Pharmacy Tech Info by State

As of June 1st, 2012, the state of Michigan supports more than twelve thousand full time pharmacy technicians at more than two thousand hospital and retail pharmacies located throughout the state.  However, only about sixty percent of Michigan's pharmacy technicians hold up-to-date, Board certified licenses.  This is, in part, because a number of qualified technicians hold recently expired licenses undergoing renewal, while many more are trainees and interns fulfilling their work-related licensing requirements.  Overall, Michigan pharmacists strongly favor licensed (or at least experienced)

As of June 1st, 2012, roughly 6,400 pharmacy technicians occupy full time positions at more than a thousand institutional and retail pharmacies across the state.  However, despite a state-imposed requirement that all pharmacy technicians be licensed, more than two thousand working Maryland pharmacy technicians are currently unlicensed.  Part of the reason for this is that many technicians are trainees and interns in the process of becoming licensed.  Others are skilled professionals whose licenses may have recently expired and need to be renewed.  Pharmacy technicians are pharmacist assista

As of June 1st, 2012, the state of Louisiana features well over a thousand hospital and retail pharmacies employing about 5,220 full time pharmacy technicians.  Despite a state law mandating that Louisiana pharmacy technicians be Board certified, more than seven hundred pharmacy technicians currently employed in the state of Louisiana are technically unlicensed.  This is largely because many competent, experienced pharmacy technicians do not keep their licenses current, often allowing them to expire before renewing them.  Other unlicensed pharmacy technicians are on-the-job trainees and pha

As of June 1st, 2012, roughly 565 hospital and retail pharmacies lie scattered throughout the state of Kansas.  Altogether, they support approximately 3,640 full time professional pharmacy technicians, according to data recently released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Of these, only about two thousand are Board certified holders of state-approved pharmacy technician licenses.  All pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in Kansas are subject to federal laws pertaining to the handling and processing of controlled substances.  However, regulatory guidelines for pharmacy technicians will var