(a) General.
(1) Individuals who are not registered with the Board may not be employed as or perform the duties of a pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee.
(2) Individuals who have previously applied and registered as a pharmacy technician, regardless of the pharmacy technician's current registration status, may not register as a pharmacy technician trainee.
(3) Individuals who apply and are qualified for both a pharmacy technician trainee registration and a pharmacy technician registration concurrently will not be considered for a pharmacy technician trainee registration.
(b) Registration for pharmacy technician trainees. An individual may register as a pharmacy technician trainee only once and the registration may not be renewed.
(1) Each applicant for pharmacy technician trainee registration shall:
(2) Once an applicant has successfully completed all requirements of registration, and the board has determined there are no grounds to refuse registration, the applicant will be notified of registration as a pharmacy technician trainee and of his or her pharmacy technician trainee registration number.
(3) Pharmacy technician trainee registrations expire two years from the date of registration or upon issuance of registration as a registered pharmacy technician, whichever is earlier.
(c) Initial registration for pharmacy technicians.
(1) Each applicant for pharmacy technician registration shall:
(2) Once an applicant has successfully completed all requirements of registration, and the board has determined there are no grounds to refuse registration, the applicant will be notified of registration as a registered pharmacy technician and of his or her pharmacy technician registration number. If the pharmacy technician applicant was registered as a pharmacy technician trainee at the time the pharmacy technician registration is issued, the pharmacy technician trainee registration expires.
(d) Renewal.
(1) All applicants for renewal of a pharmacy technician registration shall:
(2) A pharmacy technician registration expires on the last day of the assigned expiration month.
(3) As specified in §568.004 of the Act, if the completed application and renewal fee are not received in the board's office on or before the last day of the assigned expiration month, the person's pharmacy technician registration shall expire. An expired registration shall be renewed according to the following schedule.
(4) After review, the board may determine that paragraph (3)(C) of this subsection does not apply if the registrant is the subject of a pending investigation or disciplinary action.
(e) An individual may use the title "Registered Pharmacy Technician" or "Ph.T.R." if the individual is registered as a pharmacy technician in this state.
Source Note: The provisions of this §297.3 adopted to be effective December 23, 2003, 28 TexReg 11264; amended to be effective September 11, 2005, 30 TexReg 5367; amended to be effective June 11, 2006, 31 TexReg 4640; amended to be effective December 3, 2006, 31 TexReg 9611; amended to be effective September 18, 2007, 32 TexReg 6375; amended to be effective December 14, 2008, 33 TexReg 10028; amended to be effective September 12, 2011, 36 TexReg 5848; amended to be effective June 11, 2015, 40 TexReg 3667; amended to be effective June 12, 2016, 41 TexReg 4258; amended to be effective March 19, 2017, 42 TexReg 1128; amended to be effective March 7, 2018, 43TexReg 1279