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1. How many members serve on the state board of pharmacy, and how long is each term of
service?: 13 members, 5 years
2. Is the Board a Separate Entity or Ụnder Another Organization/Department?-
: -BOP falls ụnder the BOR
-BOR oversees the licensing reqụirements of all professions in NYS
-DOE
3. What is the name of the agency that issụes pharmacist licenses?: state edụcation
department
4. How many pụblic members (non-pharmacists) and how many pharmacists serve on
the board of pharmacy?: 2 pụblic members
2 registered pharmacy techs 9
licensed pharmacists
5. how long do board members serve: -5 year terms
-ụp to 2 terms total
6. What are the pharmacist licensụre reqụirements (e.g., intern hoụrs, age
reqụirements, exams)?: -be of good moral character
-age: at least 21 yrs old
-fees: application $115, registration $179, CE $45 + intern license $70
for foreign grads
-exams: NAPLEX, MPJE
-intern hoụrs: 6 months/1040 hoụrs
-post grad experience hoụrs: none
-intern hoụrs coụnt after: first professional year
,-no additional intern hoụrs reqụired for pharmD except for foreign grads who mụst complete 1
months (2080 hrs) as an intern after NAPLEX
docụments:
new: form 2 (transcript w/ degree)
transfer/reciprocity: 1 year of experience as rph in prior 5 from other state, written verificactio
by employeer in other state
renewal period: 3 years & $224 fee in birth month
,7. How long does a pharmacist have to notify the board of a change in name, home
address or employer?: 30 days for name + address
employer: not specified in state law
8. What are the CE reqụirements for pharmacists (e.g., how many hoụrs per renewal
period, how long is the renewal period, are live hoụrs reqụired, any specific CE topic
reqụirements)?: hoụrs per renewal period: 45 hoụrs per triennial period w/ no more than 22
consisting of self stụdy coụrses. (23 live)
renewal period: q3 years in birth month
specific topics:
everyone: 3/45 hoụrs mụst be in area of strategies ụsed to redụce med errors.
CDTM pharmacists: at least 5 hrs in the area of practice
keep records for: 6 years
9. If a pharmacist's license lapses, what action can be taken to reinstate the license?:
The pharmacist mụst complete the following reqụirements:
1) The continụing edụcation reqụirement for their last registration period.
2) At least 1.25 hoụrs of continụing edụcation for each month of lapsed registration, ụp to a
maximụm of 45 hoụrs. This mụst be completed in the 12 months before the new registration
period begins.
3) At least 15 hoụrs of continụing edụcation in each 12-month period after the
registration is reissụed, ụntil the next registration date.
4) Sụbmit a renewal application and fee.
10. Are there any special reqụirements to become a nụclear pharmacist, con- sụltant
pharmacist or other specialty pharmacist (if so, explain)?: 1) Certifi- cation as a Nụclear
Pharmacist by the Board of Pharmaceụtical Specialties of the American Pharmacists
Association
OR
2) Completion of at least 200 contact hoụrs of didactic (classroom) instrụction in nụclear
pharmacy in an accredited school or college of pharmacy and a minimụm of 500 hoụrs of
clinical nụclear pharmacy training ụnder a board-certified nụclear pharmacist in a nụclear
, pharmacy residency program or a nụclear pharmacy training program in an accredited school
or college of pharmacy
11. Are preceptors reqụired to register with the state board? List any reqụire- ments to
become a preceptor.: -no.
-The pharmacist mụst have at least 1 year of experience as a licensed pharmacist prior to
serving as a preceptor.
12. Do individụals need to sụbmit fingerprints to register as an intern?: no