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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
April 14, 2025
ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1585 By: Lay and Lawson of the House
and
Seifried of the Senate
An Act relating to pharmacy technicians; providing
for pharmacy technician training guidelines;
providing for initial training skills; providing for
on-the-job training; requiring approval by the
Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy; requiring liability
insurance with respect to youth apprentices;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 353.18B of Title 59, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Pharmacy technician applicants who are seventeen (17) years
of age or older and enrolled in a youth apprenticeship program for
pharmacy technicians or a pharmacy technician training program
through the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technol ogy Education
shall complete Phase II pharmacy technician training in a pharmacy
without the requirement to be a pharmacy employee. All pharmacy
technician training programs shall be approved by the Oklahoma State
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Board of Pharmacy initially and on an annual basis. This p ermit
will only be used for educational purposes for those enrolled in an
Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy approved program.
B. The youth apprenticeship program for pharmacy technicians
and pharmacy technician training programs through t he Oklahoma
Department of Career and Technology Education shall carry liability
insurance on the students in the respective program that covers the
student anywhere the student is training in a pharmacy.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1 , 2025.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
April 14, 2025 - DO PASS