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A pharmacy dispenser cannot call themselves or work as a pharmacy technician or register with the GPhC as one. Pharmacy technicians in hospitals are graded on the same Agenda for Change banding as audiovisual technicians, dental nurses and theatre support workers. [18]
[21] [22] [23] The GPhC's regulatory duties include setting standards for and accrediting the education and training of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. [24] The GPhC also sets requirements for the education and training of pharmacy support staff. [25] As such, there was an apparent conflict of interests in holding this role.
R (on the application of Pitt and Tyas) v General Pharmaceutical Council was a 2017 decision of the High Court of Justice in its Queen's Bench Division. [1]In 2017, the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) renamed its "Standards of Conduct, Ethics and Performance", which set standards for those it regulates, to "Standards for Pharmacy Professionals".
The pharmacist-to-pharmacy technician ratio is a legal regulation that establishes the maximum number of pharmacy technicians that may be supervised by a licensed pharmacist at one given time. For example, a pharmacist-to-pharmacy technician ratio of 1:3 would mean that three people are allowed to be working as pharmacy technicians at one time ...
The word "Royal" was added to its name in 1988. It was the statutory regulatory and professional body for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in England, Scotland and Wales. In September 2010, the regulatory powers of the Society were transferred to the newly formed General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
The GPhC is the regulator of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacy premises. In the US, pharmacy technicians perform their duties under the supervision of pharmacists. Although they may perform, under supervision, most dispensing, compounding and other tasks, they are not generally allowed to perform the role of counseling patients on ...
Virginia State Pharmacy Board v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, 425 U.S. 748 (1976), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that a state could not limit pharmacists' right to provide information about prescription drug prices. [1] This was an important case in determining the application of the First Amendment to ...
In Great Britain the General Pharmaceutical Council is responsible for regulation of pharmacy affairs and in Northern Ireland it is the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland. Graduates must complete one year of practical training and pass a registration examination before they can be entered on the register of pharmacists, known as the ...