N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 8 § 63.2

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 18, May 1, 2024

Section 63.2 - Experience

For admission to the licensing examination:

(a) Graduates of registered or accredited programs leading to the bachelor's degree in pharmacy shall have completed at least six months of full-time experience, or the equivalent thereof, as a pharmacy intern in an internship program which meets the following requirements:

(1) Program requirement. The internship program shall be devoted to the preparing, compounding, preserving and dispensing of drugs, medicines and therapeutic devices and to the performance of the functions related thereto, such as the counseling of patients and the monitoring of drug regimens, under the supervision of a registered pharmacist.

(2) Time requirement. The six months shall be completed in accordance with the following:

(i) Any portion or all of the internship may be completed during periods subsequent to the successful completion of the first year of a professional education program in pharmacy and not concurrent with full-time enrollment in such a program.

(ii) Any portion or all of the internship may be completed subsequent to the award of a degree in pharmacy which meets the requirement of section 63.1 of this Part.

(iii) Part-time supervised practice completed pursuant to the provisions of subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of this paragraph may be granted proportionate credit. For the calculation of equivalencies, full-time shall be defined as 40 hours per week.

(3) Preceptor pharmacist requirement. The registered pharmacist who supervises an intern shall be designated the preceptor pharmacist. Each preceptor pharmacist shall have practiced for at least one year immediately preceding assuming a preceptorship. The preceptor pharmacist shall have under his or her supervision not more than one full-time intern nor more than two part-time interns.

(4) Additional requirement. In each pharmacy which will serve for the training of interns, one intern may be engaged for each 5,000 prescriptions and/or drug orders dispensed annually and for a major fraction thereof over a multiple of 5,000.

(b) Effective January 1, 2022 graduates of nonregistered and nonaccredited programs, including foreign programs in pharmacy, shall be authorized to begin an internship only after passing an initial examination or examinations acceptable to the board of pharmacy for licensure purposes and determined by the department to be satisfactory for measuring the applicant's knowledge regarding the curricular areas defined in subdivision (b) of section 52.29 of this Title and other matters of practice as may be deemed appropriate by the department. Thereafter, the applicant shall complete not less than 12 months of full-time experience, or the equivalent thereof, in an internship program which meets the requirements of paragraphs (a)(1), (3) and (4) of this section. Upon completion of the internship program, the applicant may be admitted to an additional examination or examinations acceptable to the board of pharmacy for licensure purposes and determined by the department to be satisfactory for measuring the applicant's knowledge regarding the practice of pharmacy, as well as the curricular areas defined in subdivision (b) of section 52.29 of this Title.

(c) Graduates of registered or accredited programs leading to the Doctor of Pharmacy degree shall be considered to have completed the internship requirement.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 8 § 63.2

Amended New York State Register December 29, 2021/Volume XLIII, Issue 52, eff. 1/1/2022