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Senate panel backs bill to add certified pharmacy technician seat to Idaho Board of Pharmacy
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 286 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after testimony that the measure would add a certified pharmacy technician and an additional pharmacist to the state Board of Pharmacy to reflect technicians' expanded operational role.
House Bill 286, introduced in the Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee, would add a certified registered pharmacy technician to the Idaho State Board of Pharmacy and increase the board's membership so that the total number of voting members remains odd.
Senator Camille Blaylock (District 11), the bill sponsor, told the panel that the technician appointed to the board must be an Idaho resident, registered and in good standing with the state, currently engaged in pharmacy practice and have at least three years of practice; while serving on the board the member must maintain their certified pharmacy technician designation. "If you go to the pharmacy today to pick up a prescription chances are you are going to encounter a pharmacy technician," Blaylock…
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