Reviewed by: Dr. KimDao Collier | Updated July 2025
A career as a pharmacy technician can be rewarding. If you are interested in entering the healthcare field, making a difference in people's lives, and having options of what type of environment you would like to work in, then a career as a pharmacy technician may be perfect for you! You can become a pharmacy technician by completing your high school diploma or equivalent, enrolling in an accredited pharmacy technician training program(e.g., online pharmacy technician certificate program from U.S. Career Institute (USCI), and passing an industry-recognized pharmacy technician certification exam (e.g., PTCE, ExCPT).
When looking for pharmacy technician schools, it is essential to know what your state requires so you can ensure you have the right preparation to meet those requirements. The data below is current as of December 2024. Be sure to check with your state board of pharmacy to verify the requirements and regulations for pharmacy technicians in your area.
State requirements for pharmacy technician certification
- Alabama: License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Alaska: License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Arizona: Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) and License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Arkansas: License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- California: License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Colorado: Certification and license or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Connecticut License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Delaware: No state requirements; USCI program supports state requirements
- District of Columbia:License or registration
- Florida: License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Georgia: License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Hawaii: No state requirements; USCI program supports state requirements
- Idaho: Certification and License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Illinois: Certification and License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Indiana: License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Iowa: Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) and License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Kansas: Certification and License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Kentucky:License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Louisiana: Certification and License or registration
- Maine: License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Maryland License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Massachusetts: Tech on Board and License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Michigan: Tech on Board and License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Minnesota: License or registration
- Mississippi: Certification and License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Missouri: License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Montana: Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) and License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Nebraska: Certification and License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Nevada: Certification and License or registration
- New Hampshire: License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- New Jersey: License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- New Mexico: Certification and License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- New York: No Requirements; USCI program supports state requirements
- North Carolina: Certification and License or registratio; USCI program supports state requirementsn
- North Dakota: Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) and License or registration
- Ohio: License or registration
- Oklahoma: License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Oregon: Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) and License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Pennsylvania: No state requirements
- Rhode Island: Certification and License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- South Carolina: License or registration
- South Dakota: Certification and License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Tennessee: License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Texas: Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) and License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Utah: Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) and License or registration
- Vermont: Certification and License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
- Virginia: Certification and License or registration
- Washington: Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) and License or registration
- West Virginia: License or registration
- Wisconsin: No Requirements; USCI program supports state requirements
- Wyoming Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) and License or registration; USCI program supports state requirements
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Sources:
1. U.S. Career Institute. (2025). Pharmacy Technician State Requirements.
https://www.uscareerinstitute.edu/online-pharmacy-technician-school/state-requirements
2. Pharmacy Technician Certification Board. (2025). State Regulations and Map.
https://www.ptcb.org/resources/state-regulations-and-map