (the rule allowing a licensed pharmacy that conducts significant compounding to utilize up to two pharmacy technicians specifically trained in compounding who shall, only while performing compounding duties, not be counted for the purposes of the pharmacy technician to pharmacist ratio of two pharmacy technicians to one supervising pharmacist); and then reorganizes the current (e) to (d), and the current (f) to (e) since (d) will be removed. As a result of removing (d) in 535:15-13-5, the revision in 535:15-13-3 removes the “Significant Compounding” definition from the pharmacy supportive personnel rules since the phrase appears only in (d) of 535:15-13-5 which will be removed. The revision to 535:15-17-11 replaces, in (b), the word “three” with the word “four” to now require a ratio of no more than four pharmacy technicians to one supervising pharmacist in a nuclear pharmacy. The revision to 535:15-13-4 (which relates to all types of pharmacy supportive personnel except hospital pharmacy supportive personnel) adds, to (a), parts (1), (2), and (3) to: allow, at (1), pharmacy technician applicants, who are seventeen-years of age or older and enrolled in an approved youth apprenticeship program or pharmacy technician training program through the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, to complete their Phase II pharmacy technician training in a pharmacy without being employed at the pharmacy; require, at (1), that all such programs receive initial and annual approval from the Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy; require, at (1), that the training permits of such pharmacy technician applicants only be used for educational purposes within a Board-approved program; require, at (2), all approved youth apprenticeship and pharmacy technician training programs to carry liability insurance covering students at all pharmacy training sites; and require, at (3), all pharmacy technician trainees in approved programs to be directly supervised by a pharmacist in the same manner as any other pharmacy employee. Similarly, the revision to 535:15-5-7.1 (which relates to hospital pharmacy supportive personnel) adds, to (a), parts (1), (2), and (3) to: allow, at (1), pharmacy technician applicants, who are seventeen-years of age or older and enrolled in an approved youth apprenticeship program or pharmacy technician training program through the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, to complete their Phase II pharmacy technician training in a pharmacy without being employed at the pharmacy; require, at (1), that all such programs receive initial and annual approval from the Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy; require, at (1), that the training permits of such pharmacy technician applicants only be used for educational purposes within a Board-approved program; require, at (2), all approved youth apprenticeship and pharmacy technician training programs to carry liability insurance covering students at all pharmacy training sites; and require, at (3), all pharmacy technician trainees in approved programs to be directly supervised by a pharmacist in the same manner as any other pharmacy employee.

The agency’s own summary, as published.