20:51:29:21Technical functions.

At the discretion of the supervising pharmacist, technical functions that may be delegated to a registered pharmacy technician are: (1) Performing packaging, manipulative, or repetitive tasks relating to the processing of a prescription or medication order in a licensed pharmacy; (2) Accepting prescription refill authorization communicated to a pharmacy by a prescriber, or by the prescriber's agent. Any changes other than the number of refills on the prescription may not be accepted by a technician and must be accepted by a pharmacist or pharmacy intern; (3) Contacting prescribers to obtain prescription refill authorization; (4) Collecting pertinent patient information; (5) Inspecting drug supplies provided and controlled by a South Dakota licensed pharmacy, including drug supplies maintained in an automated mechanical distribution device, emergency medical room, ambulance, long-term care facility, hospital nursing unit, or hospice facility; and (6) Assisting the pharmacist with the preparation of medications for administration to the patient topically, by injection, or by other approved methods.

Source: 31 SDR 35, effective September 19, 2004; 50 SDR 138, effective June 2, 2024; 52 SDR 27, effective September 15, 2025.