Licensure by Examination; Foreign Pharmacy Graduates

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Board of Pharmacy

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
64B16-26.2031: Licensure by Examination; Foreign Pharmacy Graduates

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 35 No. 49, December 11, 2009 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

The change is in response to written comments submitted by the staff of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee. The changes are as follows:

1. Subsection (1) shall now read as follows:

(1) All applications for licensure by examination must be made on form DH-MQA 103 (Rev. 09/09), Pharmacist Examination Application For Foreign Graduates and Instructions, which is hereby incorporated by reference. Contact the Board of Pharmacy, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C04, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3254 or [phone] to request an application or download the application from the board’s website at http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/pharmacy. The application must be accompanied with a non-refundable examination fee and an initial license fee set forth in Rules 64B16-26.1001 and 64B16-26.1002, F.A.C.

2. Subsection (2) shall now read as follows:

(2) Complete 2080 hours of supervised work activity, of which a minimum of 500 hours must be completed within the State of Florida. Such experience must be equivalent to that required in the internship program as set forth in Rule 64B16-26.2033, F.A.C. The work experience program including both the preceptor and the permittee must be approved by the Board of Pharmacy. The work experience shall be documented on form DH-MQA 1153 (Rev. 01/10), Foreign Graduate Registered Intern Work Activity Manual, which is hereby incorporated by reference. Contact the Board of Pharmacy, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C04, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3254 or [phone] to request a manual or download the manual from the board’s website at http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/pharmacy. Further, no program of supervised work activity shall be approved for any applicant until said applicant has obtained the specified passing scores on the Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Examination.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Rebecca Poston, Executive Director, Board of Pharmacy, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C04, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3254