AB281,3,6 440.08 (2) (a) 56m. Pharmacy technician: June 1 of each even-numbered year.

AB281,6 Section 6. 450.01 (15g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB281,3,9 450.01 (15g) “Pharmacy technician” means a person registered by the board under s. 450.068.

AB281,7 Section 7. 450.01 (16) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB281,3,12 450.01 (16) (g) Supervision of pharmacy technicians and other pharmacist supportive personnel.

AB281,8 Section 8. 450.01 (16c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB281,3,14 450.01 (16c) “Practice of a pharmacy technician” means any of the following:

AB281,3,16 (a) The activities specified in rules promulgated by the board under s. 450.02 (2) (b).

AB281,3,17 (b) Administering vaccines or drugs as authorized under s. 450.035.

AB281,9 Section 9. 450.01 (21e) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB281,3,20 450.01 (21e) (a) An action by a pharmacist or pharmacy technician with respect to a prescription drug that the pharmacist or pharmacy technician is dispensing.

AB281,10 Section 10 . 450.02 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 450.02 (2) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB281,3,24 450.02 (2) (intro.) The board shall adopt promulgate rules defining to do all of the following:

AB281,4,2 (a) Define the active practice of pharmacy. The rules shall apply to all applicants for licensure under s. 450.05.

AB281,11 Section 11 . 450.02 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB281,4,5 450.02 (2) (b) Define the activities that constitute the practice of a pharmacy technician for purposes of the registration requirement under s. 450.068.

AB281,12 Section 12. 450.02 (3) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB281,4,10 450.02 (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.

AB281,13 Section 13. 450.03 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB281,4,18 450.03 (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.

AB281,14 Section 14 . 450.03 (1) (gm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB281,4,23 450.03 (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.

AB281,15 Section 15. 450.03 (1) (i) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act 3, is amended to read:

AB281,5,5 450.03 (1) (i) Any person, other than a pharmacy technician, who is providing services, including administering vaccines or drugs as authorized under s. 450.035, 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).

AB281,16 Section 16. 450.035 (2h) of the statutes, as created by 2021 Wisconsin Act 3, is amended to read:

AB281,5,10 450.035 (2h) (a) A person engaged in the practice of pharmacy under s. 450.03 (1) (i) pharmacy technician may not administer a vaccine unless all of the following are satisfied:

AB281,5,14 1. The person pharmacy technician has successfully completed at least 2 hours in a course of study and training, approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education or the board, in hands-on injection technique and the recognition and treatment of emergency reactions to vaccines.

AB281,5,18 2. The person pharmacy technician acts under the direct supervision of a pharmacist and the supervising pharmacist has successfully completed a course of study and training specified in sub. (2) and has satisfied the requirements specified in sub. (2t).

AB281,5,20 3. The person pharmacy technician holds a current certification in basic life support or cardiopulmonary resuscitation.