Re: Texas State Board of Pharmacy requires Tech registration by 6/1/04

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Dearest ,

Thank you for the great news and the Press Release update. One of

our members had posted about the registration a feww weeks back.

NOW YUOU KNOW HOW I HAT TO BE A REBLE BUT....I just have to argue

the fact that this release states that PTCB runs a " back ground

check " . WHAT A CROCK!!!! If only they did! WHRE DOES IT SAY ON A

PTCB APPLICATION TO SEND IN YOUR FINGERPRINTS OR LIFESCAN??

This is crap! Besides we all have read the nightmare posts on ptcb's

message board of the past about people knowing someone who lied on

application about felonies etc. and still is certified! I recall the

controversy it stirred up about what you should do if you know

this....ETHICS.

NOW just what the heck is DPS???? Perhaps they may check

fingerprints. But first one must be required to have them taken and

send them to someone. So I ask you do you have to have fingerprints

taken? If so where and to what board/agency gets them?

In Caliifornia we send them to the State Board of Pharmacy who sends

them somewhere for checking and running the background check.

So if you could do a bit of footwork....

Thanks

Love ya

Respectfully to all,

Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS Chem

Founder/Owner of this site

> Hi everyone, I wanted to just pass this along to notify the Texas

Technicians

> of the Tech registration..

> Thanks

> Below is an important excerpt from the 'TSHP Board Bits'

Newsletter.

> Technician Registration Update

> The Board is progressing with tech registration, which must be

completed by

> all certified techs by 6/1/04. Slightly over 3,000 technicians

working in

> community chains have already been registered, and TSBP staff will

now begin

> contacting large hospitals to enroll their techs in advance of the

‘open enrollment’

> period which begins in March. On or about March 1 the TSBP web

site will

> have an on-line registration form available for techs to apply.

> Advice from the Board is that technicians should be truthful in

completing

> the application, as background checks are run through PTCB and DPS

before

> allowing the tech to proceed with registration. Preliminary

guidelines approved by

> the Board that would result in a technician having a registration

denied

> include a felony conviction or deferred adjudication for

manufacturing, delivering

> or distributing drugs at any time in their life; or felony

conviction of

> possession of drugs or another serious offense, DWI Second offense

or misdemeanor

> possession of drugs within the past 10 years. A method of

appealing any denial

> of a registration has been put in place as well.

> Technicians registering on-line will need a credit card or check

to pay for

> the registration; otherwise they will have to contact TSBP

directly for a paper

> application.

> Please note that CPhT's are required to register with the Texas

State Board

> of Pharmacy by 6/1/04. Certified technicians can register on-line

with the

> board starting 3/1/04. This required registration is separate from

the national

> certification process.

> The link below will take you to the Texas State Board of

Pharmacy's Certified

> Technician Question & Answer Page:

> http://www.tsbp.state.tx.us/files_pdf/techinformationupdate.PDF

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