Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 2, February 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.
