Pharmacy Internship

(1) An applicant for an initial pharmacist license by examination must show, on affidavit forms prescribed by the board, that the applicant has acquired a minimum of one thousand seven hundred (1,700) hours of pharmacy internship (practical pharmacy experience) under the instruction of a pharmacist in good standing, subject to all of the following conditions. (a) The one thousand seven hundred (1,700) hours must be acquired after enrollment in a recognized college or school of pharmacy; one thousand seven hundred (1,700) of these hours must be acquired in pharmacy programs or demonstration projects structured by the college or school of pharmacy. (b) Pharmacy internship may be acquired in another state, provided that the preceptor’s qualifications are certified by the appropriate authorities of such state. (c) Foreign pharmacy graduates shall complete five hundred (500) hours of pharmacy internship in Tennessee within a period of six (6) consecutive months. INTRODUCTORY RULES CHAPTER 1140-01 (d) Upon request, the Board may waive selected portions of these requirements so long as any waiver granted is consistent with the Board’s authority under Tenn. Code Ann. Title 63, Chapters 1 and 10, and Tenn. Code Ann. Title 4, Chapter 5.