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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="12-6B-07" title_number="12" title_name="Pharmacists and Pharmacies" subtitle_number="6B" subtitle_name="Registered Pharmacy Technicians">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Unless the registration is renewed for an additional term as provided in this section, registration expires on the date set by the Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The ability of a registered pharmacy technician to function as a pharmacy technician terminates on the date of expiration of the pharmacy technician’s registration unless renewed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Registration may not be renewed for a term longer than 2 years.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Board shall send to each registered pharmacy technician, at least 1 month before a registration expires, a renewal notice by electronic means to the last known e–mail address of the registered pharmacy technician.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If requested by a registered pharmacy technician, the Board shall send to the registered pharmacy technician a renewal notice by first–class mail to the last known address of the registered pharmacy technician.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If a renewal notice sent by electronic means under paragraph (1) of this subsection is returned to the Board as undeliverable, the Board shall send the registered pharmacy technician a renewal notice by first–class mail to the last known address of the registered pharmacy technician.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A renewal notice sent under this subsection shall state:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The date on which the current registration expires;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The date by which the renewal application must be received by the Board for the renewal to be issued and mailed before the registration expires; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The amount of the renewal fee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A registered pharmacy technician periodically may renew a pharmacy technician’s registration for an additional 2–year term, if the registered pharmacy technician:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Otherwise is entitled to be registered as a pharmacy technician;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Submits to the Board a renewal application on the form that the Board requires;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Meets the continuing education requirements set by the Board under this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Pays to the Board a renewal fee set by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>In addition to any other qualifications and requirements established by the Board, the Board shall establish continuing education requirements as a condition to the renewal of registrations under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Board shall renew the registration of each pharmacy technician who meets the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the registration of a pharmacy technician who qualified for registration under § 12–6B–02(d) of this subtitle permanently expires on the date the registered pharmacy technician’s employment terminates with the pharmacy permit holder that made the attestation required under § 12–6B–02(d) of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply to the registration of a pharmacy technician who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>At the time of termination, notifies the Board of the termination date;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Resumes working as a pharmacy technician within 1 year of the termination date; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Notifies the Board of the date the registered pharmacy technician begins employment after the termination date.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
