333.17739c Pharmacy technician; limited license.

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Sec. 17739c.

(1)In addition to the requirement of section 16182 and subject to section 17739a(4), the department may issue a limited license as a pharmacy technician to an individual if all of the following are met:

(a)The individual was employed as a pharmacy technician by a pharmacy on December 22, 2014 and has been continuously employed by that pharmacy since that date.

(b)The individual submits a completed application to the department on a form prescribed by the department and meets the requirements of section 16174.

(c)The individual provides documentation of satisfactory employment as a pharmacy technician for a minimum of 1,000 hours during the 2-year period immediately preceding the date of his or her application under subdivision (b).

(d)The applicable fee under section 16333 is paid.

(2)Except as otherwise provided in subsection (5), an individual who holds a limited license under this section may only act as a pharmacy technician for the pharmacy described in subsection (1)(a) and only until 1 of the following occurs:

(a)He or she is no longer employed by that pharmacy to perform those functions.

(b)He or she performs any of those functions for another pharmacy.

(3)The term of a limited pharmacy technician license issued by the department under this section is the same as a pharmacy technician license issued by the department under section 17739a.

(4)An individual who holds a limited pharmacy technician license issued under this section is subject to all of the requirements of this part, and the rules promulgated by the department in consultation with the board, except the examination requirement under section 17739a(1)(d).

(5)An individual who is employed as a pharmacy technician by an employer that operates multiple licensed pharmacy locations may work as a limited license pharmacy technician at any of the employer's licensed pharmacy locations in this state.

History: Add. 2014, Act 285 , Eff. Dec. 22, 2014 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 133 , Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 2015

Popular Name: Act 368