Section 390-3.3 - Pharmacy Technician and Pharmacy Technician Trainee Registration, Qualifications and Supervision.-(a) A pharmacy technician shall register with the board biennially on a form prescribed by the board and pay a registration fee established by the board by regulation. An individual must possess an unrestricted registration from the board to practice as a pharmacy technician. The following shall apply:(1) Except as provided under section 3.4, A pharmacy technician shall be responsible to and under the direct and immediate personal supervision of a board-licensed pharmacist.(2) A registration for a pharmacy technician may not be issued if the applicant:(i) is unfit or unable to practice under section 3(a)(2); or(ii) has been convicted of an offense described under section 3(a)(6) in this Commonwealth or another state unless the provisions of section 3(a)(6)(i), (ii) and (iii) have been satisfied.(3) An applicant for pharmacy technician registration shall meet the following requirements: (i) Be at least seventeen years of age and possess a high school diploma or equivalent.(ii) Complete a board-approved pharmacy technician training program.(iii) Submit to a criminal history record check as required by the board.(4) An individual practicing as a pharmacy technician for at least one year of the two-year period immediately preceding the effective date of this section shall not be required to comply with clause (3)(i) or (ii), provided the individual applies within one year of the promulgation of regulations by the board implementing this section.(5) The board shall renew, refuse, revoke or suspend the registration of a pharmacy technician and temporary registration for a pharmacy technician trainee, or otherwise discipline a pharmacy technician and a pharmacy technician trainee, under regulations promulgated by the board. This clause is subject to 2 Pa.C.S. Chs. 5 Subch. A (relating to practice and procedure of Commonwealth agencies) and 7 Subch. A (relating to judicial review of Commonwealth agency action). Provisions and procedures with respect to refusal and discipline contained in sections 5(a), (c) and (d) and 7 shall apply to pharmacy technician registrations and pharmacy technician trainee permits.(6) Except as provided for in clause (7), or unless ordered to do so by a court of proper jurisdiction, the board may not reinstate the registration of an individual whose registration to practice as a pharmacy technician has been revoked or if the individual is unfit or unable to practice under section 3(a)(2) or has been convicted of an offense described under section 3(a) (6).(7) If an individual desires to practice after revocation, the individual shall apply for registration after the lapse of a five-year period and in accordance with this section and regulations.(8) A pharmacy technician shall wear a name tag that clearly identifies the pharmacy technician's first name with the title "Registered Pharmacy Technician."(b) Upon the submission of a board-approved written application and fee, the board may issue a temporary registration to practice as a pharmacy technician trainee. The following shall apply:(1) A pharmacy technician trainee shall be responsible to and under the direct and immediate personal supervision of a board-licensed pharmacist.(2) A registration for a pharmacy technician trainee may not be issued if the applicant is unfit or unable to practice under section 3(a)(2) or has been convicted of an offense described under section 3(a)(6) in this Commonwealth or another state unless the provisions of section 3(a)(6)(i), (ii) and (iii) have been satisfied.(3) An applicant for pharmacy technician trainee registration shall meet the following requirements: (i) Be at least sixteen years of age.(ii) Submit to a criminal history record check as required by the board.(4) The board may charge a registration fee that is not more than one-half the registration fee charged under subsection (A).(5) The board shall issue only one temporary registration to an applicant and the temporary registration shall expire two years after the date of issue or upon obtaining registration as a pharmacy technician under subsection (a). if a pharmacy technician trainee applies for registration as a pharmacy technician under subsection (a) within the two-year registration period, the fee for the initial temporary registration shall be used to offset the pharmacy technician registration fee.(6) Upon expiration of the temporary registration, the applicant shall promptly return the temporary registration to the board.(7) A pharmacy technician trainee shall wear a name tag that clearly identifies the pharmacy technician trainee's first name with the title "Pharmacy Technician Trainee."Added by P.L. TBD 2020 No. 140, § 2, eff. 1/29/2021.