Verification record
How current is Delaware’s pharmacy staffing rule, and how does RxShift know?
Last verified 2026-10-19. Read from the issuing body's own text and recorded word for word; the weekly re-check on 2026-10-19 confirmed that every recorded passage is still there today.
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Passages captured from the issuing body
3,462 characters, word for word
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Official sources
regulations.delaware.gov
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Dated reads on file
captures taken 2026-10-16
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Automatic re-checks
newest 2026-10-19
The rule on file
24 Del. Admin. Code 2500 § 21.2.5. No pharmacist-to-technician ratio. Instead a working-conditions rule for pharmacists: a pharmacist who works 6 or more continuous hours must be allowed a 30-minute uninterrupted meal break and a 15-minute break, with an additional 15-minute break at 12 continuous hours.
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The recorded passages
Recorded word for word on the read of 2026-10-16. Each week an automated re-check opens every official source named here and confirms each passage is still on the page as served; the mark on each passage is what the newest re-check (2026-10-19) found.
Source 1: regulations.delaware.gov
https://regulations.delaware.gov/api/AdminCode/title24/2500/7683f879-27c6-41f3-8b2c-a7f0e1f3c2ab ↗document masthead
Confirmed by re-check 2026-10-19TITLE 24 REGULATED PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS DELAWARE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 1 DEPARTMENT OF STATE Division of Professional Regulation Division of Professional Regulation 2500 Board of Pharmacy
192 characters, recorded as written.
21.2.5 to 21.2.5.6, pharmacist rest periods and meal breaks
Confirmed by re-check 2026-10-1921.2.5 Provide appropriate opportunities for uninterrupted rest periods and meal breaks: 21.2.5.1 A pharmacist who works 6 continuous hours or longer per day shall be allowed to take, at a minimum, 1 30-minute uninterrupted meal break and 1 15-minute break during that 6-hour period. 21.2.5.2 If a pharmacist is required to work 12 continuous hours per day, at a minimum, the pharmacist qualifies for an additional 15-minute break. 21.2.5.3 A pharmacist who is entitled to take breaks shall not be required to work more than 5 continuous hours, excluding a 15-minute break, before being given the opportunity to take a 30-minute uninterrupted meal break. 21.2.5.4 If the pharmacy has a private break room available, or if there is a private break room in the establishment or business in which the pharmacy is located, a pharmacist who is entitled to breaks must be given access to the private break room and allowed to spend break time in that room. 21.2.5.5 A pharmacy may close when a pharmacist is on break based on the professional judgment of the pharmacist on duty. 21.2.5.6 If a pharmacy does not close while the pharmacist is on break, the pharmacist must ensure adequate security of drugs by taking their break within the prescription department or on the premises. The pharmacist on duty must determine if pharmacy technicians or pharmacy interns may continue to perform duties and if the pharmacist is able to provide adequate supervision.
1,451 characters, recorded as written.
21.4.1 to 21.5.3, staffing forms and corrective-action records
Confirmed by re-check 2026-10-1921.4.1 Signed staffing forms shall be provided to the immediate supervisor of the pharmacist-in-charge or pharmacist on duty, with 1 copy maintained in the pharmacy for at least 3 years and available for inspection upon request by a representative of the Board. 21.4.2 The pharmacist-in-charge or pharmacist on duty may report any staffing issues directly to the Board if the pharmacist-in-charge of pharmacist on duty believes the situation warrants immediate Board review. 21.4.3 Under no circumstances shall a good faith report of staffing concerns by the professional-in-charge, pharmacist on duty, or notification of such issues by pharmacy personnel to the professional-in-charge or pharmacist on duty result in workplace discipline against the reporting staff member. 21.5 Permit holders shall review completed staffing reports and shall: 21.5.1 Respond to reporting staff member to acknowledge receipt of the staffing request or concern. 21.5.2 Resolve any issues listed in a timely manner to ensure a safe working environment for pharmacy staff and appropriate medication access for patients. 21.5.3 Document any corrective action taken, steps taken towards corrective action as of the time of inspection, or justification for inaction, which documentation shall be maintained on-site for at least 3 years and produced for inspection by a representative of the Board within 48 hours of the request.
1,407 characters, recorded as written.
21.6 Technician Support, with the section's source line
Confirmed by re-check 2026-10-1921.6 Technician Support. The pharmacy permit holder shall ensure that, at all times that the pharmacy department is open for business, there shall be at least 1 technician, who is fully trained pursuant to subsection 19.1, on the premises to assist in the pharmacy at the pharmacist's request. A schedule of technician support shall be readily available to the pharmacists at all times. 29 DE Reg. 625 (01/01/26)
412 characters, recorded as written.
Every read and every re-check, newest first
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2026-10-19
Re-check: confirmed
The weekly re-check found every recorded passage (4 of 4, 2,923 characters) still on the issuing body's page as served that day.
2026-10-16
Re-check: confirmed
The weekly re-check found every recorded passage (4 of 4, 2,923 characters) still on the issuing body's page as served that day.
2026-10-16
Full read
Read in full from the issuing body's own text and recorded word for word.
Delaware sets no numeric limit on how many pharmacy technicians one pharmacist may supervise. Its Board of Pharmacy working-conditions rule (24 Del. Admin. Code 2500, section 21.0, published 29 DE Reg. 625 on January 1, 2026), re-read today from the State's codified Administrative Code, requires a pharmacist working 6 or more continuous hours to be allowed a 30-minute uninterrupted meal break and a 15-minute break, an additional 15-minute break at 12 continuous hours, and at least one fully trained technician on the premises whenever the pharmacy department is open; signed staffing reports and the permit holder's corrective-action records must be kept at least 3 years.
Confidence recorded: high. This entry on the updates log
2026-10-15
Re-check: no baseline
No report with a verbatim record qualified as a baseline on that date, so there was nothing for the automated re-check to compare.
2026-10-12
Currency screen
A check for any amendment, repeal or proposal since the last full read.
Delaware sets no numeric limit on how many pharmacy technicians one pharmacist may supervise. Its Board of Pharmacy working-conditions rule (24 Del. Admin. Code 2500, section 21.0, published 29 DE Reg. 625 on January 1, 2026) requires a pharmacist working 6 or more continuous hours to be allowed a 30-minute uninterrupted meal break and a 15-minute break, an additional 15-minute break at 12 continuous hours, and at least one fully trained technician on the premises whenever the pharmacy department is open; signed staffing reports and the permit holder's corrective-action records must be kept at least 3 years.
Confidence recorded: high. This entry on the updates log
2026-09-17
Report
A dated report on file for this state.
Delaware does not set a numeric limit on how many pharmacy technicians one pharmacist may supervise. It sets the opposite kind of requirement: at least one fully trained technician must be immediately available whenever the pharmacy department is open for business (24 Del. Admin. Code 2500, section 3.8).
Confidence recorded: medium. This entry on the updates log
What the re-check results mean
- Confirmed: every recorded passage was still on the issuing body’s page as served that day.
- Mismatch: at least one passage was not found. It is reported as it stands, a person looks, and the rows after it show what followed.
- Not allowed: the issuing body’s site does not permit automated reading, so the rule rests on its dated read, by a person where the page can only be opened in a browser.
- Nothing to match, no baseline: the record on file held no passage the re-check can match, or no report yet qualified as its baseline.