Guest guest Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Whoa I've just read something about being a registered technician; certified and registered different? Anyone please fill me in on this? I live in Texas by the way. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Yes, Registered and Certified are different. Certified is passing the PTCB. After passing the PTCB, you have to register with the state. Go to: http://www.tsbp.state.tx.us/Pharmacytechs.htm And go from there. There is a fee for registration as well. It takes a few weeks to get it all completed, because they do do a background check. Now, I have to worry about getting one of my technician trainee's registered. Since that's kicking in soon. Della, RPh, PharmD Texas On 10/17/06, Leon <le0014@...> wrote: > Whoa I've just read something about being a registered technician; > certified and registered different? Anyone please fill me in on this? > I live in Texas by the way. thanks. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 Certified means you took a test and have the knowledge to perform skills of a specific job functions or the duties. Registered means you are on an 'approved LIST' that a specific state or government has developed to show that you have met all of that state's particular requirements. In a previous post I listed some of them such as: GED or HS diploma An age requirement PTCB passing or not? Fingerprinted or not? Affidavit or not? Law test? AIDS/HIV knowledge exam? State approved training in a retail setting or other ?? State approved education and training in a state accredited school/voc program? Completion of a specific amount of CE's but no mention of PTCB?? Hope this helps. I am not giving you the 'legal' definitions, but I am giving you the practdical examples of the differences. Registrations are usually granted to the tech by a governmental agency, after the qualifications are met and a fee is paid. It usually is issued by the state professional licensing board or state board of pharmacy. Most are good for 1 or 2 years. Certification is given upon the successful passing of the minumum grade of a written exam or a combination of written and 'practical hands on' test.Usually some amount of continued education or retaking of such an exam is required to maintail the certification plus a processing fee. Hope this helps, Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS and many other Leon <le0014@...> wrote: Whoa I've just read something about being a registered technician; certified and registered different? Anyone please fill me in on this? I live in Texas by the way. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 Email this guy from the New York State Board of Pharmacy: Pharmacy: Lawrence H. Mokhiber, Executive Secretary. Email: pharmbd@..., Phone: 518-474-3817, ext. 130, Fax: 518-473-6995 ( pharmbd @ mail.nysed.gov ) but I didn't see specific info regarding techs. On 10/19/06, MARYANN MEDINA <shortstuff1049@...> wrote: > Hi, my name is ann and I was certified last November. Can you tell me how to register within my state of New York. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 I am also in Texas. I was told I couldnt be a tech in training until I got the registration completed, and the papers in my hand. I was training on the job, and now they wont let me, until I have the registration in my hand. How long does it take to get the registration after signing up on line? I have signed up to take the test in November. Since I have registered, will I have to register again after passing the test? Its hard to understand the site, and what it wants. beth --- Della <dhengel@...> wrote: > Yes, Registered and Certified are different. > > Certified is passing the PTCB. > > After passing the PTCB, you have to register with > the state. > > Go to: > http://www.tsbp.state.tx.us/Pharmacytechs.htm > > And go from there. There is a fee for registration > as well. It takes > a few weeks to get it all completed, because they do > do a background > check. > > Now, I have to worry about getting one of my > technician trainee's > registered. Since that's kicking in soon. > > Della, RPh, PharmD > Texas > > On 10/17/06, Leon <le0014@...