RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:
64B16-26.2031Licensure 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. 42 No. 99, May 20, 2016 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.
The change is in response to written comments submitted by the staff of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee and discussion and subsequent vote by the board at the public meeting held June 8, 2016. The changes are as follows:
64B16-26.2031 Licensure by Examination (Foreign Graduates); Application.
In order for a foreign pharmacy graduate to be admitted to the professional licensure examination, the applicant must be a graduate of a four year undergraduate pharmacy program at a school or college outside the United States and have completed an internship program approved by the Board.
(1) All applications for licensure by examination must be made on form DH-MQA 103, 07/16 (Rev. 04/16), Pharmacist Examination Application For Foreign Graduates and Instructions, which is hereby incorporated by reference., and which can be obtained from http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref- , the Board of Pharmacy, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C04, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3254, or the Board's website at http://floridaspharmacy.gov/Applications/app-pharmacist-exam-foreign-grad.pdf. The application must be accompanied with an examination fee and an initial license fee as set forth in Rules 64B16-26.1001 and 64B16-26.1002, F.A.C.
(2) In addition to the requirements of subsection (1), the applicant must submit proof of having met the following requirements:
(a) through (b) No change.
(c) 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 26.2032, F.A.C. The work experience program, including both the preceptor and the permittee, must be approved by the Board of Pharmacy. Work experience shall be documented on form DH-MQA 1153, 07/16 (Rev. 02/16), Foreign Graduate Registered Intern Work Activity Manual, which is hereby incorporated by reference and which can be obtained from http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref- ; the Board of Pharmacy, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C04, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3254; or the Board's website at http://floridaspharmacy.gov/Applications/info-foriegn-grad-reg-intern-manual.pdf. 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.
Rulemaking Authority 456.013(1), 465.005 FS. Law Implemented 456.013(1), (7), 456.025(3), 465.007(1) FS. History–New 1-11-05, Amended 8-8-07, 6-10-09, 5-27-10, .
The following changes have been made to incorporated form DH-MQA 103, 07/16:
Page 5, Item #2: the requirement regarding certified official court copies has been removed.
Page 5, Item #2, the form has been corrected to refer to numbers 18-28 instead of 15-27.
Page 14: the requirement regarding certified official court copies has been removed.
Page 14: the form has been corrected to refer to numbers 18-28b instead of 15-27.
The following changes have been made to incorporated form DH-MQA 1153, 07/16:
Page 3, sixth paragraph: the form has been corrected to refer to Form 4 on page 22.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Allison Dudley, Executive Director, Board of Pharmacy, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C04, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3254
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