<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773b000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:51:29:22"><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0-000000">20:51:29:22</span></a><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0-000001">.  Tasks a pharmacy technician may not perform.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0"> A </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">registered </span><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">pharmacy technician may not:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">    (1)  Provide the final verification for the accuracy, validity, completeness, or appropriateness of a filled prescription or medication order;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">    (2)  Conduct prospective drug use review or evaluate a patient's medication record for purposes identified in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:51:25:02"><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0-000003">20:51:25:02</span></a><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">    (3)  Provide final verification of automated dispensing medication fill records for accuracy and completeness;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">    (4)  Make decisions that require a pharmacist's professional judgment;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">    (5)  Accept new </span><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">verbal</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0"> prescription medication orders communicated to the pharmacy by a prescriber or the prescriber's agent; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">    (6)  </span><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">P</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">rovide pharmaceutical services </span><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">in</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0"> a pharmacy without a pharmacist being present</span><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">except as authorized in chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:51:30"><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0-000003">20:51:30</span></a><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">    A violation of this section may be grounds for disciplinary action as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:51:29:27"><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0-000003">20:51:29:27</span></a><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">    </span><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0"> 31 SDR 35, effective September 19, 2004</span><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">; 50 SDR 138, effective June 2, 2024; 52 SDR 27, effective September 15, 2025</span><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">    </span><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-11"><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0-000003">36-11-11</span></a><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">(1)</span><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">(13)</span><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">    </span><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-2"><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0-000003">36-11-</span><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0-000003">2</span></a><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">(</span><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">22</span><span class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bC0">).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4e9b4eb-2a7c-4adc-970e-adf7999a773b000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>