Section 44: Training and registration of pharmacy technician

(1) An institution shall not award pharmacy technician certificate unless the institution and the course of study are approved by the Council.
(2) A person shall not be qualified to work as a pharmacy technician in any part of Nigeria unless he is duly registered and issued with an annual permit by the Council as a pharmacy technician.
(3) A person shall not be registered by the Council as a pharmacy technician unless he has -
(a) undergone a course of training for pharmacy technicians in a school of health technology or any other institution approved by the Council;
(b) been converted from pharmacy assistant to pharmacy technician before the commencement of this Act or holds a certificate issued by a recognised institution approved by the Council; or
(c) undergone a course of training in a foreign institution recognised by the Council for a specified period of time and has also undergone a mandatory six months orientation programme in a school of health technology or any other institution recognised by the Council for that purpose.
(4) A person who is registered as a pharmacy technician under subsection (2) shall work under the direct supervision and control of a registered pharmacist.
(5) A supervising pharmacist shall not assign to a pharmacy technician any duty which is required under the provisions of this Act to be performed only by a pharmacist.
(6) A person who does not possess the qualifications specified in subsection (2) or who has not registered as a pharmacy technician or deemed to have been so registered, shall not work or perform any function as a pharmacy technician at any place of work in any part of Nigeria.
(7) A person shall not -
(a) use or bear the title "pharmacy technician" in connection with any work or function performed by him at any place of work in any part of Nigeria, if he is not registered as a pharmacy technician in accordance with the provisions of this Act;
(b) use or bear the title “pharmacy technician” in connection with his work or duty, in circumstances likely to suggest that he possesses any of the qualifications specified in subsection (2) for pharmacy technicians but that person does not possess or that he has been registered or deemed to be registered as a pharmacy technician under this Act, when he is not so registered; and
(c) work as a pharmacy technician in any year unless he has paid in respect of that year the prescribed annual permit renewal fee before 31 March.
(8) A person who violates the provisions of subsections (5) and (6) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of N500,000 or imprisonment for a term of two years or both.