Pharmacy Technician
- Exam
- State exam
- Education
- Degree
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- Specific type of conviction prohibited
JOB DESCRIPTION: A pharmacy technician performs any combination of the following nonjudgmental duties to assist a pharmacist in a hospital or retail establishment: (1) fill bottles with prescribed tablets and capsules, and type labels for bottles, (2) assists the pharmacist to dispense medication, (3) receives and stores incoming supplies, (4) counts stock and enters data in the computer to maintain inventory records, (5) process records of medication and equipment dispensed to hospital patients, computes charges, and enters data in computer, (6) prepackages (e.g. unit doses) and properly labels medication, (7) reconstitutes medication (e.g. liquid antibiotics), (8) limited bulk compounding, and (9) limited functions in preparation of parental products while using sterile technique.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Tied to business
- Exam
- State exam required
- Education
- Degree required
- Continuing education
- No continuing education requirement
- Certification
- No mention of certification
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- Specific type of conviction prohibited
Issuing body
- Board
- Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy
- Address
- 2920 N. Lincoln Blvd. Suite A Oklahoma City, OK 73118
- Phone
- (405) 522-3140
- Agency website
- https://www.ok.gov/pharmacy/
- Licence page
- http://www.pharmacy.ok.gov/
- Last updated
- April 15, 2022
Occupations (O*NET)
- Pharmacy Technician 29-2052.00
Source and verification
This record is Oklahoma'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 Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy — see the issuing body section above.
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