(a) A registered pharmacy technician shall, under the direct supervision of the licensed pharmacist, perform at a minimum the following:

1. (1) Assist in the dispensing process;
2. (2) Receive new written or electronic prescription drug orders;
3. (3) Compound;
4. (4) Stock medications;
5. (5) Complete a list of a patient’s current prescription and nonprescription medications to provide for medication reconciliation;
6. (6) Supervise registered pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician trainees;
7. (7) Medical records screening;
8. (8) Administer immunizations, as provided by legislative rule; and

9. (9) Perform pharmacy technician product verification, where no clinical judgment is necessary and the pharmacist makes the final verification; if the registered pharmacy technician furnishes to the Board an affidavit signed and dated by the supervising pharmacist-in-charge of the facility which will employee the applicant attesting to the applicant’s competency in the advanced areas of practice that he or she will practice; and has either:

   1. (A) Worked as a full-time registered pharmacy technician holding a pharmacy technician endorsement in West Virginia for at least the previous two years; or
   2. (B) Worked as a full-time registered pharmacy technician holding a pharmacy technician license in good standing in another jurisdiction for at least the previous two years.

(b) A registered pharmacy technician may perform the following under indirect supervision of a licensed pharmacist:

1. (1) Process medical coverage claims; and
2. (2) Cashier.

(c) A registered pharmacy technician may not perform the following:

1. (1) Drug regimen review;
2. (2) Clinical conflict resolution;
3. (3) Contact a prescriber concerning prescription drug order clarification or therapy modification;
4. (4) Patient counseling;
5. (5) Dispense process validation;
6. (6) Prescription transfer;
7. (7) Receive new oral prescription drug orders;
8. (8) An act within the practice of pharmacist care that involves discretion or independent professional judgment; or
9. (9) A function which the registrant has not been trained and the function has not been specified in a written protocol with competency established.

(g) A registered pharmacy technician who has obtained a nuclear pharmacy technician endorsement, may under the direct supervision of the licensed nuclear pharmacist, perform the following:

1. (1) Assist in the dispensing process;
2. (2) Receive new written or electronic prescription drug orders;
3. (3) Mix compound ingredients for liquid products, suspensions, ointments, mixes, or blend for tablet granulations and capsule powders;
4. (4) Prepare radiopharmaceuticals;
5. (5) Record keeping;
6. (6) File and organize prescriptions;
7. (7) Create reports;
8. (8) Inventory tasks;
9. (9) Handle raw materials and intermediate or finished products;
10. (10) Perform general maintenance as required on pumps, homogenizers, filter presses, tablet compression machines, and other like machines;
11. (11) Perform standard operating procedures to meet current good manufacturing practices (GMP);
12. (12) Maintain records;
13. (13) Monitor and verify quality in accordance with statistical process or other control procedures; and
14. (14) Stock medications.

(h) A registered pharmacy technician who has obtained a nuclear pharmacy technician endorsement may not perform the following:

1. (1) Drug regimen review;
2. (2) Clinical conflict resolution;
3. (3) Contact a prescriber concerning prescription drug order clarification or therapy modification;
4. (4) Receive new oral prescription drug orders.