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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 59. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

  § 59-353.9. Licensed pharmacists - Qualifications - Applications for examination - Fees - Certification.  

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  • A.  Licensed pharmacists shall be persons regularly licensed as such in the State of Oklahoma on or before the effective date of this act.  All other qualified persons may become licensed as a Doctor of Pharmacy upon passing an examination approved by the State Board of Pharmacy.  Before any applicant is allowed to sit for such examinations, such applicant shall submit to the Board sufficient proof that the applicant:

    1.  Is of good moral character;

    2.  Is a graduate of an accredited School or College of Pharmacy approved by the Board, or is a foreign pharmacy school graduate who has received an FPGEC equivalency certification by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy; and

    3.  Has attained experience in the practice of pharmacy, obtained in a place and in a manner prescribed and approved by the Board.

    B.  Interns, preceptors and training areas shall make application for a license, and shall pay a fee set by the Board, not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).

    C.  All applicants shall make application in the form and manner prescribed by the Board, and deposit with the Executive Director of the Board a fee set by the Board not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) plus the purchase price of the examination.  Upon passing an examination and meeting such other requirements specified by the Board pursuant to the Oklahoma Pharmacy Act, the applicant shall be granted an appropriate certificate setting forth the qualifications to practice pharmacy.  Any applicant failing an examination shall not sit for an additional examination until such applicant has made a new application and paid the fee provided herein.

    D.  The Board shall have the power to issue reciprocal certificates of licensure to applicants licensed in other states having like requirements.  Such applicants shall be charged a fee not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00).

    E.  The Board shall have the power to issue original certificates of licensure to applicants for the score transfer process administered by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy; provided, such applicants shall provide sufficient proof of compliance with the requirements of paragraphs 1 through 3 of subsection A of this section.  Such applicants shall be charged a fee not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00).

Added by Laws 1961, p. 448, § 9, emerg. eff. May 22, 1961.  Amended by Laws 1976, c. 83, § 3, emerg. eff. May 3, 1976; Laws 1981, c. 75, § 1, emerg. eff. April 16, 1981; Laws 1987, c. 65, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 1988, c. 30, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1993, c. 199, § 7, emerg. eff. May 24, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 43, § 1, emerg. eff. April 11, 1994; Laws 2004, c. 523, § 18, emerg. eff. June 9, 2004; Laws 2009, c. 321, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.