It is unlawfull for any person to practice pharmacy, or to engage in, carry on, or be employed in the dispensing, or compounding of drugs within this Commonwealth unless licensed by the _____ ___ _____.

Board of Pharmacy

So, this means that a physiciain would have to be licensed by the Board of Pharmacy to dispense drugs!

At least 18 years of age

Of good moral character

Graduate of a school of pharmacy approved by the Board, or a foreign college of pharmacy, if the graduate has completed (i) a college of pharmacy equivalency examination program approved by the Board and (ii) written and oral communication ability tests of the English language approved by the Board

Practical experience not to exceed 12 months

Has passed the examination prescribed by the Board

The School Must be recognized by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education

Yes, board of pharmacy may issue a license by endorsement, without examination, excepte provided in theis section, to practice pharmacy to persons or territories of the United States.

The board may require the applicant to take a law exam

Every person licensed to practice as a pharmacist must at all times display his license conspicuously in the place in which he regularly practices!

This does not mean that a pharmacist has to drag his/her license everywhere they work!

An applicant for licensure as a pharmacist shall attain a minimum of ____ hours of practical experience.

All pracitical experience credit gained outside of an ACPE-accredited school of pharmacy program shall only be gained after successful completion of the equivalent of at least two semesters in an ACPE-accredited school of pharmacy. Credit shall not be given for more than ___ hours in one week and not less than an average of ___ per week averaged over a month.

Expiration dates for pharmacy an intern license is assigned to cover the estimated time period for the student to complete the school program and pass the required examinations.

Intern license automatically expire should a student no longer is enrolled in the school program, takes a voluntary break from the program, or is otherwise not actively participating in the school program, except for regularly scheduled school breaks.

Yes.

Such a person would have to provide documentation on a board-approved form of current employment or an employment start date within 90 days in a pharmacy in VA with approval by the supervising pharmacist.

Note: an expiration date will be assigned to cover time needed to obtain experience and pass required examination.

A pharmacy intern shall notify the board in writing of any change in address of record within ___ days of such change

Having graduated from at least a five-year course of study with a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy or a Doctorate of Pharmacy Degree.

Note: PharmD not required (by law, that is).

What must an applicant do should he/she fail board required examinations three times?

Must complete an additional 1,000 hours of practical experience as a pharamcy intern!

What must a foreign trained pharmacist obtain before being allowed to register as a pharmacy intern and gain required practical experience in Virgainia?

shall obtain the FPGEC

Note: foreign trained applicants must also complete and achieve passing scores on the examinations (NAPLEX and State Law)

How often must a pharmacist renew his/her license? And how does a pharmacist renew the license?

annually prior to December 31 by the submission of a renewal fee, renewal form, and statement of compliance with continuing education requirements

A pharmacist newly licensed on or after ______ shall not be required to renew that license until December 31 of the following year.

May a pharmacist renew his/her license should he/she miss the renewal deadline?

Sure. A pharmacist may renew his/her license any time within one year of its expiration by submission of the renewal fee and late fee, renewal form, and statement of compliance with continuing education requirement.

What can a pharmacist do should he/she fail to renew his/her license more than one year post renewal date?

Must submit an application for reinstatement, pay the current renewal fee and a reinstatement fee, and submit documentation showing compliance with continuing education requirements.

Reinstatement is at the discretion of the board and may be granted by the executive director of the board provided no grounds exist to deny said reinstatemetn.

A pharmacist who has been registered as inactive for more than one year must do what?

apply for reinstatement, submit documentation showing compliance with continuing education requirements, and pay the current year active renwal fee in order to resume active license.

How to reactivate or reinstate a license to active status (this applies to a pharmacist who holds an inactive license, who has allowed his license to lapse, or who has had his license suspended or revoked)

Must submit evidence of completion of CEUs or hours equal to the requirements for the number of years in which in his license has not been active, not to exceed a total of 60 CE hours

A pharmacist who's license has been inactive, lapsed, or suspended or revoked for more than five years must take 60 hours of CE credit, pass board approved law examination and prove documentation of what?

(1) Active pharmacy practice within the past five years as a properly licensed pharmacist in another state

(2) Practical experience as a pharmacy intern registered with the board of at least 160 hours within six months immediately prior to being reinstated.

Note: only ONE of the above must be proven.

1.5 CEUs or 15 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education in an approved program for each annual renewal of licensure.

Excess hours may not be transferred to future years of license renewal.

A pharmacy education program approved for continuing pharmacy education is?

(1) approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)

(2) Approved as Category I Continuing Medical Education (CME) course, the primary focus of which is pharmacy, pharmacology or drug therapy

Record keeping regarding CEUs used for license renewal?

Must maintain for two years

Original certificates documenting successful completion of CE, showing:

date and title of the CE program or activity

number of CEUs or contact hours awarded

& a certifying signature of approved provider.

What are the activities that only a pharmacist may perform?

(1) Review of prescription: for completeness, validity, safety, and drug-therapy appropriateness

(2) Receipt of an oral prescription from a practitioner or his authorized agent

(3) Conduct of a prospective drug review and counseling

(4) communication with the prescriber, or the prescriber's agent, involving any modification other than refill authorization of a prescription or of any drug therapy, resolution of any drug therapy problem, or the substitution of any drug prescribed.

