{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-3-1207.51","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 3-1207.51","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:\n\n(1)\n“Board” means the Board of Pharmacy.\n\n(2)\n“Direct supervision” means, with respect to the supervision of a pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee, that a licensed pharmacist is:\n(A)\nPhysically present at the same pharmacy as the pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee and in the general vicinity of the pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee;\n(B)\nReadily available to answer questions of the pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee;\n(C)\nMaking appropriate in-process and end-process verifications of the activities of the pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee; and\n(D)\nFully responsible for the practice of the pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee.\n\n(3)\n“Pharmacy technician trainee” means a person enrolled in a Board- approved training program who may perform the duties of a registered pharmacy technician under the direct supervision of a pharmacist in a licensed pharmacy in the District.\n\n(4)\n“Registered pharmacy technician” means a person who is registered with the Board as a pharmacy technician.","path":["Title 3. District of Columbia Boards and Commissions.","Chapter 12. Health Occupations Boards.","Subchapter VII-E. Registered Pharmacy Technicians."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/3-1207.51","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"7127a88a3ed3c542571693ee4128a9c464a7d6ae02c7deafaef41a9155e8ee75","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-3-1207.45","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-3-1207.52"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}