AB847,4 Section 4. 440.03 (13) (b) 48m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB847,3,4 440.03 (13) (b) 48m. Pharmacy technician.

AB847,5 Section 5. 440.08 (2) (a) 56m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB847,3,6 440.08 (2) (a) 56m. Pharmacy technician: June 1 of each even-numbered year.

AB847,6 Section 6. 450.01 (15g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB847,3,9 450.01 (15g) “Pharmacy technician” means a person registered by the board under s. 450.068.

AB847,7 Section 7. 450.01 (16) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB847,3,12 450.01 (16) (g) Supervision of pharmacy technicians and other pharmacist supportive personnel.

AB847,8 Section 8. 450.01 (21e) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB847,3,15 450.01 (21e) (a) An action by a pharmacist or pharmacy technician with respect to a prescription drug that the pharmacist or pharmacy technician is dispensing.

AB847,9 Section 9 . 450.02 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 450.02 (2) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB847,3,19 450.02 (2) (intro.) The board shall adopt promulgate rules defining to do all of the following:

AB847,3,21 (a) Define the active practice of pharmacy. The rules shall apply to all applicants for licensure under s. 450.05.

AB847,10 Section 10 . 450.02 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB847,3,25 450.02 (2) (b) Define “pharmacy technician” and the activities that constitute the practice of a pharmacy technician for purposes of the registration requirement under s. 450.068.

AB847,11 Section 11. 450.02 (3) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB847,4,5 450.02 (3) (f) Establishing procedures for identifying pharmacists and pharmacy technicians impaired by alcohol or other drugs or physical or mental disability or disease and for assisting those pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in obtaining treatment.

AB847,12 Section 12. 450.03 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB847,4,13 450.03 (1) (e) Any person lawfully practicing within the scope of a license, permit, registration, certificate, or certification granted to practice as a pharmacy technician under s. 450.068, to provide home medical oxygen under s. 450.076, to practice professional or practical nursing or nurse-midwifery under ch. 441, to practice dentistry or dental hygiene under ch. 447, to practice medicine and surgery under ch. 448, to practice optometry under ch. 449 or to practice veterinary medicine under ch. 89, or as otherwise provided by statute.

AB847,13 Section 13 . 450.03 (1) (gm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB847,4,18 450.03 (1) (gm) A person who has applied for a registration under s. 450.068 and whose practice as a pharmacy technician is limited to performing duties under the direct supervision of a person licensed as a pharmacist by the board and during the period before which the board takes final action on the person's application.

AB847,14 Section 14. 450.03 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB847,4,23 450.03 (1) (i) Any person, other than a pharmacy technician, who is providing services as directed, supervised, and inspected by a pharmacist who has the power to direct, decide, and oversee the implementation of the services rendered, subject to any rules promulgated by the board and subject to s. 450.035 (2m).

AB847,15 Section 15. 450.062 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB847,5,4 450.062 Remote dispensing. (intro.) Pursuant to rules promulgated by the board, a pharmacist, a pharmacy technician, or a person engaged in the practice of pharmacy under s. 450.03 (1) (f), (g), or (i) may dispense at any of the following locations:

AB847,16 Section 16. 450.068 of the statutes is created to read:

AB847,5,9 450.068 Pharmacy technicians; registration. (1) No person may practice as a pharmacy technician, as defined by the board under s. 450.02 (2) (b), or use the title “pharmacy technician” or “pharmacy tech” unless the person is registered as a pharmacy technician by the board.

AB847,5,11 (2) Except as provided in s. 450.10, the board shall issue a registration as a pharmacy technician to an applicant who satisfies all of the following:

AB847,5,13 (a) The applicant submits an application for registration on a form provided by the board that specifies all of the following: