Verification record
How current is Ohio’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
3,294 characters, word for word
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Official sources
codes.ohio.gov
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Dated reads on file
captures taken 2026-10-05, 2026-10-12, 2026-10-16
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Automatic re-checks
newest 2026-10-19
The rule on file
OAC 4729:5-5-02.2. No numeric pharmacist-to-technician ratio. Instead: a 13-hour single-workday cap, a mandatory 8-hour rest gap between shifts, and documented exceptions retained for 3 years.
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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: codes.ohio.gov
https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/rule-4729:5-5-02.2 ↗rule heading, chapter and effective date
Confirmed by re-check 2026-10-19Rule 4729:5-5-02.2 | Mandatory Rest Breaks for Pharmacy Personnel. Ohio Administrative Code / 4729:5 / Chapter 4729:5-5 | Outpatient Pharmacies Effective: May 1, 2024 Promulgated Under: 119.03
192 characters, recorded as written.
paragraphs (A) to (E) in full
Confirmed by re-check 2026-10-19(A) An outpatient pharmacy licensed as a terminal distributor of dangerous drugs shall not require pharmacy personnel to work longer than thirteen hours in any workday and shall allow at least eight hours of off time between consecutive shifts. (1) A pharmacist may volunteer to work longer than thirteen continuous hours. (2) The pharmacy must document and date the amount of time worked beyond the thirteen hour limit along with the reason and make it available in the pharmacy for immediate inspection for at least three years from the date it was created. (B) Pharmacy personnel working longer than six continuous hours per workday shall be allowed during that time to take a thirty-minute, uninterrupted rest break. (1) Unless as provided in paragraph (B)(2) of this rule, a pharmacist that takes a break in accordance with this rule shall remain on the premises of the pharmacy during the meal/rest break and shall be available for emergencies. (2) The requirement in paragraph (B)(1) of this rule does not apply in either case: (a) There are two or more pharmacists working in the pharmacy and the pharmacists stagger their rest breaks so that the pharmacy is not left without a pharmacist on duty. (b) The pharmacy closes for the required rest break. If a pharmacy closes for a required rest break, the pharmacy shall implement a regular break schedule and communicate the break schedule to customers wherever pharmacy hours are publicly posted or communicated. (C) The requirements of paragraph (B) of this rule do not apply to outpatient pharmacies that are not open to the public (e.g., closed door pharmacies). An outpatient pharmacy that is not open to the public shall still be required to allow all pharmacy personnel working longer than six continuous hours to take a thirty-minute, uninterrupted rest period and meal break. (D) Only prescriptions dispensed by a pharmacist pursuant to this chapter of the Administrative Code may be sold when the pharmacist is on break. An offer to counsel any person filling a prescription shall be offered pursuant rule 4729:5-5-09 of the Administrative Code. Persons who request to speak to the pharmacist shall be told that the pharmacist is on break and that they may wait to speak with the pharmacist or provide a telephone number for the pharmacist to contact them upon return from break. Pharmacists returning from break shall immediately attempt to contact persons who requested counseling. (E) An outpatient pharmacy shall not retaliate or discipline a pharmacist for refusing to work longer than thirteen hours or pharmacy personnel that opt to take breaks in accordance with this rule. As used in this rule, retaliation or discipline of an employee includes, but is not limited to, the following: (1) Removing or suspending the employee from employment; (2) Withholding from the employee salary increases or employee benefits to which the employee is otherwise entitled; (3) Transferring or reassigning the employee; (4) Denying the employee a promotion that otherwise would have been received; (5) Reducing the employee in pay or position.
3,102 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 (2 of 2, 2,766 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 (2 of 2, 2,766 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.
Ohio's pharmacy workload rules are unchanged as of October 16, 2026. Ohio sets no pharmacist-to-technician ratio. Under OAC 4729:5-5-02.2, re-read today from the State's official Administrative Code, an outpatient pharmacy may not require pharmacy personnel to work more than 13 hours in a workday, must allow at least 8 hours off between consecutive shifts, and must allow anyone working more than six continuous hours a 30-minute uninterrupted rest break.
