Licensing Requirements
Alaska
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.dced.state.ak.us/occ/ppha.htm
http://www.labor.state.ak.us/research/dlo/pharmcst.htm
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 hours as an intern
Additional Information: None
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Alabama
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.albop.com
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 hours- beginning 4th year of school. A minimum of 400 hours of the 1500 hours need to be pharmacy retail hours
Additional Information: =19 years old; Interview by board
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Arkansas
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.state.ar.us/asbp/
http://www.state.ar.us/asbp/licensing-info.html
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and Arkansas Jurisprudence Exam
Number of hours required: 2,000 hours of approved intern hours
Additional Information: Criminal background check within the last four years.
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Arizona
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.pharmacy.state.az.us/index.html
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 intern training hours
Additional Information: Preceptor letter necessary
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California
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.pharmacy.ca.gov/
http://www.pharmacy.ca.gov/forms/exam_info_update.pdf
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and CPJE (California Pharmacist Jurisprudence Exam )
Number of hours required: 1500 hours as intern or one year experience as licensed pharmacist in another state
Additional Information: =18 years old
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Colorado
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.dora.state.co.us/pharmacy/
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 intern hours
Additional Information: None
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Connecticut
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.ct.gov/dcp/cwp/view.asp?A=1620&Q=273844
Passing of required exams: Not specified
Number of hours required: 1500 intern hours
Additional Information: None
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Washington DC
Website(s) for reference:
http://hpla.doh.dc.gov/hpla/cwp/view,A,1195,Q, 488414,hplaNav,%7C30661%7C,.asp
http://hpla.doh.dc.gov/hpla/frames.asp?doc=/hpla/lib/hpla/prof_license/services/pdffile/pharmacy/application_instructions_08-23-2005.pdf
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and DC MPJE
Number of hours required: 1000 hours of pre-licensure professional practice in a program administered by a college of pharmacy accredited by ACPE; OR 1,500 hours of independent pre-licensure professional practice under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist; OR Rotations totaling 660 hours of pre-licensure practice administered by a college of pharmacy accredited by the ACPE and 510 hours of independent pre-licensure professional practice under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist
Additional Information: Applicant must not have been convicted of a crime or moral turpitude which bears directly on the applicant’s; fitness to be licensed; =18 years old
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Delaware
Website(s) for reference:
http://dpr.delaware.gov/boards/pharmacy/index.shtml
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 intern hours
Additional Information: None
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Florida
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/pharmacy/index.html
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/pharmacy/ph_applications.html
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: A Pharm.D. Degree will count towards the internship/work requirements for Florida Licensure; Those graduated with a Pharm D. earned prior to January 1st, 2001 or BS degree: 1500 hours in any Florida program or 2080 hours of intern/pharmacist experience in an out-of-state program
Additional Information: =18 years old
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Georgia
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.sos.state.ga.us/plb/pharmacy/
http://www.sos.state.ga.us/plb/faqs/03%20faqs.html#license
Passing of required exams: Georgia Practical, MPJE, and NAPLEX
Number of hours required: 1500 internship hours prior to sitting for the examination. Hours must be received in Board office two (2) weeks prior to the examination date; -The Board will accept up to 1000 school hours under the Doctor of Pharmacy program and up to 480 hours under the B.S. Pharmacy program. ; A minimum of 20 and a maximum of 50 internship hours per week are required.; If the applicant desires to obtain these hours in a non-conventional setting such as a research lab, a chemical plant, etc., the applicant must seek prior approval from the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy by submitting his/her request in writing. The maximum number of hours allowed is one (1) hour of credit for every two (2) hours worked, not to exceed a maximum of two hundred (200) hours credit.; No internship hours will be accepted if received prior to obtaining A Georgia intern license
Additional Information: None
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Hawaii
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.hawaii.gov/dcca/areas/pvl/boards/pharmacy/
http://www.hawaii.gov/dcca/areas/pvl/boards/pharmacy/application_publications/
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 hours
Additional Information: =18 years old
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Iowa
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.state.ia.us/ibpe/
http://www.state.ia.us/ibpe/pdf/licapp.pdf
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 hours of internship
Additional Information: None
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Idaho
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.state.id.us/bop/
http://www.state.id.us/bop/forms/lic_proc_rec_info_2007.pdf
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 hours
Additional Information: Idaho controlled substance registration needed if working in Idaho
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Illinois
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.idfpr.com/dpr/WHO/phar.asp
http://www.idfpr.com/dpr/apply/forms/ph-ex-i.pdf
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 hours
Additional Information: None
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Indiana
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.in.gov/pla/bandc/isbp/reqapp/examinfo.html
http://www.in.gov/pla/bandc/isbp/reqapp/examinfo.html
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: Completing the practical experience requirements of the college or school of pharmacy from which the intern/extern has graduated, if the curriculum of the college or school has been accredited by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE) or the Canadian Council on Pharmacy Accreditation (CCPA) OR Completing a min of 1500 hours of practical experience under the supervision of a pharmacist if the intern/extern has graduated from a non-accredited program or has no practical experience as part of their educational curriculum
