Minnesota Administrative Rules

6800.1300 LICENSURE TRANSFER (RECIPROCITY).

Subpart 1.

Applications.

An application for licensure transfer (licensure as a pharmacist on the basis of licensure as a pharmacist in another state) together with an application fee under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 151, shall be filed with the director of the board. An applicant must register with and pay the required fees to the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy for the Minnesota version of the Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Exam, which must be passed before licensure as a pharmacist is granted.

Subp. 2.

Eligibility.

To be found eligible for consideration by the board:

A.

an applicant, if examined and licensed before January 1, 1973, shall show that the applicant has acquired 2,080 hours of practical pharmacy experience under the instruction of a licensed pharmacist;

B.

an applicant, if examined and licensed between January 1, 1973, and May 1, 2003, shall show that the applicant has acquired 1,500 hours of practical pharmacy experience under the instruction of a licensed pharmacist, to be acquired after the successful completion of the first professional academic year of the standard five-year or six-year pharmacy curriculum, 400 hours of which may be acquired: concurrently with college attendance, in clinical pharmacy programs, or in demonstration projects which have been approved by the Tripartite Committee on Internship and the board of the active member state from which the applicant applies; and

C.

an applicant, if examined and licensed after May 1, 2003, shall show that the applicant has acquired 1,600 hours of practical pharmacy experience under the instruction of a licensed pharmacist, acquired after the successful completion of the first professional academic year of the standard six-year pharmacy curriculum, with 800 of the hours being of a traditional compounding, patient counseling, and dispensing nature.

Subp. 3.

Substitution for internship.

Defects in internship experience will not preclude an applicant from being considered eligible provided that the applicant has practiced as a licensed pharmacist for one week at 40 hours per week for each week or portion of a week that the applicant is deficient in internship experience, for example, the number of weeks the applicant has practiced as a licensed pharmacist before applying for reciprocity must be equal to or greater than the number of weeks or portions of weeks that the applicant is deficient in internship experience.

Subp. 4.

NAPLEX examination.

The board may compel applicants who have not engaged in practice as a licensed pharmacist for the two years immediately preceding the time of filing of their application for reciprocity to take the NAPLEX examination.

Subp. 5.

Examination.

Applicants for licensure transfer shall be required to display their familiarity with the laws regulating the practice of pharmacy in Minnesota by passing the Minnesota version of the Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Exam that is offered by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy.

Subp. 6.

[Repealed, 36 SR 237]

Statutory Authority:

MS s 16A.128; 151.06; 151.07; 151.12; 151.13; 151.19; 151.25; 151.47; 151.48; 151.49; 152.02; 214.06

History:

9 SR 1656; 13 SR 1775; 16 SR 2239; 18 SR 1145; 22 SR 1547; 25 SR 81; 27 SR 260; 31 SR 1673; 36 SR 237

Published Electronically:

September 21, 2011