Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 24, June 14, 2024
Section 15-16-6 - Reciprocity; Licensure of Pharmacists From Other States or Countries6.1. The Board may license and admit to practice pharmacists in this state that have been legally licensed or registered as pharmacists in other states or countries if: 6.1.1. The applicant is at least 18 years of age;6.1.2. The applicant is in good standing in the state or country from which he is seeking to transfer his or her licensure or registration;6.1.3. The applicant is in fact, competent and physically and mentally qualified to function as a pharmacist;6.1.4. The applicant is of good moral character and not addicted to alcohol or a controlled substances;6.1.5. The applicant has not been convicted, or had his or her license in any other state or country suspended or revoked for violation of pharmacy, liquor, controlled substance, or food and drug laws.6.1.6. The applicant originally passed a written examination in subjects determined by the Board as being reasonable; and6.1.7. The applicant passes the West Virginia MPJE.6.1.8. The applicant must complete a criminal history records check as prescribed in § 29.6.2. An applicant may serve all or part of his or her internship in another state and up to one-third (1/3) of his or her internship in another country. In order to receive credit for that service an affidavit shall be signed by the supervising pharmacist and attested by the secretary of the board of pharmacy of the state or country where the internship was served.6.3. Applicants for licensure by reciprocity shall not work as pharmacists until they receive a certificate of licensure from the board.6.4. A foreign pharmacy graduate whose undergraduate pharmacy degree was conferred by a school of pharmacy outside of the United States, and its territories, may establish educational equivalency by obtaining a Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Examination Committee Certificate (FPGEC) from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP). An applicant for licensure who receives FPGEC certification meets the educational requirement for licensure and may sit for the NAPLEX and MPJE examinations provided he or she has completed 1500 hours of internship, of which 500 hours may have been earned in a foreign country, as certified on a letter of credit or certification from the Board of Pharmacy or other regulatory body of the foreign state, province, or country responsible for regulation of the practice of pharmacy in the foreign location, and must complete a criminal history records check as prescribed in § 29.