In 2020 the Alabama Board of Pharmacy required that pharmacy technicians registering with the board take a board approved program or pass a board recognized pharmacy technician certification examination within 6 months of registration.
Please review: 680-X-2-.14 — The Role of Technicians in Pharmacies in Alabama
Lawson State Community College now offers a non credit board approved program.
Key Facts about this program are as follows:
The program is 16 weeks in length
- 4 weeks of Ready to Work training on soft skills, interviewing (student receives a certificate of completion for this portion)
- 8 weeks of instruction on the role of Pharmacy Technicians in the State of Alabama
- 4 weeks of pharmacy externship
The first session in 2020 will begin in June at the Bessemer Campus of Lawson State.
For more information regarding price please contact Lawson State at the following email
pharmtechnoncredit@lawsonstate.edu
Sam Blakemore 
