# New Jersey — State pharmacy technician-to-pharmacist supervision ratios

For New Jersey, maximum ratio (tech:pharmacist) is 2:1; practice setting is all settings; conditional increase is ratio may exceed 1:2 if all technicians working above the 1:2 limit have passed the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board exam or a Board-approved certification program, or a Board-approved training program with testing component; trainee limit is 2 trainees maximum; trainees excluded from the 1:2 ratio during in-service training (not to exceed 210 days); citation is N.J.A.C. 13:39-6.15, recorded from its source on 2026-08-16.

- **State:** New Jersey _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Maximum ratio (tech:pharmacist):** 2:1
- **Practice setting:** all settings
- **Conditional increase:** ratio may exceed 1:2 if all technicians working above the 1:2 limit have passed the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board exam or a Board-approved certification program, or a Board-approved training program with testing component
- **Trainee limit:** 2 trainees maximum; trainees excluded from the 1:2 ratio during in-service training (not to exceed 210 days)
- **Citation:** N.J.A.C. 13:39-6.15 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> a pharmacist shall not supervise more than two pharmacy technicians at any given time.

## Source

- https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-39-6-15

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