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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="12-6B-02" title_number="12" title_name="Pharmacists and Pharmacies" subtitle_number="6B" subtitle_name="Registered Pharmacy Technicians">
  <level label="a">
    <text>To qualify for registration an applicant shall be an individual who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is currently certified by a national pharmacy technician certification program and complies with subsection (b)(6) of this section; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Meets the requirements of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The applicant shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Be of good moral character;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Be at least 17 years old;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <level label="1">
          <text>Be a high school graduate or have attained a high school equivalency; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Be enrolled and in good standing at a high school; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Meet the requirements in subsection (d) of this section;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Have successfully passed an examination approved by the Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Complete a pharmacy technician training program approved by the Board that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Includes 160 hours of work experience; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Is no longer than 6 months’ duration; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Submit a request for a State criminal history records check.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board may not approve an application until the State criminal history records check is completed.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If an applicant does not meet the requirements of subsection (b)(3) through (5) of this section, the applicant qualifies for registration if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The applicant has worked in the pharmacy area of a pharmacy operated by the same pharmacy permit holder since January 1, 2006;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The pharmacy permit holder for whom the applicant works attests in writing that the applicant has worked in the pharmacy area operated by the pharmacy permit holder continuously since January 1, 2006;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A pharmacist who has supervised the applicant for at least 6 months attests in writing that the individual has performed competently; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The applicant otherwise meets the requirements of subsection (b) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>An individual, at least 16 years and 6 months old, may begin fulfilling the pharmacy technician registration requirements under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to the provisions of this subsection, the Board may waive any requirement of this subtitle for an individual who is registered as or has worked as a pharmacy technician in another state.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may grant a waiver under this subsection only if the applicant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Pays the application fee required under § 12-6B-03 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>Provides sufficient evidence that the applicant was registered in a state with registration or licensing requirements that are substantially similar to the registration requirements of this subtitle; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Has worked as a pharmacy technician in another state and satisfies any additional requirements established by the Board in regulation.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
