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Wed, 08/26/2020 – 09:30
The National Healthcareer Association (NHA) has formed a new Pharmacy Technician Coalition to advocate for and enact changes to expand the role of certified pharmacy technicians (CPhT). The coalition seeks to help expand the role of CPhTs, allowing them to administer vaccinations and perform necessary testing, freeing up pharmacists to focus on other tasks. Certified pharmacy technicians are currently only authorized to immunize in a small number of states. The coalition looks to create industry collaboration throughout the pharmacy community and to directly engage Boards of Pharmacy in the states that do not currently allow CPhTs to administer immunizations. The group will also lobby at the federal level to expand the role of CPhTs and educate the industry, legislators and State Boards of Pharmacy about the ongoing opportunity to expand the role of CPhTs.
