HAR §16-95-34. Experience verification for a pharmacist by examination

(a) An applicant shall have at least fifteen hundred hours of practical experience under the supervision of a registered pharmacist. Practical experience shall have been acquired subsequent to graduation or completion of the first year's attendance at a school or college of pharmacy which has received candidate status with or has been accredited by the ACPE and may include: (1) Post graduate experience; (2) Supervised practice during vacations; (3) Experience gained concurrent with attendance at a pharmacy school; and (4) Experience gained during pharmacy school coordinated externships and clinical clerkship programs. §16-95-34 95-22 (A) For purposes of this section, externship means a pharmacy school coordinated practical experience program which was: (i) Conducted outside the classroom in licensed pharmacies; (ii) Developed to provide a broad experience in all distributive and patient oriented practice tasks; (iii) Supervised by a licensed preceptor or licensed pharmacist with a one to one teaching and supervisory relationship between the preceptor or pharmacist and the extern; and (iv) A component of the pharmacy school's curriculum for which academic credit is given. (B) For purposes of this section, clinical clerkship means a pharmacy school coordinated practical experience program which: (i) Was conducted in patient care settings where the student is provided with actual experience in patient care; (ii) Placed emphasis on all phases of drug therapy relative to the disease states of individual patients; (iii) Provided clinical service on either an outpatient or an inpatient basis as a primary student activity; (iv) May minimize general drug distributive functions; and (v) Is a component of the pharmacy school's curriculum for which academic credit is given. (b) The board will accept a written statement of practical experience, signed by an official of the licensing authority of another state, the pharmacy school, the employing pharmacy, or the supervising pharmacist who is licensed in any state or territory of the United States, attesting that the applicant worked under the immediate supervision of the pharmacist in a pharmacy in the United States or territory of the United States, selling drugs, billing prescriptions, preparing pharmaceutical preparations, and keeping records and making reports required under state and federal statutes. The statement shall also show the beginning and ending dates of the applicant's practical experience and the total number of hours worked. (c) The board will not accept any pro gratis practical experience hours granted upon graduation for which an applicant has not actually worked. [Eff 5/16/64; am 6/11/77; am and ren §16-95-34, 6/22/81; am and comp 12/24/92; §16-95-40 95-23 comp 12/25/04; am and comp 06/22/15; comp 8/15/16] (Auth: HRS §461-4.5) (Imp: HRS §§461-4.5, 461-5) Historical note: The substance of this section is based substantially upon sections 16-95-44, 16-95-45 and 16-95-47. [Eff 5/16/64; am 8/7/70; am 6/11/77; am and ren §§16-95-44, 16-95-45, 16-95-47, 6/22/81; R 12/24/92]