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Dec 12, 2024
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2024-2025 Catalog
Pharmacy Technician, A.A.S.
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(CIP 51.0805)
281-756-3805
Purpose: The Pharmacy Technician Program offers a 2-year curriculum to prepare individuals for an allied health career working in a pharmacy. The program prepares you to take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam. Once certified, you will be able to work in retail pharmacies, hospital pharmacies, and specialty pharmacies.
Program Requirements:
- Have a high school diploma or GED.
- Apply to Alvin Community College and fulfill the admission requirements.
- TSI (Texas Success Initiative) requirement satisfied as determined by ACC’s testing and placement policies.
- Not currently on suspension or academic probation at any college.
- Apply to the Pharmacy Technician program at https://www.alvincollege.edu/pharmacy-technician/application.html.
- Interview with the Program Director.
- Pass a background check and drug screen (no felonies in the past 5 years or drug related convictions).
- All students are required to make a C or greater for all pharmacy technician courses.
- Apply and obtain “technician in training” card through the Texas State Board of Pharmacy before taking clinical courses.
- Current immunizations required for clinical rotation.
- CPR certification required for clinical rotation.
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Total Credits Required for A.A.S. Pharmacy Technician Degree: 60
+ Denotes core requirement. Speak with Department Chair or Pathways Advisor for proper course selection. * Capstone Course Statutory law (Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 53) requires the Alvin Community College nursing and allied health programs to notify prospective applicants and future healthcare professionals a licensing/credentialing authority may suspend or revoke a license/credential, disqualify a person from receiving a license/credential, or deny to a person the opportunity to take a licensing/credentialing examination on the grounds that the person has been convicted of certain criminal behavior. |
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