Section 30-5-12 - Scope practice for registered pharmacy technician(a) A registered pharmacy technician shall, under the direct supervision of the licensed pharmacist, perform at a minimum the following: (1) Assist in the dispensing process;(2) Receive new written or electronic prescription drug orders;(5) Complete a list of a patient's current prescription and nonprescription medications to provide for medication reconciliation;(6) Supervise registered pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician trainees;(7) Medical records screening;(8) Administer immunizations, as provided by legislative rule; and(9) Perform pharmacy technician product verification, where no clinical judgment is necessary and the pharmacist makes the final verification; if the registered pharmacy technician furnishes to the Board an affidavit signed and dated by the supervising pharmacist-in-charge of the facility which will employee the applicant attesting to the applicant's competency in the advanced areas of practice that he or she will practice; and has either: (A) Worked as a full-time registered pharmacy technician holding a pharmacy technician endorsement in West Virginia for at least the previous two years; or(B) Worked as a full-time registered pharmacy technician holding a pharmacy technician license in good standing in another jurisdiction for at least the previous two years.(b) A registered pharmacy technician may perform the following under indirect supervision of a licensed pharmacist: (1) Process medical coverage claims; and(c) A registered pharmacy technician may not perform the following: (2) Clinical conflict resolution;(3) Contact a prescriber concerning prescription drug order clarification or therapy modification;(5) Dispense process validation;(6) Prescription transfer;(7) Receive new oral prescription drug orders;(8) An act within the practice of pharmacist care that involves discretion or independent professional judgment; or(9) A function which the registrant has not been trained and the function has not been specified in a written protocol with competency established.(d) Indirect supervision of a registered pharmacy technician is permitted to allow a pharmacist to take one break of no more than 30 minutes during any contiguous eight-hour period. The pharmacist may leave the pharmacy area but may not leave the building during the break. When a pharmacist is on break, a pharmacy technician may continue to prepare prescriptions for the pharmacist(s verification. A prescription may not be delivered until the pharmacist has verified the accuracy of the prescription, and counseling, if required, has been provided to or refused by the patient.(e) A pharmacy that permits indirect supervision of a pharmacy technician during a pharmacist(s break shall have either an interactive voice response system or a voice mail system installed on the pharmacy phone line in order to receive new prescription orders and refill authorizations during the break.(f) The pharmacy shall establish protocols that require a registered pharmacy technician to interrupt the pharmacist's break if an emergency arises.(g) A registered pharmacy technician who has obtained a nuclear pharmacy technician endorsement, may under the direct supervision of the licensed nuclear pharmacist, perform the following: (1) Assist in the dispensing process;(2) Receive new written or electronic prescription drug orders;(3) Mix compound ingredients for liquid products, suspensions, ointments, mixes, or blend for tablet granulations and capsule powders;(4) Prepare radiopharmaceuticals;(6) File and organize prescriptions;(9) Handle raw materials and intermediate or finished products;(10) Perform general maintenance as required on pumps, homogenizers, filter presses, tablet compression machines, and other like machines;(11) Perform standard operating procedures to meet current good manufacturing practices (GMP);(13) Monitor and verify quality in accordance with statistical process or other control procedures; and(h) A registered pharmacy technician who has obtained a nuclear pharmacy technician endorsement may not perform the following: (2) Clinical conflict resolution;(3) Contact a prescriber concerning prescription drug order clarification or therapy modification;(4) Receive new oral prescription drug orders.Amended by 2023 Acts, ch. 234 (HB 2754), eff. 3/7/2023.Amended by 2019 Acts, ch. 196 (HB 2849), eff. 6/7/2019.Amended by 2013 Acts, ch. 148 (HB 2577), eff. 7/1/2013.