<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.se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6d000004 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dP0-000005 { 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.se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000006 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000007 { 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="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:51:30:12"><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000000">20:51:30:12</span></a><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000001">.  Technician and intern staffing requirements.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0"> Each remote pharmacy must be staffed with </span><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0">a certified</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0"> pharmacy technician</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0"> registered with the board</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0"> or </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0">a registered pharmacy </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0">intern. A </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0">certified </span><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0">pharmacy technician</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0"> registered with the board</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0"> working at a remote pharmacy </span><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0">without an onsite pharmacist, pharmacy intern, or another certified pharmacy technician registered with the board that meets the requirements of this section, must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0"> have a minimum of </span><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0">one thousand</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0"> hours of experience as a registered pharmacy technician in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:51:29"><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000002">20:51:29</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0"> and </span><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0"> be certified </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0">in accordance with </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0">§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:51:29:06"><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000002">20:51:29:06</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0">. </span><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003">Five hundred</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003"> hours of this experience must be in </span><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003">the central pharmacy or the remote</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003"> telepharmacy with an onsite pharmacist, </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003">pharmacy </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003">intern, or another </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003">certified </span><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003">pharmacy technician</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003"> registered with the board</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003"> meeting the experience requirements for technicians in this section</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003">. </span><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0">A</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0"> pharmacy</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0"> intern </span><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0">may work</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0"> at a remote pharmacy </span><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0">if the intern has at least five hundred</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0"> hours of experience as a registered pharmacy intern in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:51:02"><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000002">20:51:02</span></a><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6d000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dP0-000005"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003">    </span><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000006">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003"> 35 SDR 183, effective February 2, 2009</span><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003">; 50 SDR 138, effective June 2, 2024; 52 SDR 27, effective September 15, 2025</span><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dP0-000005"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003">    </span><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000006">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-11"><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000007">36-11-11</span></a><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003">(1)</span><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003">(13)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-72"><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000007">36-11-72</span></a><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003">(3).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dP0-000005"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003">    </span><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000006">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-2"><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000007">36-11-</span><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000007">2</span></a><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003">(</span><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003">22</span><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003">)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-2"><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000007">36-11-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003">5, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-71"><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000007">36-11-71</span></a><span class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dC0-000003">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6811867-b2e0-4ece-985c-b45e21409c6d000004"> </span></p></div></body></html>