Section 315.050 - Qualifications of applicant for licensure - Examination - Standards for internship - Certificate of internship(1) Every applicant for licensure as a pharmacist shall be not less than eighteen (18) years of age, of good mental health and moral character, a graduate of a school or college of pharmacy program approved by the board, and shall file proof satisfactory to the board, substantiated by proper affidavits, of completion of an approved internship.(2) After the applicant has passed a satisfactory examination conducted before the board under regulations prescribed by the board, he shall be entitled to a license as a pharmacist.(3) The examination for licensure shall be given by the board at least two (2) times during each year. The examination shall be prepared to measure the competency of the applicant to engage in the practice of pharmacy. The board may employ and cooperate with any organization or consultant in the preparation and grading of an appropriate examination, but shall retain the sole discretion and responsibility of determining which applicants have successfully passed such an examination.(4) The board shall by regulation establish standards for pharmacist intern certification and an approved internship program and shall determine appropriate qualifications for pharmacists supervising approved internship programs.(5) The board shall issue certificates of internship which shall be valid for six (6) years from date of issuance. The fee for a certificate shall be set by administrative regulation of the board, not to exceed fifty dollars ($50).Amended by 2015 Ky. Acts ch. HB-248,§ 17, eff. 6/22/2015.Effective:7/15/1996
Amended 1996, Ky. Acts ch. 257, sec. 8, effective7/15/1996. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 443, sec. 23, effective 7/13/1990. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 191, sec. 6, effective 7/15/1982. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 120, sec. 8; and ch. 221, sec. 4. -- Amended 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 161, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective 10/1/1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2625.