Pharmacist Requirements & Continuing Education Flashcards
Licensee (pharmacist) shall maintain the signed authorization on his or her person at all times when engaging in the practice of pharmacy until…
the initial license is issued
Upon issuance of a license to practice, the current biennial renewal license shall be conspicuously displayed in…
the pharmacist’s principal place of employment
A pharmacist who is employed by more than one pharmacy in the State shall maintain the…
wallet-sized license issued by the Board on his or her person when he or she is working at a location where his or her current biennial renewal license is not on display
If a pharmacist legally changes the name under which he or she engages in the practice of pharmacy OR his/ her address of record, the pharmacist shall notify the Board within…
30 days of such change
The biennial license or wallet-sized license issued by the Board to any pharmacist shall not…
be reprinted, photographed, photostated, duplicated or reproduced
A pharmacist shall renew his or her license for a period of…
2 years from the last expiration date
A pharmacist who fails to submit a renewal application within 30 days of license expiration shall…
have his or her license suspended without a hearing
The Board shall send a notice of renewal to each pharmacist at least…
60 days before the expiration of the license
A pharmacist who has had his or her license administratively suspended, may apply to the Board for reinstatement within…
5 years following the date of license expiration
A pharmacist applying for reinstatement shall submit evidence of having completed all delinquent CE credit consistent with…
the requirements with a max of 5 years (15 credit/yr), or 75 credits
If the license has been administratively suspended for a period of more than 5 years, a pharmacist applying for reinstatement shall…
satisfy all the requirements and shall pass the MPJE and NAPLEX
A pharmacist may, upon application to the Board, choose inactive status. A pharmacist electing inactive status shall not…
engage in the practice of pharmacy in NJ for the entire biennial registration period.
If license on inactive status may return to active if:
1) a license was practicing pharmacy in another state for at least 1,000 hours within the 2 years immediately before the date of application for return to active status
2) If a licensee was practicing pharmacy in another state, but practiced for less than 1,000 hours 2 years immediately before the date of application for return to active status, the licensee shall submit evidence of having completed 30 CE credits
3) If a licensee has not practiced pharmacy in another state shall submit evidence of having completed 15 CE credits/yr, to a max of 75 credits. At least 30 credits shall have been completed within the 2 years immediately before the date of application
Each applicant for biennial license renewal shall complete a minimum of 30 credits of CE during the preceding biennial period except:
the Board shall not require completion of CE credits for an applicant’s initial license renewal
At least 10 CE credits shall be obtained through didactic instruction. For purposes of this subsection, “didactic instruction” means…
in-person instruction and may include telephonic or electronic instruction that is interactive (shall not include videotaped instruction)