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As of June 1st, 2012, roughly 6,400 pharmacy technicians occupy full time positions at more than a thousand institutional and retail pharmacies across the state.  However, despite a state-imposed requirement that all pharmacy technicians be licensed, more than two thousand working Maryland pharmacy technicians are currently unlicensed.  Part of the reason for this is that many technicians are trainees and interns in the process of becoming licensed.  Others are skilled professionals whose licenses may have recently expired and need to be renewed.  Pharmacy technicians are pharmacist assista

Based on demographic employment data available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly nine hundred full time professional pharmacy technicians are currently employed in roughly 220 hospital and retail pharmacies throughout the state of Montana.  At this time, more than eleven hundred Montana residents hold licenses as pharmacy technicians from the state's Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB).  Pharmacy technicians are assistants to licensed pharmacists.  Their duties include, among other things, the preparation, processing and transfer of various legally controlled substances.  Different U.S. states have different sets of rules and regulations regarding locally employed pharmacy technicians.  The guidelines put forth by Montana's Board of Pharmacy are more stringent than they are in most other states.

As of June First, 2012, the state of Hawaii is home to about 174 hospital and retail pharmacies employing approximately 1,170 pharmacy technicians.  A pharmacy technician is a skilled assistant who helps a licensed pharmacist perform certain job-related functions.  In addition to record keeping, inventory and customer service, the tasks of pharmacy technicians often involve mixing, packaging, labeling and processing prescription medications.  Pharmacists across the board prefer licensed technicians to unproven assistants whose legally permissible activities may be limited to inventory and c

According to the Missouri Division of Professional Regulation, all potential pharmacy technicians must register with the Missouri Board of Pharmacy or apply for registration prior to employment. While successful completion of a pharmacy technician training program is not a requirement for registration, most employers prefer candidates with a certificate or a degree from an accredited program. A certificate or degree may also lead to better advancement opportunities, more competitive pay raises, and access to better job opportunities overall.