Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1202 – Qualifications for licensure by examination
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1202
- administration: means the direct application of a drug to the body of a patient or research subject by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1164
- Approved college of pharmacy: means an educational institution approved by the board which meets one of the following additional criteria:
(a) A college or school of pharmacy which is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1164
- Board: means the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1164
- Compounding: means the preparation, mixing, assembling, packaging, or labeling of a drug or device by a pharmacist for his patient as the result of a practitioner's prescription drug order or initiative based on the practitioner/patient/pharmacist relationship in the course of professional practice, or including the preparation of drugs or devices in anticipation of prescription drug orders to be received by the compounding pharmacist based on routine, regularly observed prescribing patterns. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1164
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- dispensing: means the interpretation, evaluation, and implementation of a prescription drug order, including the preparation and delivery of a drug or device to a patient or patient's agent in a suitable container appropriately labeled for subsequent administration to, or use by, a patient. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1164
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Pharmacist: means an individual currently licensed by the board to engage in the practice of pharmacy in the state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1164
- Pharmacy: means any place located within this state where drugs are dispensed and pharmacy primary care is provided, and any place outside of this state where drugs are dispensed and pharmacy primary care is provided to residents of this state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1164
- Pharmacy intern: means an individual who is:
(a) Engaged in the practice of pharmacy while under the direct and immediate supervision of a pharmacist for the purpose of obtaining practical experience for licensure as a pharmacist and is satisfactorily progressing in a board-approved college of pharmacy. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1164
- Pharmacy primary care: means bringing health care as close as possible to where people live and work and may constitute a portal of entry into the continuing health care process in an effort to enhance optimum therapeutic outcomes. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1164
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
A. Qualifications. To obtain a license to engage in the practice of pharmacy, an applicant for licensure by examination shall:
(1) Be at least twenty-one years of age.
(2) Be of good moral character and temperate habits.
(3) Meet one of the following educational requirements:
(a) Have graduated and received a professional degree from an approved college of pharmacy.
(b) Have graduated from a foreign college of pharmacy, completed a transcript verification program, taken and passed a college of pharmacy equivalency examination program, and completed a process of communication ability testing as defined by the board in order to assure that the applicant meets the standards necessary to protect public health, safety, and welfare.
(4) Have completed a minimum of one year of professional experience through an internship or other program that has been approved by the board under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist, which service shall be predominantly related to the provision of pharmacy primary care and the dispensing of drugs and medical supplies, the compounding of prescriptions, and the keeping of records and the making of reports as required under state and federal law.
(5) Have passed all examinations required by the board.
(6) Have paid fees specified by the board for the issuance of the license.
(7) Have submitted to the board a completed application form supplied by the board.
(8) Have completed a criminal history record check as authorized by La. Rev. Stat. 37:1216.
B. Examinations.
(1) Due notice of all meetings for examination of applicants shall be given to all approved colleges of pharmacy in the state.
(2) The board shall determine the content and subject matter of each examination and approve the site and date of the administration of the examination.
(3) The examination shall be prepared to measure the knowledge of the applicant to engage in the practice of pharmacy. The board may employ, cooperate, and contract with any organization or consultant in the preparation and grading of an examination, but shall retain the sole discretion and responsibility for determining which applicants have passed such an examination.
(4) Examination scores shall expire one year after the date of the examination. Expired scores shall not be valid for licensure.
(5) An applicant who takes any board required examinations and is unsuccessful may repeat the examinations as administratively defined.
(6)(a) An applicant who takes any board required examinations or any examination or examinations in other jurisdictions and is unsuccessful for the third time shall not thereafter be eligible to take the board examination without satisfying the requirements of the board as administratively defined.
(b) An individual who has taken and failed the examinations more than three times may not practice as a pharmacy intern, as administratively defined.
(c) An individual who has taken and failed for the third time a comparable examination to the board’s examination within another jurisdiction shall not be eligible to take the examination of the board without satisfying the requirements of the board as administratively defined.
C. Internship and other training programs.
(1) All applicants for licensure by examination shall obtain professional experience in the practice of pharmacy concurrent with attending or after graduation from an approved college of pharmacy, or both, under such terms and conditions as determined by regulation.
(2) The board shall establish such licensure requirements for pharmacy interns and standards for internship, or any other experiential program necessary to qualify an applicant for the licensure examination, and shall also determine the qualifications of pharmacists or other practitioners used in professional experience programs as determined by regulation.
D. Issuance of license. Upon successful completion of the requirements of Subsections A, B, and C of this Section, the board shall issue a license to the pharmacist within fourteen working days.
Acts 1999, No. 767, §1; Acts 2012, No. 357, §1; Acts 2018, No. 31, §1.