Description
The Pharmacy Technician Program will prepare you to become a Licensed and Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT). A Certified Pharmacy Technician performs routine tasks under the supervision of a pharmacist. They count tablets, label bottles, verify patient profiles, and affix the correct label and auxiliary labels. Pharmacy Technicians also may provide basic over-the-counter counseling, prepare insurance claim forms, and stock and take inventory of prescription and over-the-counter medications. They also may mix pharmaceutical medications in unmanufactured strengths, assemble a 24-hour supply of medicine for hospital patients and package and label hospital doses separately. Certified Pharmacy Technicians are employed in a variety of settings including retail, compounding, mail order, hospitals, nursing homes, and healthcare insurance agencies. Completion of the Pharmacy Technician Program prepares students to sit for either National Exams — Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam (PTCE) or Exam of the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians (ExCPT) and the Utah Pharmacy Technician Law and Rule Exam.

Students seeking a Salt Lake • Tooele Applied Technology College (SLTATC) Certificate of Proficiency for the Pharmacy Technician program will need to demonstrate proficiency in all of the required program competencies.

Certification
SLTATC Certificate of Proficiency: Pharmacy Technician
Full completion of the program will also prepare you to sit for either National Exams — PTCE or ExCPT and the Utah Pharmacy Technician Law & Rule Exam.

Skills you will learn:

Structure
Competency based format; open-entry, open-exit delivery.

Length
Typically, students will spend approximately 320 hours learning the required material in this program. The actual time depends on the schedules selected by the students and their ability to master the subject material. Students choose when they want to attend courses during the hours when the courses are offered and seats are available. Sponsored students may be required to complete programs and courses within a certain time period.

Location
This program is offered at the following location:

• Salt Lake Campus
• Granite Technical Institute

Specific Program Requirements
Student Services will assess the math and English language skills of new adult students using the Test of Adult Basic English (TABE) Locator and Survey or by evaluating their skills through high school or college transcripts. High school students are not tested; instead, their school counselor will determine if they have met the appropriate skill levels for the training program they are entering. The assessment and an introductory meeting with an SLTATC Student Advisor will determine specific training needs and an appropriate program schedule for new students.

• Adult students must pass a background check before beginning program.
• Must be 18 or have high school diploma or GED prior to taking one of the mandatory national exams.
• All students enrolled in this program must schedule a minimum of 15 hours per week at all times.
• Some externship sites require students to be 18.

Occupation and Licensure Requirements
Pharmacy Technicians must be licensed to work in this field in the state of Utah. In order to become licensed, students must:

• Submit transcripts from a DOPL approved pharmacy program showing successful completion within one year from start
• Provide evidence of having a high school diploma or GED to take either National Tests—PTCE or ExCPT
• Pass DOPL's background check—if convicted of one or more felonies, an applicant must receive an absolute discharge from the sentences five or more years prior
• Pass the Utah Pharmacy Technician Law and Rule Examination with a score of 100%
• Pass the National Pharmacy Technician Certification Examination with a minimum score of 650 (roughly 70%) OR pass the Exam for the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians with a minimum score of 350 (roughly 75%)

Recommended Skills

• Ninth grade or higher reading skills
• Basic Algebra skills
• Basic understanding of human anatomy and physiology
• Basic computer skills

Program Disclosure Documents
The College has a detailed disclosure document which discusses important information about being a student in the Pharmacy Technician Program. Access the program disclosure documents.

Tuition and Fees: Pharmacy Technician

Fees as of July 1, 2007. Subject to change without notice.

*Costs are based upon the enrollment of 30 hours per week, 20 hours per week and 15 hours per week and 100% progress, for in-state, adult students. Actual training time and cost of tuition will be based upon the exact number of hours a student is enrolled each week and progress in their courses. Tuition and fee information is published on the College web site. College fees include registration fee and monthly supply fee.

**See bookstore for texts required by course and current pricing. Optional texts are not included in this cost.

This publication is not a contractual agreement. While all costs are good faith estimates based upon current prices, the costs of textbooks, materials, equipment and clothing are variable and outside of the control of the College.

Tuition rates are established and approved by the Utah State Board of Regents and the Utah College of Applied Technology Board of Trustees. In accordance with State law, the public will be notified in advance and will be able to comment regarding any proposed changes in tuition.