Confidence recorded: high. This entry on the updates log
2026-10-15
Re-check: nothing to match
The record on file holds no passage the automated re-check can match against the issuing body's page, so this state rests on its dated read.
2026-10-12
Full read
Read in full from the issuing body's own text and recorded word for word.
Ohio's pharmacy workload rules are unchanged as of October 12, 2026. Ohio sets no pharmacist-to-technician ratio. Under OAC 4729:5-5-02.2 an outpatient pharmacy may not require pharmacy personnel to work more than 13 hours in a workday, must allow at least 8 hours off between consecutive shifts, and must allow anyone working more than six continuous hours a 30-minute uninterrupted rest break. The Board of Pharmacy has no pending proposal to change these rules.
Confidence recorded: high. This entry on the updates log
2026-10-05
Full read
Read in full from the issuing body's own text and recorded word for word.
Ohio's pharmacy workload rules are unchanged as of October 5, 2026. Ohio sets no pharmacist-to-technician ratio. Under OAC 4729:5-5-02.2 an outpatient pharmacy may not require pharmacy personnel to work more than 13 hours in a workday, must allow at least 8 hours off between consecutive shifts, and must allow anyone working more than six continuous hours a 30-minute uninterrupted rest break. Only pharmacists may volunteer to work past 13 hours, and the pharmacy must document the extra time and the reason and keep that record for three years.
Confidence recorded: high. This entry on the updates log
2026-09-28
Report
A dated report on file for this state.
Ohio's pharmacy workload rules are unchanged as of September 28, 2026. Ohio sets no pharmacist-to-technician ratio. Under OAC 4729:5-5-02.2 an outpatient pharmacy may not require pharmacy personnel to work longer than 13 hours in any workday, must allow at least 8 hours off between consecutive shifts, and must allow anyone working longer than six continuous hours a 30-minute uninterrupted rest break. The Board of Pharmacy's own guidance says the 13-hour limit counts actual hours worked, not on-call time, and that only pharmacists may volunteer to work past 13 hours, with the overage and reason documented and kept for three years.
Confidence recorded: high. This entry on the updates log
2026-09-21
Report
A dated report on file for this state.
Ohio's pharmacy workload rules are unchanged as of September 21, 2026. Ohio sets no pharmacist-to-technician ratio. Under OAC 4729:5-5-02.2 a pharmacy may not require pharmacy personnel to work longer than 13 hours in any workday and must allow at least 8 hours off between consecutive shifts, and anyone working more than 6 continuous hours must be allowed a 30-minute uninterrupted break. Only a pharmacist may volunteer to work past 13 hours, and the pharmacy must document the overage and the reason and keep it available for inspection for 3 years. Nothing on these rules is pending; their next scheduled review is May 1, 2029.
Confidence recorded: high. This entry on the updates log
2026-09-15
Report
A dated report on file for this state.
Ohio's 13-hour limit on a pharmacy workday (OAC 4729:5-5-02.2) is measured in actual hours worked, not scheduled hours. The Board's own Outpatient Pharmacy Minimum Standards FAQ states that the rule references "hours worked," that the limit applies only to hours actually worked in the pharmacy or engaged in the practice of pharmacy, and that it does not reach time a pharmacist is merely on call. Note the separate wrinkle: where a solo pharmacist stays on the premises and remains available for emergencies during the required 30-minute break, that time is not duty-free and a pharmacy should think carefully before excluding it from the 13 hours. Verified September 15, 2026; the rule is unchanged since May 1, 2024 and its next scheduled review is May 1, 2029.
Confidence recorded: high. This entry on the updates log
2026-09-07
Report
A dated report on file for this state.
Ohio's pharmacy staffing rules are unchanged as of September 7, 2026. Ohio sets no pharmacist-to-technician ratio. What it does set, under OAC 4729:5-5-02.2, is a 13-hour limit on any single workday, at least 8 hours off between consecutive shifts, and a 30-minute uninterrupted break for anyone working more than 6 continuous hours. Only a pharmacist may volunteer to work past 13 hours, and the pharmacy must document the overage and the reason and keep it available for inspection for at least 3 years. No amendment to these rules is pending; their next scheduled review is May 1, 2029.
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.