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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
SENATE BILL 232 By: Garvin
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to the practice of pharmacy; amending
59 O.S. 2021, Section 353.18A , which relates to
pharmacy technicians; establishing certain pharmacy
technician-to-pharmacist ratio; updating statutory
language; and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 353.18A, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 353.18A. A. Supportive personn el may perform certain
tasks in the practice of pharmacy if such personnel perform the
tasks in compliance with rules promulgated by the State Board of
Pharmacy.
B. 1. No person shall serve as a pharmacy technician without
first procuring a permit from the Board.
2. An application for an initial or renewal pharmacy technician
permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be
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submitted to the Board and provide any othe r information deemed
relevant by the Board.
3. An application for an initial or renewal permit shall be
accompanied by a permit fee not to exceed Seventy Five Seventy-five
Dollars ($75.00) for each period of one (1) year . A permit issued
pursuant to this subsection shall be valid for a period to be
determined by the Board.
4. Every permitted pharmacy technician who fails to complete a
renewal form and remit the required renewal fee to the Board by the
fifteenth day after the expiration of the permit shall pay a late
fee to be fixed by the Board.
5. A pharmacy technician permit shall be cancelled canceled
thirty (30) days after expiration.
6. A person may obtain reinstatement of a cancelled canceled
pharmacy technician permit by making application, paying a
reinstatement fee, and satisfactorily completing other requirements
set by the Board.
C. A licensed pharmacy shall maintain a pharmacy technician-to-
pharmacist ratio of not more than five pharmacy technicians for
every one licensed pharmacist.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024 .
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