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TLDR MPJE AL Exam with verified detailed answers
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Who are the Board Members?
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5 pharmacists, each licensed in AL for at least 5 years and actively engaged in the practice
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of pharmacy and/or pharmacy administration.
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Is the Board a Separate Entity or Under Another Organization/Department?
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Separate entity ||
Who Chairs the Board?
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The president of the board shall preside at all of the board's meetings. The vice-president
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shall preside in the absence or inability of the president.
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How Are Board Members Selected? Appointment/Election?
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3 members are appointed by the Governor (one each from hospital pharmacy, independent
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pharmacy, and chain pharmacy). 2 members are elected by ballot. All AL pharmacists may
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vote for these 2 members. No member may serve two consecutive full terms.
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How Long do Board Members Serve?
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Each member serves a term of 5 years beginning on January 1st following their
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appointment to the board. || || ||
How Often Does the Board Convene?
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The board shall conduct meetings at least three times annually and more often when
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deemed necessary for the examination of applicants for licensure and for the transaction of
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business as may legally come before it. || || || || || ||
Who can attend meetings?
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Open to the general public
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Who can apply to be a pharmacist?
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Must be at least 19 years of age, of good moral character, and a US citizen (or person legally
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present in the US with appropriate documentation from the federal government).
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Application fee for a NEW pharmacist OR foreign graduate? || || || || || || || ||
$100 + $300 exam fee
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Application fee for a TRANSFER pharmacist? || || || || ||
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$100 + $300 reciprocity exam and score transfer fee
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# of CE hours for renewal of pharmacist license?
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15 ACPE approved CE hours per calendar year = 30 CE hours per renewal
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Special CE Requirements - ALL pharmacists
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3 hours per year/6 hours per renewal must be LIVE (remaining 12 hours per year may be
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live OR self-study)
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Special CE Requirements - sterile compounding pharmacists
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2 CE hours approved by the board including didactic and hands on training each
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RENEWAL cycle ||
Special CE Requirements - preceptors || || || ||
2 hour training seminar for preceptors each RENEWAL cycle OR be approved by a School
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of Pharmacy for curriculum hours (as in a professor who is also a preceptor)
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Special CE Requirements - long term care consultants/assisted living facilities/nursing
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homes/domiciliaries/homes of the aged/government agencies/all other consultants || || || || || ||
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No less than 8 LIVE hours that have been previously approved by the board each
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RENEWAL cycle ||
Special CE Requirements - nuclear pharmacists
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satisfactory completion of no less than 2 CE hours prior to recertification earned in the
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previous calendar year related to nuclear pharmacy
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Minimum intern hours? || ||
1500 hours ||
May be obtained through a college-structured program or through a nonstructured
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program, all under supervision of a preceptor
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New or transfer pharmacist degree/education required
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Graduate of AL state board approved school or college of pharmacy
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Foreign pharmacist degree/education required
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Graduate of a foreign school or college of pharmacy
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TLDR MPJE AL Exam with verified detailed answers
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Who are the Board Members?
|| || || ||
5 pharmacists, each licensed in AL for at least 5 years and actively engaged in the practice
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of pharmacy and/or pharmacy administration.
|| || || ||
Is the Board a Separate Entity or Under Another Organization/Department?
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Separate entity ||
Who Chairs the Board?
|| || ||
The president of the board shall preside at all of the board's meetings. The vice-president
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shall preside in the absence or inability of the president.
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How Are Board Members Selected? Appointment/Election?
|| || || || ||
3 members are appointed by the Governor (one each from hospital pharmacy, independent
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
pharmacy, and chain pharmacy). 2 members are elected by ballot. All AL pharmacists may
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
vote for these 2 members. No member may serve two consecutive full terms.
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
How Long do Board Members Serve?
|| || || || ||
,2
Each member serves a term of 5 years beginning on January 1st following their
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
appointment to the board. || || ||
How Often Does the Board Convene?
|| || || || ||
The board shall conduct meetings at least three times annually and more often when
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
deemed necessary for the examination of applicants for licensure and for the transaction of
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
business as may legally come before it. || || || || || ||
Who can attend meetings?
|| || ||
Open to the general public
|| || || ||
Who can apply to be a pharmacist?
|| || || || || ||
Must be at least 19 years of age, of good moral character, and a US citizen (or person legally
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
present in the US with appropriate documentation from the federal government).
|| || || || || || || || || ||
Application fee for a NEW pharmacist OR foreign graduate? || || || || || || || ||
$100 + $300 exam fee
|| || || ||
Application fee for a TRANSFER pharmacist? || || || || ||
,2
$100 + $300 reciprocity exam and score transfer fee
|| || || || || || || ||
# of CE hours for renewal of pharmacist license?
|| || || || || || || ||
15 ACPE approved CE hours per calendar year = 30 CE hours per renewal
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Special CE Requirements - ALL pharmacists
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3 hours per year/6 hours per renewal must be LIVE (remaining 12 hours per year may be
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
live OR self-study)
|| ||
Special CE Requirements - sterile compounding pharmacists
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2 CE hours approved by the board including didactic and hands on training each
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
RENEWAL cycle ||
Special CE Requirements - preceptors || || || ||
2 hour training seminar for preceptors each RENEWAL cycle OR be approved by a School
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
of Pharmacy for curriculum hours (as in a professor who is also a preceptor)
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Special CE Requirements - long term care consultants/assisted living facilities/nursing
|| || || || || || || || || ||
homes/domiciliaries/homes of the aged/government agencies/all other consultants || || || || || ||
, 2
No less than 8 LIVE hours that have been previously approved by the board each
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RENEWAL cycle ||
Special CE Requirements - nuclear pharmacists
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satisfactory completion of no less than 2 CE hours prior to recertification earned in the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
previous calendar year related to nuclear pharmacy
|| || || || || ||
Minimum intern hours? || ||
1500 hours ||
May be obtained through a college-structured program or through a nonstructured
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
program, all under supervision of a preceptor
|| || || || || ||
New or transfer pharmacist degree/education required
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Graduate of AL state board approved school or college of pharmacy
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Foreign pharmacist degree/education required
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Graduate of a foreign school or college of pharmacy
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