Practice Site Criteria for Technician Applicant


SPT practice site criteria for Pharmacy Technician Applicants

The practice site shall:

  1. be an accredited pharmacy and/or a hospital where dispensing, selling or compounding occurs;
  2. have a pharmacist or a pharmacy technician physically present on site;
  3. have a philosophy and an organizational structure (e.g., sufficient staffing and resources) that permits an appropriate degree of educational opportunities and one-on-one interaction between preceptor and pharmacy technician applicant;
  4. be a pharmacy that has not had a disciplinary finding against it in the past six years or is not currently the subject of disciplinary proceedings;
  5. be a pharmacy for which there does not exist any unsatisfied order or action by the Accreditation Committee; and
  6. be a pharmacy wherein the pharmacy technician applicant is not in an actual or perceived conflict of interest relationship with the Designated Manager or Owner, Director, Officer or Shareholder of the Corporation holding the Certificate of Accreditation.

Note: Pharmacy technician applicants who wish to complete SPT in a site that does not meet all of these criteria may request an exemption from the Registration Committee.

Approved by Registration Committee: July 8, 2009