PURPOSE: This rule is being amended to clarify intern
pharmacist applicant requirements, establish limits for renewing an intern
pharmacist license, and recognize the board's discretion to limit the number of
hours earned at a special site or with a non-pharmacist
preceptor.
(1) Upon request,
the board may approve a Missouri school/college of pharmacy for purposes of
providing pharmacy practice experience to enrolled students. To be eligible for
approval, the school/college of pharmacy must be located in Missouri and shall-
(A) Be accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and comply with all applicable ACPE
standards;
(B) Require as part of
the school/college curriculum or training, a minimum of one thousand five
hundred (1,500) hours of pharmacy practice experience in activities related to
the practice of pharmacy as determined by the board or connected with
pharmaceutical or patient-centered care through the interpretation and
evaluation of prescription orders; the compounding, dispensing, and labeling of
drugs and devices pursuant to prescription orders; the proper and safe storage
of drugs and devices and the maintenance of proper records of them; the
administration of immunizations; or consultation with patients and other health
care practitioners about the safe and effective use of drugs and
devices;
(C) Submit a list of all
preceptors and sites that were used by the school/college curriculum for
pharmacy practice experience within Page 834 Orders of Rulemaking the previous
year. The list must be submitted to the board annually for review;
and
(D) Submit the
school's/college's policies and procedures for obtaining practice experience
for board approval. The policies and procedures shall include
policies/procedures for student training, approving sites/preceptors, and
monitoring practice experience activities.
(2) The board may, in its discretion,
disapprove a Missouri school/college of pharmacy if the policies or procedures
do not comply with the pharmacy practice experience requirements of this rule
or Chapter 338, RSMo. Policies and procedures shall be resubmitted annually to
the board for approval or as otherwise requested by the board.
(3) An intern pharmacist shall be authorized
to earn pharmacy practice experience required by an approved school's/college's
curriculum or training requirement at any site approved by the school/college
for pharmacy practice experience, provided the site/preceptor complies with
ACPE standards and meets the requirements of
20 CSR
2220-7.025(3). The board expressly
reserves the right to disapprove a site/preceptor that does not comply with
Chapter 338, RSMo, the rules of the board, or ACPE standards if deemed
necessary to ensure proper intern training.
(4) Certification of Hours. An approved school/college
shall certify the pharmacy practice experience earned by a student to the board
upon the student's graduation or within thirty (30) days after the student is
no longer enrolled in the pharmacy program. The board will not verify or
certify hours earned by a student as part of the curriculum of a recognized
school/college if the board does not receive certification from the
school/college documenting the hours earned. An intern pharmacist shall not be
granted credit for hours earned while practicing/working as a pharmacy
technician.
Notes
20 CSR 2220-7.027
AUTHORITY: section
338.070,
RSMo 2000, and sections
338.035
and
338.140,
RSMo Supp. 2012.* Original rule filed Jan. 10, 2013, effective Aug. 30, 2013.
Amended by
Missouri
Register June 1, 2020/Volume 45, Number 11, effective
7/31/2020
*Original authority: 338.070, RSMo 1939, amended 1947,
1953, 1961, 1969, 1981, 1985, 1997; 338.035, RSMo 1990, amended 1993, 1995,
2007; and 338.140, RSMo 1939, amended 1981, 1989, 1997, 2011
.