Bill Text: CA SB952 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Pharmacy technicians: licensure requirements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-08-19 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 150, Statutes of 2016. [SB952 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB952-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 952	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  150
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 19, 2016
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 19, 2016
	PASSED THE SENATE  APRIL 21, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 4, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Anderson

                        FEBRUARY 4, 2016

   An act to amend Section 4202 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to healing arts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 952, Anderson. Pharmacy technicians: licensure requirements.
   The Pharmacy Law provides for the licensure and regulation of
pharmacists and pharmacy technicians by the California State Board of
Pharmacy. Existing law authorizes the California State Board of
Pharmacy to issue a pharmacy technician license to an individual if
that individual is a high school graduate or possesses a general
educational development certificate equivalent and has obtained an
associate's degree in pharmacy technology, completed a specified
course of training, graduated from a specified school of pharmacy, or
is certified by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board.
   This bill would substitute for the Pharmacy Technician
Certification Board a pharmacy technician certifying organization
offering a pharmacy technician certification program accredited by
the National Commission for Certifying Agencies that is approved by
the California State Board of Pharmacy.



THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 4202 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   4202.  (a) The board may issue a pharmacy technician license to an
individual if he or she is a high school graduate or possesses a
general educational development certificate equivalent, and meets any
one of the following requirements:
   (1) Has obtained an associate's degree in pharmacy technology.
   (2) Has completed a course of training specified by the board.
   (3) Has graduated from a school of pharmacy recognized by the
board.
   (4) Is certified by a pharmacy technician certifying organization
offering a pharmacy technician certification program accredited by
the National Commission for Certifying Agencies that is approved by
the board.
   (b) The board shall adopt regulations pursuant to this section for
the licensure of pharmacy technicians and for the specification of
training courses as set out in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).
Proof of the qualifications of any applicant for licensure as a
pharmacy technician shall be made to the satisfaction of the board
and shall be substantiated by any evidence required by the board.
   (c) The board shall conduct a criminal background check of the
applicant to determine if an applicant has committed acts that would
constitute grounds for denial of licensure, pursuant to this chapter
or Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 480) of Division 1.5.
   (d) The board may suspend or revoke a license issued pursuant to
this section on any ground specified in Section 4301.
   (e) Once an individual is licensed as a pharmacist, the pharmacy
technician registration is no longer valid and the pharmacy
technician license shall be returned to the board within 15 days.