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| 1 | 1 | 85R2595 BEE-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Flynn H.B. No. 75 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the education and examination requirements for pharmacy | |
| 8 | 8 | technicians. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 568.001(a), Occupations Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a) In establishing rules under Section 554.053(c), the | |
| 13 | 13 | board shall require that: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) a pharmacy technician: | |
| 15 | 15 | (A) have a high school diploma or a high school | |
| 16 | 16 | equivalency certificate or be working to achieve an equivalent | |
| 17 | 17 | diploma or certificate; and | |
| 18 | 18 | (B) have passed either: | |
| 19 | 19 | (i) a board-approved pharmacy technician | |
| 20 | 20 | certification examination; or | |
| 21 | 21 | (ii) a certification examination offered by | |
| 22 | 22 | a nationally recognized pharmacy technician certification program | |
| 23 | 23 | accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies; and | |
| 24 | 24 | (2) a pharmacy technician trainee have a high school | |
| 25 | 25 | diploma or a high school equivalency certificate or be working to | |
| 26 | 26 | achieve an equivalent diploma or certificate. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas State | |
| 28 | 28 | Board of Pharmacy shall adopt rules necessary to implement Section | |
| 29 | 29 | 568.001, Occupations Code, as amended by this Act. | |
| 30 | 30 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |