Purpose Statement
It is envisioned that pharmacists will undertake the expanding role of patient education related to the classification, action, side effects and implications of pharmaceutical agents and health aids prescribed by the physician. This will relinquish many of the pharmacists' tasks and duties to "supportive personnel" such as the pharmacy technician. Under the supervision of a registered pharmacist, the pharmacy technician will assume such duties as mixing pharmaceutical preparations, filling bottles with prescribed tablets and capsules, typing labels for bottles, receiving and storing incoming supplies, maintaining computerized inventory records and computing charges for billing insurance. According to the Texas Workforce Commission, there will be a need to increase by 50 percent the number of pharmacy technicians in the Southeast Texas region through 2006. This program consists of a sequence of courses designed to prepare students for employment as pharmacy technicians. Successful completers of this certificate program will be eligible to write the licensure examination which was mandated by the year 2001.

Pharmacy Technology Student Handbook
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Director
Randy Ford
Allied Health Building Rm. 112
(409)882-3035
Randy.Ford@lsco.edu

Special Admissions
To be considered for admission to the Pharmacy Technology Program, the student is responsible for completing the admission procedure for Lamar State College-Orange and the pharmacy technology admission requirements below.

Admission Requirements at Lamar State College-Orange

Submit to Lamar State College-Orange

• application for admission to Lamar State College-Orange;
• an official high-school transcript or GED certification;
• original transcripts of all college work completed at other colleges or universities;
• a copy of driver's license; and
• a copy of your Social Security card.

Please contact the Office of Admissions and Records at (409) 882-3364 if you have questions or need assistance. Mail completed Lamar State College-Orange application to

Admissions and Records
Lamar State College-Orange
410 Front Street
Orange, TX 77630

Admission Requirement for Pharmacy Technology Program
Students must meet the following admission requirements to be accepted into the Lamar State College-Orange Pharmacy Technology Program

• possess a high-school diploma or a GED certificate;
• be a minimum of eighteen (18) years of age;
• complete the Pharmacy Technology Program Application;
• complete the Applicant Interview Form and Employment History Form;
• have one personal letter of recommendation on the form provided and;
• be recommended by the program director or designee for admissions.

Please contact the Allied Health secretary at (409) 882-3044 if you have questions or need assistance. Mail completed Pharmacy Technology Program Application to:

Pharmacy Technology Program
Lamar State College-Orange
410 Front Street
Orange, TX 77630

Degree Plan

Other Information
Students must maintain "C" or better grades in ALL PHRA courses and overall 2.0 grade point averages (GPAs) to graduate from the Lamar State College-Orange Pharmacy Technology Program. The Pharmacy Technology Program holds full accreditation status from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Students will be notified of their acceptance into the Pharmacy Technology Program by letter. After acceptance students are required to submit the results of a negative tuberculin skin test and a negative drug/alcohol screen.

If applicant cannot pass drug screen test, regardless of illicit or controlled drugs, it would be in the best interest of the applicant not to apply for this program.