HF 4966

03/23/26   REVISOR  AGW/HL  26-08256
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in alternative formats upon request  State of Minnesota
  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
  H. F. No.   4966
04/13/2026     Authored by Bahner, Perryman and Baker
  The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Finance and Policy
1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to health occupations; modifying ratios of pharmacy technicians to
1.3pharmacists; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 151.102, subdivision 1;
1.4repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 151.102, subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 151.102, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7Subdivision 1. General. A pharmacy technician may assist a pharmacist in the practice
1.8of pharmacy by performing tasks that are not reserved to, and do not require the professional
1.9judgment of, a licensed pharmacist. A pharmacy technician works under the personal and
1.10direct supervision of the pharmacist. A pharmacist may supervise up to three technicians.
1.11A pharmacist is responsible for all the work performed by the technicians who are under
1.12the supervision of the pharmacist. A pharmacy may exceed the ratio of pharmacy technicians
1.13to pharmacists permitted in this subdivision or in rule by a total of one technician at any
1.14given time in the pharmacy, provided at least one technician in the pharmacy holds a valid
1.15certification from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board or from another national
1.16certification body for pharmacy technicians that requires passage of a nationally recognized,
1.17psychometrically valid certification examination for certification as determined by the Board
1.18of Pharmacy. The Board of Pharmacy may, by rule, must not set ratios of pharmacy
1.19technicians to pharmacists greater than three to one for the functions specified in rule.
1.20Sec. 2. REPEALER.
1.21Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 151.102, subdivision 2, is repealed.
Sec. 2.  1
  APPENDIX
  Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 26-08256
   151.102 PHARMACY TECHNICIAN.
    Subd. 2. Waivers by board permitted. A pharmacist in charge in a pharmacy may petition the
board for authorization to allow a pharmacist to supervise more than three pharmacy technicians.
The pharmacist's petition must include provisions addressing how patient care and safety will be
maintained. A petition filed with the board under this subdivision shall be deemed approved 90
days after the board receives the petition, unless the board denies the petition within 90 days of
receipt and notifies the petitioning pharmacist of the petition's denial and the board's reasons for
denial.
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