Additional Information: =18 years old
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Kansas
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.accesskansas.org/pharmacy/
http://www.accesskansas.org/pharmacy/ce.html
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 hours of internship
Additional Information: None
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Kentucky
Website(s) for reference:
http://pharmacy.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/8EFFE317-C54A-439B-85C831A974 F33751/ 0 /2007ProceduresforinitKYLicense.pdf
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and KY MPJE
Number of hours required: Min of 1500 hours of internship
Additional Information: Certificate of HIV/AIDS education
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Louisiana
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.labp.com/
Passing of required exams: Not specified
Number of hours required: Min of 1500 hours of internship
Additional Information: Age = must be 21; Must be of good moral character and non-impaired
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Massachusetts
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/index.htm
http://www.pcshq.com/pcsweb/PCSCandPg.nsf/AED/478d874b1748213086256c4f005c75b3?OpenDocument
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 hours of which at least 1000 hours must be completed in a pharmacy or pharmacy related setting
Additional Information: =18 years old and must be of good moral character
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Maryland
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/pharmacyboard/
http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/pharmacyboard/license/pharmacist_licensure.htm
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and Maryland-specific MPJE
Number of hours required: Completed a Professional Experience Program (PEP) ; New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, with structured Professional Experience Programs (PEP), are required to have a total of 1,200 hours of experience; All other pharmacy schools must have completed a total of 1,560 PEP hours
Additional Information: Pass the Test of Oral English Competency (non-foreign graduate pharmacists only)
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Maine
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.maine.gov/pfr/professionallicensing/professions/pharmacy/
http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules/02/chaps02.htm#392
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 hours of internship
Additional Information: Criminal history record check
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Michigan
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-27417_27529_27548---,00.html
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/cis_fhs_bhser_pharm_intern_58935_7.pdf
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1,000 hours; Under the supervision of a Michigan approved pharmacist preceptor OR Completion of a board approved, structured practical experience program within the college or school of pharmacy curriculum.
Additional Information: =18 years old and must be of good moral character
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Minnesota
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.phcybrd.state.mn.us/
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1600 hours of internship experience worked after completion of the third year of the standard six-year Pharm D curriculum
Additional Information: =18 years old and must be of good moral character
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Missouri
Website(s) for reference:
http://pr.mo.gov/pharmacists.asp
http://pr.mo.gov/boards/pharmacy/375-0487.pdf
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 480 intern hours
Additional Information: Criminal history and background check
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Mississippi
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.mbp.state.ms.us/
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: The externship/internship practical experience required for licensure is defined as a total of sixteen hundred (1,600) hours of pharmacy experience
Additional Information: Good moral character; Have completed and submitted a background fingerprint packet along with processing fee
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Montana
Website(s) for reference:
http://mt.gov/dli/bsd/license/bsd_boards/pha_board/board_page.asp
http://mt.gov/dli/bsd/license/bsd_boards/pha_board/licenses/pha/lic_summary.asp#pha
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 documented internship hours
Additional Information: None
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North Carolina
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.ncbop.org/
http://www.ncbop.org/Forms%20and%20Applications%20%20Pharmacists/BASICREQ.pdf
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 hours: maximum of 500 hours is allowed for non-traditional experience. At least 1000 hours of experience shall be acquired in a community or hospital pharmacy
Additional Information: None
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North Dakota
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.nodakpharmacy.com/
https://secure.ebigpicture.com/nodakpharmacy/NDBP/law/2006%20+%20add%20sections.pdf
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 hours
Additional Information: =18 years old and must be of good moral character
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Nebraska
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/crl/medical/pharm/pharmlic/rp.htm
http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/crl/medical/pharm/pharmlic/procedures.htm
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 documented internship hours
Additional Information: Birth certificate or other proof of age required
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New Hampshire
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.nh.gov/pharmacy/
http://www.nh.gov/pharmacy/pharmacist1.html
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 documented internship hours
Additional Information: =18 years old and must be of good moral character
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New Jersey
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/medical/pharmacy.htm
http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/pharm/pharmacy.pdf
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1000 hours
Additional Information: Good moral character
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New Mexico
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.rld.state.nm.us/pharmacy/information.html
http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/_title16/T16C019.htm
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 hours if in the Bachelor of Science program, or 2150 hours if in the Doctor of Pharmacy program of Structured Internship Experience
Additional Information: None
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Nevada
Website(s) for reference:
http://bop.nv.gov/
http://bop.nv.gov/PDFs/ExamineeAPP.pdf
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 documented internship hours
Additional Information: None
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New York