> wrote: > > Whoa I've just read something about being a > registered technician; > > certified and registered different? Anyone please > fill me in on this? > > I live in Texas by the way. thanks. > > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Dear Beth, While I am sure it is understood, I feel the need to post back to you that I have no specific information regarding the registration and training in Texas other than what is on the Texas State Board of Pharmacy site and what is posted here by others who are in Texas practicing. I am hoping that Christian or Della or others in Texas will be able to answer you. What I know is that you are allowed to train on site with a registration from the state of Texas for up to 1 yr. You may take the PTCB with in that year. I had heard that this was to be expanded to 1 yr 4 months, due to the quarterly offerings of the PTCB exam (not sure as it goes online soon). After this time of one year, if you do not pass the PTCB exam you may NEVER practice as a technician in the state of Texas. That is my understanding. To keep track of how long one has been in training and that one is in training at a a Texas state approved site, one must register with the State Board of Texas. I am expecting some one from Texas who knows the law to post a clarification on the time you are allowed to be in training on the job (1 yr or 1yr 3 months or 1 yr 4 months??) The word NEVER is a bit strong, I know. But the way it is written and what everyone has told me this is so. Anyone out there from Texas who KNOWS and understands the Texas law, please respond. AS owner of this site, I felt compelled to say that I donot have the exact answers for you and to ask the TEXPERTS and Della and Texas members of this site to respond as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience and I do hope all gets resolved soon. Jeanetta Mastron Founder/Owner of this site Beth <ebeth1118@...> wrote: I am also in Texas. I was told I couldnt be a tech in training until I got the registration completed, and the papers in my hand. I was training on the job, and now they wont let me, until I have the registration in my hand. How long does it take to get the registration after signing up on line? I have signed up to take the test in November. Since I have registered, will I have to register again after passing the test? Its hard to understand the site, and what it wants. beth --- Della <dhengel@...> wrote: > Yes, Registered and Certified are different. > > Certified is passing the PTCB. > > After passing the PTCB, you have to register with > the state. > > Go to: > http://www.tsbp.state.tx.us/Pharmacytechs.htm > > And go from there. There is a fee for registration > as well. It takes > a few weeks to get it all completed, because they do > do a background > check. > > Now, I have to worry about getting one of my > technician trainee's > registered. Since that's kicking in soon. > > Della, RPh, PharmD > Texas > > On 10/17/06, Leon <le0014@...> wrote: > > Whoa I've just read something about being a > registered technician; > > certified and registered different? Anyone please > fill me in on this? > > I live in Texas by the way. thanks. > > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Tech trainees now must register with the State Board and submit to fingerprinting (in order for the Board to access criminal history) before they can begin work in any pharmacy. Tech trainees must still pass the PTCE within a year and, of course, are exempt from the usual CE requirements since they are not technicians yet. http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/archive/June22006/adopted/22.EXAMININ G BOARDS.html#235 Annette, Austin, TX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Thank you Annette for confirming my understanding of Texas law for techs and for clarifying for Beth. Beth are you having any actual physical or process registration problems? If so I suggest that you contact the Texas State Board of Pharmacy directly. Respectfully, Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS Founder/Owner Annette Porterfield <nutterbutter818@...> wrote: Tech trainees now must register with the State Board and submit to fingerprinting (in order for the Board to access criminal history) before they can begin work in any pharmacy. Tech trainees must still pass the PTCE within a year and, of course, are exempt from the usual CE requirements since they are not technicians yet. http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/archive/June22006/adopted/22.EXAMININ G BOARDS.html#235 Annette, Austin, TX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Annette, The 1 year is now going to be 2 years from date of registration for a technician in training to pass the PTCB. And that basically goes for everyone who is currently a technician in training. *sigh* Not that that's a bad thing for some, but one tech in training at work, I think it's going to give him 2 years of goofing off. *sigh* I like him, but I get too many input errors. If you pull up the Texas State Board, rules regarding Technicians in Training, there is no note anymore about the 1 year from start of practice. Someone could be at 11 months, 10 days into their year, get registered, and have 2 years from date of registration to pass the PTCB. Technicians in Training MUST be registered by Feb 1, 2007, or they can not work as a technician in training. I do not know what companies are doing in situations where the year is up in the previous few months. I know that starting November 11th, if an individual is