Pharmacy technician program standards draft from ASHP now available for comment

This was part of my ASHP NewsLink today - A draft of the updated, revised “Accreditation Standards for Pharmacy Technician Education and Training Programs” [from ASHP] is now available for comment until September 28. After this date, another draft will be developed and made available for one more round of comments.

According to the document “the role of the pharmacy technician is evolving and varies according to state and setting. This role description draws on the one developed by the Pharmacy Technician Educators Council (PTEC)”, and the standards have been developed to:

  • protect the public,
  • serve as a guide for pharmacy technician education and training program development,
  • provide criteria for the evaluation of new and established programs, and
  • promote continuous improvement of established programs.

You can see the actual document here.

Kind of cool, except for the fact that the comment period is open until September followed by another round of comments. At this rate we should have a nice set of standards by the end of… uh…hmm, 2013? Woohoo! Light speed ahead.

Leave a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.