Verification record
How current is North Dakota’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
3,369 characters, word for word
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Official sources
ndlegis.gov
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Dated reads on file
captures taken 2026-10-05, 2026-10-16
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Automatic re-checks
newest 2026-10-19
The rule on file
N.D. Admin. Code 61-02-07.1-04. Four pharmacy technicians per pharmacist in retail and hospital pharmacies. Closed-door pharmacies are allowed 5, and telepharmacy is excepted from the ratio entirely.
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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: ndlegis.gov
https://ndlegis.gov/information/acdata/pdf/61-02-07.1.pdf ↗chapter masthead
Confirmed by re-check 2026-10-19CHAPTER 61-02-07.1 PHARMACY TECHNICIAN
38 characters, recorded as written.
61-02-07.1-04 with its History, General Authority and Law Implemented lines
Confirmed by re-check 2026-10-1961-02-07.1-04. Ratio of pharmacists to pharmacy technicians. The ratio of pharmacists to pharmacy technicians may not be greater than one to four (one pharmacist to four pharmacy technicians) in a retail and hospital setting. The ratio of pharmacists to pharmacy technicians may not be greater than one to five (one pharmacist to five pharmacy technicians) in a closed-door pharmacy that does not deal directly with patients. This ratio does not include other supportive personnel or interns. History: Effective October 1, 1993; amended effective January 1, 2005; October 1, 2019. General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02, 43-15-10(12)(14) Law Implemented: NDCC 28-32-03, 43-15-10(12)(14)
680 characters, recorded as written.
61-02-07.1-02(3), supportive personnel, with the section's History line
Confirmed by re-check 2026-10-193. "Supportive personnel" means a person other than a licensed pharmacist, pharmacy intern, or pharmacy technician who may be performing duties assigned by the pharmacist under direct supervision. History: Effective October 1, 1993; amended effective July 1, 1996; January 1, 2024. General Authority: NDCC 43-15-10(12)(14)(19)
326 characters, recorded as written.
Source 2: ndlegis.gov
https://ndlegis.gov/information/acdata/pdf/61-02-08.pdf ↗61-02-08-04, rule exceptions for telepharmacy
Confirmed by re-check 2026-10-1961-02-08-04. Rule exceptions. To the extent of a conflict with any provision of this title, the provisions of this chapter govern with respect to a telepharmacy and remote site operating in compliance with this chapter. With the following conditions, this chapter is an exception to the following rules: 1. Pharmacist on duty under section 61-02-01-13. The remote site must have a registered pharmacy technician present and a working computer link, videolink, and audiolink to a pharmacist at the central pharmacy to have the prescription area open. The communication link must be checked daily and the remote site pharmacy must be closed if the link malfunctions, unless a pharmacist is at the remote site. a. The technician must be registered with the state board of pharmacy and have at least one year of work experience as a North Dakota-registered pharmacy technician. b. The technician must be a graduate of an approved pharmacy technician education program or must make application to the board, and must demonstrate knowledge and experience in preparation of prescriptions for dispensing and working with patients. 3 c. The technician will be subject to all rules in chapter 61-02-07.1, excluding the ratio of pharmacists to pharmacy technicians. A pharmacist may oversee no more than four remote sites. As dispensing is considered done by the pharmacist, the pharmacist will be responsible for and held accountable for the remote site. 2. Security standards for pharmacies under subsections 3, 4, 6, 7, and 9 of section 61-02-03-01. The pharmacy technician may unlock the prescription and storage areas. While the technician is on duty, the prescription area may remain open. 3. Input of drug information into electronic data processing equipment under section 61-02-06-01. The input of drug information shall be done by a pharmacist at the central pharmacy or, if entered by the technician at the remote site, must be verified by a pharmacist. a. New prescriptions may be received and entered at the central pharmacy with a label printed at the remote site. b. New prescriptions received at the remote site may be entered into the remote computer system with all verification, interaction checking, and profile review the responsibility of the pharmacist at the central pharmacy. History: Effective October 1, 2001.
2,325 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, 2,856 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, 2,856 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.
North Dakota's limit is unchanged as of October 16, 2026. Under N.D. Admin. Code 61-02-07.1-04, re-read from the Legislative Branch's official text, a pharmacist may supervise no more than four pharmacy technicians in a retail or hospital pharmacy and no more than five in a closed-door pharmacy that does not deal directly with patients, and pharmacy interns and other supportive personnel are not counted.
Confidence recorded: high. This entry on the updates log
2026-10-15
Re-check: mismatch
1 of 5 recorded passages matched the page as served that day. A mismatch is reported as it stands and never passed; no reading changes without a person deciding it.
2026-10-05
Full read
Read in full from the issuing body's own text and recorded word for word.
North Dakota's limit is unchanged: under N.D. Admin. Code section 61-02-07.1-04 a pharmacist may supervise no more than four pharmacy technicians in a retail or hospital pharmacy and no more than five in a closed-door pharmacy that does not deal directly with patients, pharmacy interns and other supportive personnel are not counted, and the Board of Pharmacy reports no proposed rule changes.
Confidence recorded: high. This entry on the updates log
2026-09-28
Report
A dated report on file for this state.
North Dakota's limit is unchanged: under N.D. Admin. Code section 61-02-07.1-04 a pharmacist may supervise no more than four pharmacy technicians in a retail or hospital pharmacy and no more than five in a closed-door pharmacy that does not deal directly with patients, and the rule states that the ratio "does not include other supportive personnel or interns". The Board of Pharmacy reports that no rule changes are being proposed at this time.
Confidence recorded: high. This entry on the updates log
2026-09-21
Report
A dated report on file for this state.
North Dakota's limit is unchanged: no more than four pharmacy technicians per pharmacist in a retail or hospital pharmacy, and no more than five in a closed-door pharmacy that does not deal directly with patients, under N.D. Admin. Code section 61-02-07.1-04. The rule states that the ratio "does not include other supportive personnel or interns". The Board of Pharmacy reports that no rule changes are being proposed at this time. The Board did adopt an emergency rule effective August 5, 2026 on 7-OH and related alkaloids, which concerns drug scheduling and does not change any staffing requirement.
Confidence recorded: medium. This entry on the updates log
2026-09-17
Report
A dated report on file for this state.
North Dakota does not cap how many hours a pharmacist or pharmacy technician may work, does not require time off between shifts, does not mandate a meal or rest break, and does not limit consecutive days worked. It does require that at least one registered pharmacist be on duty and physically present whenever the prescription area is open for business, under N.D. Admin. Code section 61-02-01-13, and that the pharmacy tell the Board the names of its pharmacist-in-charge, pharmacists, interns, technicians and supportive personnel and keep that information current.
Confidence recorded: medium. This entry on the updates log
2026-09-16
Report
A dated report on file for this state.
North Dakota allows no more than four pharmacy technicians per pharmacist in a retail or hospital pharmacy, and no more than five in a closed-door pharmacy that does not deal directly with patients, under N.D. Admin. Code section 61-02-07.1-04. That rule says in terms that the ratio "does not include other supportive personnel or interns", so clerks and pharmacy interns are outside the count. A technician's national certification does not raise the number, since North Dakota already requires certification to register as a technician. Telepharmacy remote sites are handled separately: the technician ratio does not apply there, and instead a pharmacist may oversee no more than four remote sites.
Confidence recorded: high. 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.