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As of June 1st, 2012, approximately 680 hospital and retail pharmacies in the state of Iowa employ well over four thousand professional pharmacy technicians.  Pharmacy technicians are pharmaceutical assistants who help licensed pharmacists with daily tasks, which may include the handling or processing of government-controlled substances.  Nevertheless, nearly a thousand pharmacy technicians currently employed at Iowa pharmacies are technically unlicensed.  However, this is (in most cases) not for lack of skill, but a mere technicality due to the fact that many experienced pharmacy technicia

As of June 1st, 2012, the state of Georgia features more than two thousand institutional and retail pharmacies.  In total, they employ more than ten thousand State Board-registered pharmacy technicians.  Of these, roughly thirty percent are unlicensed.  However, unlicensed does not necessarily mean unskilled.  A pharmacy assistant may lack certification due to a recently expired license, or due to having received licensing in another state, or due to having been “grandfathered” into the industry by way of on-the-job training.  Nonetheless, pharmacists unanimously agree that Board certified

The tiny state of Delaware is home to approximately 165 hospital and retail pharmacies employing nearly a thousand pharmaceutical technicians and clerical assistants.  Pharmacy technicians are trained health professionals who assist pharmacists with counting, sorting, compounding, packaging and labeling prescription drugs.  Other required tasks may include ordering supplies, answering phones, database management, careful record keeping and frequent compliance checks.  Despite the state's lack of legal requirement, more than eighty percent of Delaware's pharmaceutical assistants are licensed

There are currently roughly 3,390 pharmacy technicians occupying full time positions at more than 600 pharmacies in the state of Connecticut.  However, only slightly more than half of Connecticut's pharmacy technicians are licensed with the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB), as approved by the Connecticut Board of Pharmacy.  Pharmacy technicians are assistants to licensed pharmacists, and in many cases are aspiring pharmacists themselves.  Their job descriptions often include the mixing, refilling, packaging and labeling of federally controlled substances.  Due to the sensitive