From the 2009 Jan/Feb PPO:
On January 7, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland enacted “Emily’s Law” requiring pharmacy technicians to pass a test before being permitted to dispense medicine.
The law requires that Ohio pharmacy technicians pass a competency test as well as a criminal background check. Before the law, anyone could become a pharmacy technician with few qualifications; only a high school equivalency certificate was required.
On March 1, Ohio U.S. Representative Steve LaTourette, a Republican from Concord Township, proposed “Emily’s Act,” which calls for similar testing of technicians nationally, but it did not succeed. He is expected to reintroduce the act.
The law goes into affect 90 days after the Govenor signed it on Dec. 7th.
The law states that a technician must be "qualified"
The qualification in Ohio is that the pharmacy in which you work does extensive training and testing that is approved by the State Board of Pharmacy.
Certification is not consindered to be releveant unless your epmloyyor states that in their qualifing process.
You must have been a pharmacy technician prior to the signing of the bill, or you had 90 days to complete the training to become qualified before the law goes into affect.
