<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.s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9P0 { 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.s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9P0-000003 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: left; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0-000004 { 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="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:51:29:13"><span class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0-000000">20:51:29:13</span></a><span class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0-000001">.  Expiration of registration -- Requirements for renewal -- Continuing education.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0-000001"> </span><span class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0">Registration as a pharmacy technician expires on October thirty-first and must be renewed annually. To renew the registration, the pharmacy technician must submit to the board:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0">    (1)  A renewal application;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0">    (2)  The non-refundable renewal fee; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0">    (3)  Proof of:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0">        (a) Having completed, within the last twenty-four months, six hours of continuing education that have not been utilized as continuing education credit for a prior registration; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0">        (b)  Current national certification from a pharmacy technician program accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9P0-000003"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0">An individual who continues employment as a pharmacy technician without a current registration may be subject to disciplinary actions as set forth in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:51:29:27"><span class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0-000004">20:51:29:27</span></a><span class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0">    </span><span class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0"> 31 SDR 35, effective September 19, 2004</span><span class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0">; 50 SDR 138, effective June 2, 2024; 52 SDR 27, effective September 15, 2025; 53 SDR 13, effective August 16, 2026</span><span class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0">    </span><span class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-11"><span class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0-000004">36-11-11</span></a><span class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0">(1)</span><span class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0">(13)</span><span class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0">    </span><span class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-1"><span class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0-000004">36-11-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-2"><span class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0-000004">36-11-</span><span class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0-000004">2</span></a><span class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0">(</span><span class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0">23</span><span class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0">)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-10"><span class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0-000004">36-11-10</span></a><span class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s487ba5cf-c9ed-43bc-9c2b-38d4ac01a1d9000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>