1. (a) A pharmacist-intern participating in a board-approved internship program may perform any duty of a pharmacist provided he or she is under the supervision of:

   1. (1) a pharmacist licensed by the board and approved as a preceptor by the board; or
   2. (2) a pharmacist licensed in a state other than Texas when working in a federal facility and serving as an instructor for a Texas college-based internship program.

2. (b) When working in a Texas college of pharmacy internship program, supervision of a pharmacist-intern shall be:

   1. (1) direct supervision when the pharmacist-intern is engaged in functions associated with the preparation and delivery of prescription or medication drug orders; and
   2. (2) general supervision when the pharmacist-intern is engaged in functions not associated with the preparation and delivery of prescription or medication drug orders.

3. (c) When not under the supervision of a preceptor pharmacist, a pharmacist-intern may function as a pharmacy technician and perform all of the duties of a certified pharmacy technician provided the pharmacist-intern:

   1. (1) is under the direct supervision of a pharmacist;
   2. (2) has completed the pharmacy's on-site technician training program;
   3. (3) has completed a pharmacist training program in the preparation of sterile pharmaceuticals if the pharmacist-intern is compounding sterile pharmaceuticals; and
   4. (4) is not counted as a pharmacy technician in the ratio of pharmacists to pharmacy technicians. The ratio of pharmacists to pharmacist-interns shall be 1:1 when performing pharmacy technician duties.

4. (d) A pharmacist-intern may not:

   1. (1) present or identify himself/herself as a pharmacist;
   2. (2) sign or initial any document which is required to be signed or initialed by a pharmacist unless a preceptor cosigns the document; or
   3. (3) independently supervise pharmacy technicians.

Source Note:The provisions of this §283.5 adopted to be effective February 15, 1988, 13 TexReg 610; amended to be effective February 1, 1996, 21 TexReg 110; amended to be effective June 30, 1997, 22 TexReg 5924; amended to be effective June 4, 2000, 25 TexReg 4777; amended to be effective June 20, 2001, 26 TexReg 4478.