(1) An individual who is enrolled in a commission-approved pharmacy-technician training program shall obtain an endorsement for experiential training in a pharmacy for:

(a) Initial certification; or

(b) As required by the commission to complete additional practice experience before a pharmacy technician certification is issued, renewed, or reactivated.

(2) An individual with a technician in training endorsement may only work in that capacity at those sites identified on the application.

(3) Before beginning the pharmacy-technician training program the individual shall submit an application to the commission to become certified as a pharmacy assistant. The application must include verification of enrollment in a commission-approved pharmacy-technician education and training program.

(4) The commission may consider the pharmacy technician-in-training authority inoperable or superseded if one of the following occurs:

(a) A pharmacy technician certification is issued;

(b) A pharmacy technician-in-training is no longer enrolled or in good standing with a commission-approved training program; or

(c) A pharmacy technician-in-training does not complete a training program within two years of entering a technician-in-training program, unless otherwise authorized by the commission.