NC Register Volume 21 Issue 09 - Office of Administrative Hearings
NC Register Volume 21 Issue 09 - Office of Administrative Hearings
NC Register Volume 21 Issue 09 - Office of Administrative Hearings
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PROPOSED RULES<br />
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CHAPTER 46 - BOARD OF PHARMACY<br />
Notice is hereby given in accordance with G.S. 150B-<strong>21</strong>.2 that<br />
the North Carolina Board <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy intends to amend the<br />
rule(s) cited as <strong>21</strong> <strong>NC</strong>AC 46 .1505, .1507.<br />
Proposed Effective Date: March 1, 2007<br />
Public Hearing:<br />
Date: November 20, 2006<br />
Time: 5:00 p.m.<br />
Location: North Carolina Board <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy, 6015<br />
Farrington Road, Suite 201, Chapel Hill, <strong>NC</strong> 27517<br />
Reason for Proposed Action: To delete the practical<br />
examination requirement because the national examination,<br />
which includes the North American Pharmacist Licensure<br />
Examination and the Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence<br />
Examination, sufficiently tests the skills and knowledge<br />
necessary to ensure safe entry into the pr<strong>of</strong>ession <strong>of</strong> pharmacy.<br />
Procedure by which a person can object to the agency on a<br />
proposed rule: Persons may submit objections regarding the<br />
proposed rule changes to Jay Campbell, North Carolina Board<br />
<strong>of</strong> Pharmacy, 6015 Farrington Road, Suite 201, Chapel Hill, <strong>NC</strong><br />
27517<br />
Comments may be submitted to: Jay Campbell, North<br />
Carolina Board <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy, 6015 Farrington Road, Suite 201,<br />
Chapel Hill, <strong>NC</strong> 27517.<br />
Comment period ends: January 1, 2007<br />
Procedure for Subjecting a Proposed Rule to Legislative<br />
Review: If an objection is not resolved prior to the adoption <strong>of</strong><br />
the rule, a person may also submit written objections to the<br />
Rules Review Commission. If the Rules Review Commission<br />
receives written and signed objections in accordance with G.S.<br />
150B-<strong>21</strong>.3(b2) from 10 or more persons clearly requesting<br />
review by the legislature and the Rules Review Commission<br />
approves the rule, the rule will become effective as provided in<br />
G.S. 150B-<strong>21</strong>.3(b1). The Commission will receive written<br />
objections until 5:00 p.m. on the day following the day the<br />
Commission approves the rule. The Commission will receive<br />
those objections by mail, delivery service, hand delivery, or<br />
facsimile transmission. If you have any further questions<br />
concerning the submission <strong>of</strong> objections to the Commission,<br />
please call a Commission staff attorney at 919-733-27<strong>21</strong>.<br />
Fiscal Impact:<br />
State<br />
Local<br />
Substantive (>$3,000,000)<br />
None<br />
SECTION .1500 - ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:<br />
EXAMINATIONS<br />
<strong>21</strong> <strong>NC</strong>AC 46 .1505 EXAMINATION<br />
(a) The applicant shall pass the following examinations:<br />
(1) a national examination; and<br />
(2) a jurisprudence examination; and examination.<br />
(3) a practical examination which includes an<br />
error and omission section.<br />
(b) For the purpose <strong>of</strong> grading or rating, the answers, which<br />
shall be legible, shall be valued by marks or points based on<br />
their importance, as determined by the judgment <strong>of</strong> the<br />
examiners.<br />
(c) In order to pass, a score <strong>of</strong> 75 or more is required on each<br />
examination. Candidates who obtain a score <strong>of</strong> 75 or more on<br />
each examination are deemed to have passed the respective<br />
examination provided that the candidate obtains a passing score<br />
on the remaining examinations examination within the next<br />
following two calendar years. If the examination is taken<br />
outside <strong>of</strong> North Carolina, the examination score shall be<br />
properly transferred to North Carolina. A candidate who fails to<br />
pass all three both examinations in the two calendar year period<br />
must retake and pass all three both examinations within a two<br />
calendar year period.<br />
(d) At the time <strong>of</strong> the examination, the Board may designate<br />
certain questions which, if missed, shall require the candidate to<br />
obtain continuing education. The continuing education required<br />
will be specified by the Board and must be obtained by the<br />
candidate prior to issuance <strong>of</strong> a pharmacist license.<br />
Authority G.S. 90-85.15; 90-85.16.<br />
<strong>21</strong> <strong>NC</strong>AC 46 .1507 PARTIAL EXAMINATION<br />
Candidates who are found to be eligible for admission to the<br />
examinations in all respects except that <strong>of</strong> practical experience<br />
or age or both, may be admitted to all divisions <strong>of</strong> the<br />
examinations except the examination in practical pharmacy.<br />
Such a candidate may later take the practical examination when<br />
the experience requirement has been satisfied. specified in <strong>21</strong><br />
<strong>NC</strong>AC 46 .1505.<br />
Authority G.S. 90-85.6; 90-85.15; 90-85.16.<br />
<strong>21</strong>:<strong>09</strong> NORTH CAROLINA REGISTER NOVEMBER 1, 2006<br />
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