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Kentucky News: Pharmacist Interns
Published in the September 2007 Kentucky Board of Pharmacy Newsletter
201 Kentucky Administrative Regulation (KAR) 2:040 establishes the standards for training, qualifications, and registration of pharmacist interns. An applicant for registration as a pharmacist intern shall register with the Board by filing an “Application for Registration as a Pharmacist Intern.” Prior to registration, an applicant shall have been accepted by a college or school of pharmacy approved by the Board and submitted proof of acceptance by a college or school of pharmacy approved by the Board. An applicant for examination for licensure as a pharmacist shall have completed 1,500 hours in an internship. Credit for an internship shall be awarded for hours worked in a pharmacy or in related research during the time the pharmacist intern is completing the academic coursework. Credit for an internship shall be limited to 48 hours per week if the pharmacist intern is not actively enrolled in a college or school of pharmacy and shall be limited to 20 hours per week if the pharmacist intern is actively enrolled in a college or school of pharmacy (the maximum credit allowed for this enrolled time shall be 500 hours). Credit shall be given for the following forms of internship: (1) completion of an academic experience program; (2) work performed in a pharmacy under the supervision of a preceptor; or (3) work or research related to the practice of pharmacy that was performed un-der the supervision of a preceptor for a government body, college or university, pharmacy business, or other entity if the pharmacist intern has received prior approval by the Board (the maximum allowed for this time shall be 400 hours).
Within ten (10) days of beginning an internship, a pharmacist intern shall submit a “Pharmacist Preceptor’s Affidavit.” On or before October 1 of each year of an internship, a pharmacist intern shall submit an “Internship Report.” A preceptor shall be a pharmacist who has been licensed by the Board for at least one (1) year and is a community-based faculty member of the College of Pharmacy of the University of Kentucky or meets the standards established by the College of Pharmacy of the University of Kentucky for a community-based faculty member. A preceptor shall be actively engaged in the practice of pharmacy in the location where the pharmacist intern performs his or her other internship. The preceptor shall supervise only one (1) pharmacist intern for the purpose of obtaining credit for the practice of pharmacy experience, unless the pharmacist is supervising interns as a faculty member at a school or college of pharmacy approved by the Board during an academic experience program. To become a preceptor a pharmacist should request this in writing (there is no cost) and if the pharmacist meets the qualification(s) above then he or she will become a preceptor in Kentucky. If a student is enrolled in a college or school of pharmacy in another state and will be completing an academic experience program in Kentucky, then that student must be enrolled in Kentucky as a pharmacist intern and the pharmacist must be enrolled as a preceptor. If an individual has graduated from a college or school of pharmacy from outside the state of Kentucky and will be applying for licensure as a pharmacist in Kentucky, then he or she must register as a pharmacist intern if he or she wishes to practice as a pharmacist intern until successfully passing the Kentucky pharmacist licensure examination or that individual can only perform pharmacy technician duties. Each applicant for pharmacist intern, preceptor, or employer should review Regulation 201 KAR 2:040 regarding pharmacist interns and the requirements. 201 KAR 2:040 is available on the Board’s Web site at www.pharmacy.ky.gov. If you have any questions, please contact the Board’s office at your convenience.
