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Q. |
What are the requirements
for a Pharmaceutical
Technician to be issued a
certificate of registration?
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A. |
A person applying for
registration as a
Pharmaceutical Technician
must:
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Be 18 years of age or
older;
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Be a high school
graduate or the
equivalent;
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Not have been convicted
of a felony or a
misdemeanor that
involves moral
turpitude, dishonesty or
the unlawful possession,
sale or use of drugs;
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Have no history of drug
abuse; and
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Have complied one of the
following requirements:
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Is licensed or
registered as a
pharmaceutical
technician in a
state that licenses
or registers
pharmaceutical
technicians;
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Completed 1,500
hours as a
pharmaceutical
technician-in-training;
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Graduated from a
school accredited by
the American Society
of Healthsystem
Pharmacists (ASHP);
or
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Graduated in another
state from a school
that is not
accredited by ASHP
and have passed the
Pharmacy Technician
Certification
Board’s (PTCB)
national
examination.
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Authority:
NAC 639.240(2) |
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Q. |
Does Nevada accept
California or Florida
pharmacists by reciprocity? |
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A. |
Nevada does not share
reciprocity of licensure of
pharmacists with California
or Florida because those
states’ legal requirements
are not equivalent to
Nevada’s. A pharmacist
licensed in either Florida
or California who desires to
become licensed in Nevada
must take the NAPLEX as part
of the licensure procedure
in Nevada.
Click here
for an application.
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Authority:
NAC 639.134 |
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Q. |
How does a pharmacist
transfer a NAPLEX score to
Nevada? |
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A. |
A pharmacist would first
need to contact NABP prior
to taking the NAPLEX, fill
out the NABP score transfer
paperwork and submit it with
the required fee before you
sit for the exam. Once the
exam is completed, a
pharmacist then will have
one year to submit the
application to Nevada before
the score is lost. The
Nevada application can be
obtained from our website.
Click here for
an application.
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Authority:
Access NABP at
http://www.nabp.net/ |
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Q. |
Can someone take the NAPLEX
exam prior to going through
graduation?
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A. |
If an application is
submitted along with an
attached letter from the
school of pharmacy that
states the completion of all
requirements for graduation,
then the examination may be
taken prior to graduation.
NOTE: The letter from
the school of pharmacy
must be attached to the
original application
submitted to the Board.
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Authority:
Access NABP at
http://www.nabp.net/ |
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Q. |
What does a foreign graduate
need to do to apply as a
pharmacist in Nevada?
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A. |
Unless the pharmacist
graduated from a Canadian
school of pharmacy, all
other foreign graduates are
required to successfully
pass the FPGEE. If applying
for the NAPLEX or
reciprocating from another
state, it is required to
have the FPGEE certificate
when submitting an
application. As with all
other potential examinees,
an applicant is also
required to complete 1,500
intern hours in the U.S., to
have passing scores on both
the NAPLEX and the MPJE, and
to have a social security
number.
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Authority:
NAC 639.120 |
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Q. |
Can a controlled substances
registration for a
practitioner be registered
to a home address?
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A. |
No, a Practitioner with
controlled substance
authority must be registered
at a Nevada practicing
address.
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Authority:
NRS 453.226(5) |
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Q. |
How many CE credits does
a pharmacist need to renew
his or her license?
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A. |
A pharmacist must have
completed 30 hours of CE to
renew his or her license.
For all pharmacists who live
and practice primarily in
Nevada, at least one of the hours
must be in Nevada law, which
can be satisfied in one or
three ways:
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Attendance at a CE
program approved by the
Board containing at
least one hour of Nevada
law;
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Attendance at a full day
of one of the Board’s
meetings [NOTE:
Attendance at a full day
of a Board meeting
satisfies the one-hour
law requirement and also
provides three
additional hours of
approved CE.]; or
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Taking and passing a
written examination
obtained from the
Board’s office.
NOTE:
The University of Southern
Nevada schedules CE programs
that contain Nevada law CE.
Click here for a list
of all law CE programs known
to Board staff, or you can
contact the University of
Southern Nevada at (702)
990-4434.
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Authority:
NAC
639.330 |
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Q. |
Which pharmacists may be
excused from full compliance
with the 30-hour CE
requirement?
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A. |
The following pharmacists
are excused from full
compliance with the 30-hour
CE requirement:
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A pharmacist is exempt
from all CE requirements
for the first two years
after graduation from
pharmacy school
A pharmacist licensed by
reciprocity need only
complete CE units
proportional to the number
of months remaining until
the next date of biennial
renewal (October 31 of every
odd-numbered year),
calculated at the rate of 1¼
(1.25) units per month.
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Authority:
NAC
639.335 |
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Q. |
Does a pharmacist need to
mail in his or her CE
certificates when he or she
renews a pharmacist’s
license?
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A. |
No a pharmacist does
not need to mail in
their CE when they renew. If
a pharmacist’s license
number appears on a random
audit list, a letter will be
sent requesting the
pharmacist submit the
required number of CE
certificates.
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Authority:
NAC
639.2977(1) |
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Q. |
Does a Pharmaceutical
Technician need CE?
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A. |
No. Instead, pharmaceutical
technicians are required to
have 12 hours of in-service
training every two-year
period between renewals. The
pharmacy employing a
technician must make and
maintain records of the
hours of in-service training
provided by the pharmacy and
verified by the managing
pharmacist. A pharmacy may
authorize as part of its
in-service training that a
pharmaceutical technician’s
attendance at a CE will
count as hours of in-service
training. The records must
be kept on the pharmacy’s
premises and will be
reviewed by the Board’s
inspector during the annual
inspection of the pharmacy.
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Authority:
NAC
639.254 |
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Q. |
How do I officially change
my address and/or name?
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A. |
You can change your address,
name, practicing address, or
personal licensing
information in one of three
ways:
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Online by
clicking here.
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Faxing the changes to
(775) 850-1444.
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Mailing the changes to
the Board at the address
on this website.
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Q. |
Is a Social Security number
required to submit any
application?
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A. |
Yes, a Social Security
number is required for a
person to submit any type of
application.
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