Pharmacy Support Person
- Exam
- Not reported
- Education
- Specific course
- Experience
- None
- Background check
- Felony convictions prohibited
A pharmacy support person is an individual who works in a pharmacy under the supervision of a pharmacist and assists with nontechnical duties such as sales clerk, delivering prescriptions, submitting orders to drug wholesalers and checking in shipments of prescription drugs from drug wholesalers, filing, receiving prescription refill requests from patients, checking pharmacy stock for outdated drugs and assisting with inventory counts, and performing routine clerical functions.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Tied to business
- Education
- Specific course required
- Continuing education
- No continuing education requirement
- Certification
- Certification required
- Experience
- No experience
- Background check
- Felony convictions prohibited
Issuing body
- Department
- Iowa Department of Public Health
- Board
- Iowa Board of Pharmacy Examiners
- Address
- Iowa Board of Pharmacy 400 S.W. 8th Street, Suite E Des Moines, IA 50309
- Phone
- (515) 242-3272
- Agency website
- https://pharmacy.iowa.gov/licensureregistration/pharmacy
- Last updated
- June 30, 2021
Occupations (O*NET)
- Pharmacy Technician 29-2052.00
- Graduate Intern (Graduated Pharmacy School) 31-9095.00
Source and verification
This record is Iowa's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
Before you apply, confirm every detail with Iowa Board of Pharmacy Examiners — see the issuing body section above.
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