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/pharm.htm
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE and Written and Practical Compounding
Number of hours required: 6 months (1,040 hours) of approved internship according. ; Graduates from non-accredited programs: 12 months (2,080 hours)
Additional Information: =21 years old and must be of good moral character
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Ohio
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.pharmacy.ohio.gov/phlic.htm
http://www.pharmacy.ohio.gov/Byexam-060310.htm
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 hours
Additional Information: =18 years old and must be of good moral character
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Oklahoma
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.pharmacy.ok.gov/
http://www.ok.gov/OSBP/documents/law05.pdf
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 intern hours-A registered intern shall be defined as a student having completed fifty (50) college hours of credit, with an overall average of not less than “C”
Additional Information: None
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Oregon
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.pharmacy.state.or.us/
http://www.pharmacy.state.or.us/Pharmacy/Imports/NAPLEX_MPJEInstructions.pdf
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 2000 hours
Additional Information: =18 years
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Pennsylvania
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bpoa/cwp/view.asp?a=1104&q=432995
http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bpoa/lib/bpoa/20/phabd/pharmacist_license_application.pdf
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and Pennsylvania MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 hours of approved internship are required. Maximum of 750 hours earned through a school of pharmacy controlled internship program
Additional Information: None
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Rhode Island
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.health.state.ri.us/hsr/professions/pharmacy.php
http://www2.sec.state.ri.us/dar/regdocs/released/pdf/DOH/4606.pdf
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 hours
Additional Information: =18 years old and must be of good moral character; No felony
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South Carolina
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.llr.state.sc.us/POL/Pharmacy/
http://www.llr.state.sc.us/POL/Pharmacy/index.asp?file=LIC1.HTM
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: A maximum of five hundred (500) hours for a BS degree and one thousand (1000) hours for a PharmD degree may be granted if your college of pharmacy awards that amount for an approved externship/clerkship program. At least 500 hours of experience shall be acquired in a retail or institutional pharmacy.
Additional Information: None
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South Dakota
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.state.sd.us/doh/pharmacy/
http://www.state.sd.us/doh/pharmacy/NAPLEXApp.pdf
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and Practical Jurisprudence Exam (South Dakota Pharmacy Law)
Number of hours required: The Board requires 1,500 hours to be completed; 880 hours of which must be practical pharmacy experience prior to licensure.
Additional Information: None
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Tennessee
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.state.tn.us/commerce/boards/pharmacy/
http://www.state.tn.us/commerce/boards/pharmacy/documents/9901App.pdf
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 hours of internship after enrollment in an ACPE accredited College of Pharmacy; eleven (1100) hundred of these hours may be acquired in pharmacy programs or demonstration projects structured by the College of Pharmacy. Four (400) hundred additional hours of practical experience must be acquired outside the confines of College of Pharmacy demonstration projects
Additional Information: =21 years old
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Texas
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.tsbp.state.tx.us/
http://www.tsbp.state.tx.us/infocist/LIC_EXAMINATION_INSTRUCT.htm
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 hours
Additional Information: =18 years old
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Utah
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.dopl.utah.gov/licensing/pharmacy.html
http://www.dopl.utah.gov/licensing/forms/009.pdf
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and Utah MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 hours; Internship hours completed in Utah must include at least 360 hours but not more than 900 hours in a college coordinated practical experience program as an integral part of the curriculum which must include a minimum of 120 hours in each of the following: (1) community pharmacy; (2) hospital pharmacy; and (3) another pharmacy setting
Additional Information: Pass criminal background check; Social Security number; Evidence of good moral conduct
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VI.
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.dhp.state.va.us/pharmacy/default.htm
http://www.dhp.state.va.us/pharmacy/pharmacy_forms.htm#Pharmacists
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and Virginia pharmacy law examination (not MPJE)
Number of hours required: 1500 hours with a minimum of 300 hours in compounding and dispensing. The 1,500 hours may include hours gained within an approved school clerkship program, however, at least 300 hours of the 1500 hour requirement shall be gained outside of a school of pharmacy practical experience program
Additional Information: =18 years old
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Vermont
Website(s) for reference:
http://vtprofessionals.org/opr1/pharmacists/
http://vtprofessionals.org/opr1/pharmacists/forms/rxrules.pdf
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 hours
Additional Information: =18 years old
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Washington
Website(s) for reference:
https://fortress.wa.gov/doh/hpqa1/HPS4/Pharmacy/default.htm
https://fortress.wa.gov/doh/hpqa1/Publications/documents/credentialing_handbook.pdf
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 hours
Additional Information: AIDS education needed
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Wisconsin
Website(s) for reference:
http://drl.wi.gov/boards/phm/index.htm
http://drl.wi.gov/dept/forms/fm1302.pdf
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 1500 hours
Additional Information: None
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West Virginia
Website(s) for reference:
http://www.wvbop.com/main.htm
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE and the Errors and Omissions Examination
Number of hours required: 1500 hours
Additional Information: None
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Wyoming
Website(s) for reference:
http://pharmacyboard.state.wy.us/
Passing of required exams: NAPLEX and MPJE
Number of hours required: 2000 hours
Additional Information: None
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