Section 61-03-03.1-01 - DefinitionsIn this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:
1. "Approved pharmacy experiential program" means structured courses in the pharmacy professional curriculum that are administered by a college of pharmacy, and approved by the state board of pharmacy, via accreditation by the American council on pharmaceutical education.2. "Approved pharmacy intern program" means pharmacy practice in a board-approved experiential program after a student has been accepted into a board-approved accredited college or school of pharmacy. The entire one thousand five hundred hours of credit shall be included in the four-year doctor of pharmacy program as an intern.3. "Hour" means the standard sixty minutes division of time.4. "Intern" means a person licensed by the state board of pharmacy for the purpose of receiving instruction in the practice of pharmacy from a preceptor. The state board of pharmacy may license as an intern any candidate who has graduated from high school or obtained a GED and successfully completed no less than one academic year of full-time college or university enrollment directed towards the prepharmacy requirements with a consistently declared intent to seek admission to an accredited doctor of pharmacy program and has satisfied the state board of pharmacy that the candidate is of good moral character or as required when a student has been unconditionally accepted into the doctor of pharmacy program.5. "Location" means any establishment other than a preceptor pharmacy approved by the state board of pharmacy.6. "Preceptor" means an educator and a licensed pharmacist in good standing with the state board of pharmacy who will devote sufficient time to educate a student in the practice of pharmacy as described in subsection 22 of North Dakota Century Code section 43-15-01.7. "Preceptor pharmacy" means the pharmacy where the preceptor is practicing the profession. This pharmacy must have a clear record with respect to adherence to federal, state, and municipal laws governing any phase of activity in which it is engaged and must be licensed by the state board of pharmacy, or other duly authorized licensing agency, where located and must have a private patient consultation area.8. "Supervision" means that in the approved preceptor pharmacy or other location where the intern is being taught, a licensed pharmacist designated as preceptor or another licensed pharmacist shall be in continuous contact with and actually giving instructions to the intern during all professional activities.N.D. Admin Code 61-03-03.1-01
Effective October 1, 1999.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 374, October 2019, effective 10/1/2019.General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02, 43-15-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 28-32-02, 43-15-10, 43-15-18