Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 070 - Board of Pharmacy › Rule 070.00.99-001 - 02-01-0004 - Requirements for Internship Training

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
02-01-0004 -REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERNSHIP
		  TRAINING
A. Any extern or intern receiving
		  internship training practice or experience in the State of Arkansas must be
		  licensed as an intern with the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy. No credit for
		  internship training will be allowed prior to licensure as an intern. The intern
		  licensure application can be obtained from the office of the Board of Pharmacy.
		  There is a fee as defined in Regulation 01-00-0007 for licensure as an
		  intern.
B. All students accepted by
		  and enrolled as a student in the University of Arkansas College of Pharmacy
		  shall be licensed as an intern.
AM students enrolled in Colleges of Pharmacy outside Arkansas
			 Shall license as an intern in Arkansas prior to any participation in the
			 practice of Pharmacy as defined in §
									17-92-101,
			 §
									17-92-301, and
			 §17-92 307. Provided that any licensed intern shall not participate in the
			 practice of Pharmacy as defined in §
									17-92-101,
			 §
									17-92-301, and
			 §
									17-92-307,
			 until said Intern has successfully completed the first professional year on a
			 2-3 or 2-4 program of study or the second professional year on a 1-4 program of
			 study in a school or college of pharmacy approved by the Arkansas Board of
			 Pharmacy. The intern license remains valid as long as the intern maintains
			 active student status in a Board-approved College of Pharmacy and for one year
			 (12 calendar months) after graduation from a College of Pharmacy or completion
			 of foreign pharmacist requirements as set forth in Regulation 02-02-0001 A. At
			 this time, the intern license becomes void. The graduate intern may not
			 practice pharmacy until approval by the Board of Pharmacy has been granted and
			 another license as an intern in Arkansas has been granted.
C. The certificate of licensure as a
		  "licensed" intern must be displayed in the drugstore or pharmacy in which the
		  intern is being trained. Licensed interns shall not be left in sole charge of
		  the prescription department at any time. Violation of this regulation may
		  effect a cancellation of any and all internship toward licensure that may be
		  accrued by the pharmacy intern, and the revocation of the Preceptor's
		  certificate.
D. For each pharmacy
		  setting where an intern practices pharmacy, the intern shall complete and file
		  with the Board of Pharmacy office, prior to any practice, a "Training Plan"
		  that is signed by the Preceptor pharmacist or supervising pharmacist (in the
		  case of a graduate intern) for that particular work situation. Such Training
		  Plan shall expire on May 1 of each year. At no time may a Preceptor supervise
		  more than one licensed intern.
E.
		  Participation in a School or College of Pharmacy curriculum extern or clerkship
		  program, approved by the Board of Pharmacy, will be credited week for week
		  training.
F. The Arkansas State
		  Board of Pharmacy examination will be offered upon graduation and proof of
		  participation in an approved extern clerkship program in a school curriculum,
		  or proof of completion of foreign pharmacist requirements as set forth in
		  Regulation 02-02-0001 A.
G. After
		  proving eligibility to sit for the Board Examination, the candidate may
		  practice pharmacy in the State of Arkansas under limited supervision in a Class
		  A pharmacy. Failure to make a passing grade on the examination will reduce the
		  applicant to extern status for further training under the personal and physical
		  supervision of an assigned Preceptor or Alternate Preceptor. The candidate must
		  sit for the exam within six (6) months of graduation. Failure to sit for the
		  exam within six (6) months will reduce the applicant to extern status for
		  further training under the personal and physical supervision of an assigned
		  Preceptor or Alternate Preceptor.
H. After presenting proof of 2,000 hours of
		  practical experience or training under Arkansas Board of Pharmacy approved
		  conditions, the intern may be designated as a candidate suitable for full
		  licensure if other conditions have been met. Affidavits of 2000 hours of
		  practical experience or one year internship training must be submitted to the
		  Board of Pharmacy for full licensure, and can be obtained from the Board of
		  Pharmacy office.
Before permitting a student to participate in any way in the
			 practice Of Pharmacy, the Preceptor must assure:
A. The Preceptor is licensed.
B. The Intern is currently
		  licensed.
C. The intern has filed a
		  current Training Plan.