not certified/registered as a CPhT, or is not registered as a Technician in Training, then Wal-Mart will not hire them to work in the Pharmacy. That came out in a hiring memo recently. --------------------- http://info.sos.state.tx.us/pls/pub/readtac$ext.ViewTAC?tac_view=2 & ti=22 --------------------- TITLE 22 EXAMINING BOARDS PART 15 TEXAS STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY CHAPTER 297 PHARMACY TECHNICIANS AND PHARMACY TECHNICIAN TRAINEES RULE §297.5 Pharmacy Technician Trainees (a) A person designated as a pharmacy technician trainee shall be registered with the board prior to beginning training in a Texas licensed pharmacy. ( A person may be designated as a pharmacy technician trainee for no more than two years and the requirements for registration as a pharmacy technician must be completed within the two year period. Source Note: The provisions of this §297.5 adopted to be effective December 23, 2003, 28 TexReg 11264; amended to be effective June 11, 2006, 31 TexReg 4640 -------------------------------- This section of the rule used to have the part about trainees having 1 year from the time they started in the pharmacy. I'll see about pulling a copy of the older wording from the law book at work, I don't know if my law review book from Pharmacy School has the 1 year wording in it, but I think it does. I'm jut not 100% sure where that is right now. I know I kept most of my pharmacy books (heck, kept most of the books from classes I was generally interested in, and didn't really sell back many books throughout my whole college career). Here is a tinyurl for the ilnk provided by Annette: http://tinyurl.com/y9de7k Della Houston, TX On 10/23/06, Annette Porterfield <nutterbutter818@...> wrote: > Tech trainees now must register with the State Board and submit to > fingerprinting (in order for the Board to access criminal history) > before they can begin work in any pharmacy. Tech trainees must still > pass the PTCE within a year and, of course, are exempt from the usual > CE requirements since they are not technicians yet. > > http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/archive/June22006/adopted/22.EXAMININ > G BOARDS.html#235 > > Annette, Austin, TX > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 Dear Della, Once again you bring to us updated law. THANK YOU! I believe the first step towards this 2 yr reistration for techs in training began with the 1 yr 3 month or 1 yr 4 month change that I had heard of about 1.5 yrs ago, and then evolved to the 2 yrs. The original reason behind the 1yr 4mo was because the test is/was offered only 3 times a year (this was before the special fourth test in September). However this point is moot now as PTCB will be testing year round via test centers and computerized testing. So this makes me believe that TEXAS noted that many techs could not pass the exam after 1 yr or so of on the job training. In addition I think the new law encourages techs in training to go to a school, since most would be a 1 to 2 yr program any way. While there is no mention of formal study at a pharm tech school or pharm tech program, I think the time involved implies that it will take more than on the job training. Personally as an advocate of education, I think this is a good thing. I am in hope that ONE day soon Texas will become the next state to require formal pharm tech education. So I ask you if I understand this correctly/clarification: If a person decides to do tech in training in Texas NEXT April 2007, he or she MUST be registered with Texas state board of pharmacy as a tech in training, has two years to traing and can take the PTCB ANYTIME and ANY NUMBER of TIMES to pass the PTCB within that time. In other words a full two years of training is not mandatory? But rather up to 2 years. Secondly, am I to understand as I had written/posted previously that after 2 yrs, no passing of PTCB no tech registration and no job as a tech? Thank you Della, for all you do for Pharmacy Technicians, for Patients, for Pharmacists and the Pharmacy Profession. Thank you Della for being our resident pharmacist. Your techs are very lucky to work with and for you. Respectfully, Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS Pharm Tech Educator Founder/Owner of this site, > > Tech trainees now must register with the State Board and submit to > > fingerprinting (in order for the Board to access criminal history) > > before they can begin work in any pharmacy. Tech trainees must still > > pass the PTCE within a year and, of course, are exempt from the usual > > CE requirements since they are not technicians yet. > > > > http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/archive/June22006/adopted/22.EXAMININ > > G BOARDS.html#235 > > > > Annette, Austin, TX > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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