(1) A pharmacist may supervise up to six persons who are either pharmacy interns or pharmacy technicians, of whom no more than two may be pharmacy interns. If three or more pharmacy technicians are on duty, the majority must be certified by the board in accordance with section 12-280-115.5 (2), and any pharmacy technician on duty who is not certified pursuant to section 12-280-115.5 (2) must have a provisional certification issued pursuant to section 12-280-115.5 (3).
The pharmacy shall retain documentation verifying the training for review by thepharmacist responsible for the final check on prescriptions filled by the pharmacy technician and shall make the documentation available for inspection by the board.
The supervision ratio specified in subsection (1) of this section does not include otherancillary personnel who may be in the prescription drug outlet but who are not performing duties described in section 12-280-103 (39)(b) that are delegated to the interns or duties described in section 12-280-103 (38.5)(a) that are delegated to the pharmacy technicians.
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1467, § 1, effective October 1; (1) and (3) amended, (HB 19-1242), ch. 434, p. 3753, § 10, effective October 1.
Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former § 12-42.5-119 as it existed prior to 2019.
(2) Section 35 of chapter 434 (HB 19-1242), Session Laws of Colorado 2019, provides that the act changing this section:
Applies to the practice as a pharmacy technician on or after March 30, 2020; and
Takes effect October 1, 2019, only if HB 19-1172 becomes law. HB 19-1172 becamelaw and took effect October 1, 2019.