Sec. 18.5. (a) As used in this section, “immediate and personal supervision” means within reasonable visual and vocal distance of the pharmacist.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 25-26-13-18.5

  • Dispensing: means issuing one (1) or more doses of a drug in a suitable container with appropriate labeling for subsequent administration to or use by a patient. See Indiana Code 25-26-13-2
  • Pharmacist: means a person licensed under this chapter. See Indiana Code 25-26-13-2
  • Pharmacy: means any facility, department, or other place where prescriptions are filled or compounded and are sold, dispensed, offered, or displayed for sale and which has as its principal purpose the dispensing of drug and health supplies intended for the general health, welfare, and safety of the public, without placing any other activity on a more important level than the practice of pharmacy. See Indiana Code 25-26-13-2
     (b) Except as provided in subsections (d) and (e), licensed pharmacy technicians or pharmacy technicians in training who are:

(1) licensed or certified under IC 25-26-19; and

(2) practicing at a pharmacy;

must practice under a licensed pharmacist’s immediate and personal supervision at all times.

     (c) A pharmacist may not supervise more than eight (8) pharmacy interns, pharmacy technicians, or pharmacy technicians in training at any time. Not more than three (3) of the eight (8) individuals being supervised by a pharmacist may be pharmacy technicians in training.

     (d) A licensed pharmacy technician employed at a remote dispensing facility (as defined in IC 25-26-13.5-3) may be under the supervision of a pharmacist through the use of a computer link, a video link, and an audio link.

     (e) A pharmacy technician may work remotely for nondispensing job responsibilities, including:

(1) data entry;

(2) insurance processing; or

(3) other responsibilities that do not require the pharmacy technician to be physically present at the pharmacy.

As added by P.L.5-2015, SEC.59. Amended by P.L.202-2017, SEC.6; P.L.207-2021, SEC.32.

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