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Board members - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔9 total
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1 hospital pharmacist
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2 independent retail pharmacists
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2 drug chain store pharmacists
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2 pharmacists from any field
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2 members of the public
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Board members are appointed for terms of - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Term of 3 years, no more than 3 consecutive terms
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How is the chair of the board selected? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔The board elects a chair and a secretary from its members
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annually in March |\ |\
Eligibility criteria for being on the board - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Must be a registered pharmacist for 5 consecutive years
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(unless member of public) prior to appointment, residents of the
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state of RI |\ |\
Is the Board a Separate Entity or Under Another
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Organization/Department? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Department
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of Health |\
,Who can attend board meetings? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Open
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to public
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How often does the board meet? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔As
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often as necessary to discharge the duties imposed on it
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Who can apply for pharmacist license - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
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18 years + |\ |\
-No felony for violations involving controlled substances (subject
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to waiver)
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-good moral and professional character
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Application fee for pharmacist license? - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔$280
# hours of CE for renewal - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔15 hours or
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1.5 CE units between Jan 1st and Dec 31st each calendar year
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How long must CE documentation be retained after completion of
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the course? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔2 years
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Specific CE requirements - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-1 hour law
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-5 hours live
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-1 hour immunization if immunizing rph
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-If in a collaborative practice agreement, must have 5 additional
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hours in area of practice |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
,**first year of licensure following graduation from a college of
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pharmacy, you are not subject to the CE requirements, exception
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being immunizations**
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Minimum number of intern hours for a new pharmacist in RI? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1500 hours |\ |\ |\
Acceptable degree/education for new pharmacists - CORRECT |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANSWERS ✔✔-Baccalaureate in pharmacy or doctor of pharmacy
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from an ACPE accredited school
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-Foreign grads: school must be listed in World Directory of
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Schools of Pharmacy, published by WHO
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Examinations required for licensure - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
NAPLEX and RI MPJE |\ |\ |\
-Can request score transfer of original NAPLEX up to 89 days
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after taking NAPLEX
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If a pharmacist's license has lapsed or been revoked or
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suspended and they have not practiced for ____ years, what must
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they do before being able to reapply for registration? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔3 years |\ |\
they must take and pass the NAPLEX and MPJE
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Temporary 90 day pharmacist license - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔If
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licensed in another state and shows proof, can practice in RI for a
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period of 90 days from date of RI application receipt
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, Additional document required for foreign pharmacist licensure -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔FPGEC |\ |\
Renewal period of pharmacist license - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
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expires each year on 6/30 |\ |\ |\ |\
-licenses issued prior to 4/21 will be required to renew by June of
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same year |\
Who can apply to be a pharmacy intern? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔-A graduate of an accredited program or a student enrolled in
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at least the third year of a professional program
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-Foreign: a grad of a foreign college of pharmacy with a FPGEC
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certification
Is a license/registration required to be a pharmacy intern? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Yes |\ |\
Application fee for pharmacy interns? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔$70
Number of hours required as a pharmacy intern? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔1500 |\
How can pharmacy interns practice? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Only under direct supervision of a licensed
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pharmacist/preceptor (responsible for training interns)
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