Minnesota allows 3 per pharmacist, plus one more for the pharmacy with a certified tech on duty.

The statute is the authority here. Minn. Stat. 151.102, subd. 1 says a pharmacist may supervise up to three technicians, and that a pharmacy may exceed the ratio by a total of one technician at any given time in the pharmacy, provided at least one technician in the pharmacy holds a valid certification from a national body such as the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board. The bonus is per pharmacy: two pharmacists with two certified technicians are allowed 7, not 8. RxShift is built to that reading, which most per-pharmacist scaling would get wrong. With more than one pharmacist on duty, RxShift computes the total the crew is allowed and assumes the technicians are arranged so that no pharmacist supervises more than three; it does not check who works under whom.

You may see a different number on the Board’s own site. Minn. R. 6800.3850, subp. 6 still carries older text setting a base of two technicians per pharmacist. The statute was amended in 2015 to allow three, the statute is the later authority, and the Board’s rulemaking power under it runs only to ratios greater than three to one. RxShift applies the statutory 3 plus the certified-technician allowance, and this page says so plainly rather than leaving the two texts to be reconciled by a customer.

Two bills to repeal the ratio, SF 5234 and HF 4966, were introduced in April 2026, never received a committee hearing, and died when the Legislature adjourned on May 18, 2026. They could be reintroduced in January 2027. RxShift re-checks the Minnesota statute every week, and the number on this page is the one setting that changes the day the law does. If your pharmacy holds a Board-approved higher ratio under subd. 2, RxShift does not yet apply that approved number in Minnesota; the schedule is judged at the statutory 3 plus the certified-technician allowance, which is stricter than your approval, never looser. Tell us and it goes on the list.