| (B) Sterile Preparations. All pharmacists engaged in
compounding sterile preparations, including radioactive preparations,
shall meet the training requirements specified in §291.133 of
this title (relating to Pharmacies Compounding Sterile Preparations).
(3) Duties. Duties which may only be performed by an
authorized nuclear pharmacist are as follows:
(A) receiving oral prescription drug orders for controlled
substances and reducing these orders to writing, either manually or
electronically;
(B) interpreting and evaluating radioactive prescription
drug orders;
(C) selecting drug products; and
(D) performing the final check of the dispensed prescription
before delivery to the patient to ensure that the radioactive prescription
drug order has been dispensed accurately as prescribed.
(d) Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy Technician Trainees.
(1) General. All pharmacy technicians and pharmacy
technician trainees shall meet the training requirements specified
in §297.6 of this title (relating to Pharmacy Technician and
Pharmacy Technician Trainee Training).
(2) Special requirements for compounding.
(A) Non-sterile preparations. All pharmacy technicians
and pharmacy technician trainees engaged in compounding non-sterile
preparations, including radioactive preparations, shall meet the training
requirements specified in §291.131 of this title.
(B) Sterile Preparations. All pharmacy technicians
and pharmacy technician trainees engaged in compounding sterile preparations,
including radioactive preparations, shall meet the training requirements
specified in §291.133 of this title.
(3) Duties.
(A) Pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician trainees
may not perform any of the duties listed in subsection (c)(3) of this
section.
(B) An authorized nuclear pharmacist may delegate to
pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician trainees any nuclear
pharmacy technique which is associated with the preparation and distribution
of radiopharmaceuticals provided:
(i) an authorized nuclear pharmacist verifies the accuracy
of all acts, tasks, and functions performed by pharmacy technicians
and pharmacy technician trainees; and
(ii) pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician trainees
are under the direct supervision of and responsible to a pharmacist.
(4) Ratio of authorized nuclear pharmacist to pharmacy
technicians and pharmacy technician trainees.
(A) The ratio of authorized nuclear pharmacists to
pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician trainees may be 1:6,
provided at least three of the six are pharmacy technicians and are
trained in the handling of radioactive materials.
(B) The ratio of authorized nuclear pharmacists to
pharmacy technician trainees may not exceed 1:3.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §291.53 adopted to be effective March 19, 1998, 23 TexReg 2815; amended to be effective September 16, 1999, 24 TexReg 7259; amended to be effective September 12, 2001, 26 TexReg 6920; amended to be effective March 4, 2004, 29 TexReg 1999; amended to be effective June 6, 2004, 29 TexReg 5362; amended to be effective September 14, 2010, 35 TexReg 8357; amended to be effective June 7, 2012, 37 TexReg 4047; amended to be effective March 26, 2014, 39 TexReg 2080; amended to be effective September 14, 2015, 40 TexReg 6110; amended to be effective December 6, 2015, 40 TexReg 8766; amended to be effective December 10, 2020, 45 TexReg 8854 |