(5) Verification of the accuracy of a completed prescription prior to dispensing

(6) supervision of pharmacy interns and pharmacy technicians

Anything that a pharmacist can do as long as the intern is being directly supervised by a pharmacis!

May accept oral prescriptions for diagnostic, nonpatient specific radiopharmaceuticals i accordance with subsection

Who determines the number of pharmacy interns, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacy technician trainees?

A pharmacist shall determine the number!

How many pharmacy technicians can a pharmacist supervise at one time?

No pharmacist shall supervise more than four persons acting as pharmacy technicians at one time

Must a pharmacist initial a prescription?

Yes;

After the prescription has been prepared and prior to delivery of the order, the pharmacist shall inspect the prescritpion product to verify its accuracy in all respects, and place his initials on the record of despensing as a certification of the accuracy of, and the responsiblity for, the entire transaction.

Records must be maintained for two years

What must a pharmacist do if she/he declines to fill a prescription (for other than unavailability of the drug)?

Record on the back of the prescription the word "declined"; the name, address, and telephone number of the pharmacy; the date filling of the prescription was declined, and the signiture of the pharmacist.

Do not return the forged prescription to the person presenting it.

Forged prescription may be given to a law-enforcement official investigating the forgery; or it shall be retained for a minimum of 30 days before destroying it, in the event it is needed for an investigative or other legitimate purpose

What are the tasks that pharmacy technicians may do?

(1) Entry of prescription information and drug history into a data system or other record system

(2) preperation of prescription labels or patient information

(3) removal of the drug to be dispensed from inventory

(4) counting, measuring, or compounding of the drug to be dispensed

(5) packaging and labeling of the drug to be dispensed and the repackagin therof

(6) Stocking and loading of automated dispensing devices

(7) acceptance of refill authorization from a prescriber or his authorized agency, so long as there is no change to the original prescription

When may examination fees be waived for pharmacy technicians?

One who works as a pharmacy technician exclusively in a free clinic pharmacy

What must one do in order to become licensed as a pharmacy technician?

(1) Satisfactory completion of an approved training program

(2) A passing score on a board-approved examination

A pharmacy technician trainee may perform tasks restricted to pharmacy technicians for no more than ___ months without becoming registered as a phamacy technician

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When does pharmacy technician registrations expire? And how often must it be renewed?

A pharmacy technician newly registered on or after _____ shall not be required to renew that registration until December 31.

A pharmacy technician who fails to renew his registration for more than ___ year following expiration and who wishes to reinstate such registration shall submit an application for reinstatement, pay the current renewal fee and a reinstatement fee, and submit documentation showing compliance with continuing education requirements.

A person who fails to reinstate a pharmacy technician registration within ____ years of expiration, shall not be eligible for reinstatement and shall repeat an approved training program and repeat and pass the examination, or hold current ___ certification, before applying to be reregistered.

Continuing education requirement for pharmacy technicians?

0.5 CEUs or five contact hours approved continuing education for each annual renewal of registration.

Continuing education record keeping for pharmacy technicians?

Is each pharmacy cite charged with training their technicians?

Yes. Every pharmacy  that employs or uses pharmacy technicians shall maintain a site-specific training program and manual for training pharmacy technicians to work at that pharmacy. Training should be specific to that particular pharmacy site!

How long should pharmacy technician training documentation be kept?

Duration of the employment and for a period of TWO YEARS FROM DATE OF TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

Note: current pharmacy technician employees documentation must be maintained onsight. May be retained off site post employee termination.

How long can an employee perform pharmacy technician duties before being required to register as a pharmacy technician?

9 months

Does a pharmacist have to place his/her initials on a prescription to certify that it was filled accurately?

Yes!

Initials indicates that the prescription has been checked and that the pharmacist takes full responsibility for the transaction.

Note: a history of this transaction must be retained for two years.

What must a pharmacist record on a prescription that was declined (other than unavailability)?

Record on the back of the prescription:

The word "declined"

Name, address, and telephone number of the pharmacy

Date filling of the prescripton was declined

Signature of the pharmacist

Note: The reason as to why it was declined does not need to be stated

Should a pharmacist return a suspected forged prescripton?

NO!

Forged prescription may be given to a law-enforcement official investigating the forgery; or it shall be retained for a minimum of 30 days before destroying it, in the event it is needed for an investigative or other legitimate purpose

Say you are a pharmacy graduate who has gained all needed practical experience but have yet to become licensed. How long will the board extend your pharmacy intern license prior to becomming licensed?

Three months.

Is a collaborative agreement required for the management of patients of an inpatient facility?

The defintion of a pharmacy intern entail a pharmacist who is not a student?

Pharmacy Intern: a student currently enrolled in or a graduate of an approved school of pharmacy who is registered with the Board for the purpose of gaining the practical experience required to apply for licensure as a pharmacist

Pharmacy Technician: means a person registered with the Board to assist a pharmacist under the pharmcist's supervision