# Massachusetts — State pharmacy technician-to-pharmacist supervision ratios

For Massachusetts, maximum ratio (tech:pharmacist) is 4:1; practice setting is all settings; conditional increase is 4:1 requires at least two certified pharmacy technicians, or one certified tech and one intern, or two interns; otherwise maximum is 3:1 with at least one intern or certified tech; citation is 247 CMR 8.06(3), recorded from its source on 2026-08-16.

- **State:** Massachusetts _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Maximum ratio (tech:pharmacist):** 4:1
- **Practice setting:** all settings
- **Conditional increase:** 4:1 requires at least two certified pharmacy technicians, or one certified tech and one intern, or two interns; otherwise maximum is 3:1 with at least one intern or certified tech
- **Citation:** 247 CMR 8.06(3) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> One pharmacist for a maximum of four support personnel, provided: a. at least one of the four support personnel is a certified pharmacy technician and one is a pharmacy intern; or b. at least two of the support personnel are certified pharmacy technicians; or c. two of the support personnel are pharmacy interns.

## Source

- https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/massachusetts/247-CMR-8-06

Last verified: 2026-08-16. Review by: 2027-08-16.
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