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Changes Ahead for SD Pharmacies

Changes Ahead for SD Pharmacies

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State rules for pharmacy technicians will be changing. The Rules Review committee of the South Dakota legislature voted to expand the roles of those techs in some cases.
Representative Jean Hunhoff of Yankton says it involves supervision of pharmacy techs………


Hunhoff says they allowed some facilities to set their own numbers……….


Hunhoff says pharmacists are split on expanding the number of techs allowed………


Hunhoff says it is recognition of the difficulty in finding and keeping pharmacists in rural areas.

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