# South Dakota Pharmacy Licensing and Technician Rules Update The South Dakota Board of Pharmacy has updated its rules to modernize pharmacy licensing terminology and requirements. The changes replace the term "registration" with "licensure" throughout the rules to align with current industry language, reduce the required practical experience hours for pharmacy interns from 2,000 to 1,600 hours, and increase the wholesaler license fee. The rules also eliminate the requirement for automated medication dispensing systems (e-kits) in nursing facilities to be separately licensed, remove the mandatory certification requirement for pharmacy technicians (except those administering vaccines or working in telepharmacy), and clarify new procedures for changing the pharmacist-in-charge at licensed pharmacies, including a $50 fee and requirement to notify the board within ten days.
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The effect of the rules will be to provide for a fee increase for wholesalers, remove the requirement for automated e-kits in nursing facilities to be licensed, remove the certification requirement to work as a pharmacy technician except for vaccination or working in a telepharmacy, changes the technician hours required to work in a telepharmacy, update wording, and references.
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