Verification record
How current is Tennessee’s pharmacy staffing rule, and how does RxShift know?
Last verified 2026-10-16. Read from the dated copy the issuing body serves and recorded word for word; the weekly re-check on 2026-10-19 confirmed every recorded passage in that copy. The issuing body publishes no live page for this rule, so the date above rests on the read itself.
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Passages captured from the issuing body
1,843 characters, word for word
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Official sources
publications.tnsosfiles.com
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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
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1140-02-.02(7)(a). Up to 6 non-certified technicians per pharmacist; certified technicians (CPhT) are not counted against the ratio.
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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: publications.tnsosfiles.com
https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/rules/1140/1140-02.20251016.pdf ↗This address names a version or a date, so the issuing body keeps serving the same file after a revision. A passage found here proves that file, not the rule as it stands today, so this source never moves the public date on its own.
chapter masthead
Confirmed by re-check 2026-10-19October, 2025 (Revised) 1 RULES OF THE TENNESSEE BOARD OF PHARMACY CHAPTER 1140-02 PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND RESPONSIBILITIES TABLE OF CONTENTS 1140-02-.01 Pharmacists and Pharmacy Interns 1140-02-.02 Pharmacy Technicians
220 characters, recorded as written.
paragraph (7), the ratio, verbatim (a running page header sits inside it as extracted)
Confirmed by re-check 2026-10-19(7) Pharmacy Technician to Pharmacist Ratio (a) The pharmacy technician to pharmacist ratio shall not exceed 6:1; however the ratio may be removed if the additional pharmacy technicians beyond the 6:1 ratio are certified pharmacy technicians. However, the pharmacist in charge may request a modification of the ratio from the Board in writing which addresses: 1. The pharmacy technician's experience, skill, knowledge and training; and 2. The workload at the practice site; and 3. Detailed information regarding the numbers of pharmacy technicians and the specific duties and responsibilities of each of the pharmacy technicians; and PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND RESPONSIBILITIES CHAPTER 1140-02 (Rule 1140-02-.02, continued) October, 2025 (Revised) 5 4. Justification that patient safety and quality of pharmacy services and care can be maintained at the pharmacy. (b) Requested modifications of the established ratios may not be implemented until the written request is considered and approved by the Board.
1,005 characters, recorded as written.
paragraph (12)
Confirmed by re-check 2026-10-19(12) For purposes of this rule, a pharmacy intern is not considered to be a pharmacy technician.
96 characters, recorded as written.
Authority and Administrative History of rule 1140-02-.02
Confirmed by re-check 2026-10-19Authority: T.C.A. §§63-1-116, 63-10-204, 63-10-308, and 63-10-310. Administrative History: Repeal and new rule filed May 11, 1998; effective July 25, 1998. Amendment filed August 19, 2002; effective November 2, 2002. Amendment filed December 23, 2009; effective March 23, 2010. Amendment filed January 4, 2012; effective April 3, 2012. Amendments filed November 22, 2016; effective February 20, 2017. Amendments filed December 15, 2023; effective March 14, 2024. Amendments filed July 18, 2025; effective October 16, 2025.
522 characters, recorded as written.
Every read and every re-check, newest first
A dated read is RxShift reading the issuing body’s text and recording it in a dated report; its public note is repeated here word for word from the updates log. A re-check is the weekly automated comparison of the recorded passages against the live page. People decide every reading; a re-check never changes one.
2026-10-19
Re-check: confirmed
The weekly re-check found every recorded passage (4 of 4, 1,579 characters) still on the issuing body's page as served that day. This run set no public date: every passage came from a dated copy the issuing body keeps serving, which proves that file rather than the rule as it stands today.
2026-10-19
Report
A dated report on file for this state.
Tennessee's pharmacy technician ratio is unchanged: under Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1140-02-.02(7)(a) the ratio may not exceed 6 technicians per pharmacist, technicians beyond that 6:1 ratio are permitted when they are certified pharmacy technicians, and paragraph (12) states that a pharmacy intern is not considered a pharmacy technician. The Board of Pharmacy has posted no rulemaking on the ratio.
Confidence recorded: medium. This entry on the updates log
2026-10-16
Re-check: confirmed
The weekly re-check found every recorded passage (4 of 4, 1,579 characters) still on the issuing body's page as served that day. This run set no public date: every passage came from a dated copy the issuing body keeps serving, which proves that file rather than the rule as it stands today.
2026-10-16
Full read
Read in full from the issuing body's own text and recorded word for word.
Tennessee's technician ratio is unchanged and was re-confirmed against the Secretary of State's official text on October 16, 2026. Under Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1140-02-.02(7)(a) a pharmacist may supervise up to 6 pharmacy technicians, technicians beyond that 6:1 ratio are permitted when they are certified pharmacy technicians, and paragraph (12) states that a pharmacy intern is not considered a pharmacy technician.
Confidence recorded: high. This entry on the updates log
2026-10-15
Re-check: mismatch
3 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.
Tennessee's technician ratio is unchanged and was re-confirmed against the Secretary of State's official text on October 5, 2026. Under Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1140-02-.02(7)(a) a pharmacist may supervise up to 6 pharmacy technicians, and technicians beyond that 6:1 ratio are permitted when they are certified pharmacy technicians. Paragraph (12) states that a pharmacy intern is not considered a pharmacy technician. The Board's 2026 rulemaking has concerned compounding, not the technician ratio.
Confidence recorded: high. This entry on the updates log
2026-09-28
Report
A dated report on file for this state.
Tennessee's technician ratio is unchanged and was re-confirmed against the Secretary of State's official text on September 28, 2026. Under Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1140-02-.02(7)(a) a pharmacist may supervise up to 6 pharmacy technicians, and technicians beyond that 6:1 ratio are permitted when they are certified pharmacy technicians. Paragraph (12) states that a pharmacy intern is not considered a pharmacy technician, so interns sit outside the count. The rule was last amended effective October 16, 2025, and that amendment did not change the ratio.
Confidence recorded: high. This entry on the updates log
2026-09-21
Report
A dated report on file for this state.
Tennessee's technician ratio is unchanged. Under Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1140-02-.02(7)(a) a pharmacist may supervise up to 6 non-certified pharmacy technicians, and certified technicians (CPhT) are not counted against that limit at all. Paragraph (12) of the same rule states that a pharmacy intern is not considered a pharmacy technician, so interns sit outside the count. No rulemaking to change the ratio is pending: the Board's September 24, 2026 Rules Committee meeting was cancelled, which makes October 22, 2026 the next date at which a rule change could be started.
Confidence recorded: medium. This entry on the updates log
2026-09-17
Report
A dated report on file for this state.
Tennessee Board of Pharmacy rules do not set a maximum number of hours a pharmacist or pharmacy technician may work, a minimum rest period between shifts, or a required break. The one hours rule in the Board's regulations concerns the pharmacist-in-charge: under Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1140-03-.14 the PIC must be on duty at least 50 percent of the hours the pharmacy is in operation, and may not be required to be on duty more than an average of 40 hours per week.
Confidence recorded: medium. This entry on the updates log
2026-09-07
Report
A dated report on file for this state.
Tennessee's technician ratio is unchanged, re-confirmed against the rule text on September 7, 2026: under Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1140-02-.02(7)(a) a pharmacist may supervise up to 6 non-certified technicians, and certified technicians (CPhT) are not counted against that limit at all. No rulemaking to change it is pending; the Board's next rules committee meeting is October 22, 2026 after the September 24 meeting was cancelled.
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.