Texas Register, Volume 12, Number 92, Pages 4605-4656, December 11, 1987 Page: 4,625
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283.7. E.amination Requirements.
Each applicant for licensure by examination
shall pass the Texas pharmacy jurisprudence
examination and the NABPLEX. The ex-
amination requirements shall be as follows.
(1) Prior to taking the required ex-
amination, the applicant shall meet the edu-
cational and age requirements as set forth
in 283.3 of this title (relating to Educational
and Age Requirements).
(2) All applicants shall pass
NABPLEX, which includes, at a minimum,
the following subject areas:
(A) chemistry;
(B) mathematics;
(C) pharmacy;
(D) pharmacology; and
(E) practice of pharmacy.
(3) Effective October 1, 1979, the
following requirements apply.
(A) To pass NABPLEX, an ap-
plicant shall make the following grades:
(i) a minimum grade of 60 on
chemistry, mathematics, pharmacy, and
pharmacology test;
(ii) a minimum grade of 75 on
the practice of pharmacy test; and
(iii) a minimum average grade
of 75 on the NABPLEX.
(B) Should the applicant fail to
achieve a minimum grade of 60 in any of the
tests set out in paragraph (2)(A)-(D) of this
section or fail to achieve a minimum grade
of 75 in the practice of pharmacy test or fail
to achieve a minimum average grade of 75
in the NABPLEX, such applicant, in order
to be licensed, is required to retake all tests
until such time as the minimum average
grades are achieved.
(4) Effective June I, 1986, the
following requirements apply.
(A) To pass the NABPI.LIX, an
applicant shall make a minimum average
grade of 75.
(B) Should the applicant fail to
achieve a minimum average grade of 75 in
the NABPLEX, such applicant, in order to
be licensed, is required to retake the
NABPLEX until such time as a minimum
average grade of 75 is achieved.
(5) To pass the Texas pharmacy
jurisprudence examination, an applicant
shall make a minimum grade of 75.
(6) If the applicant should fail both
NABPLEX and the Texas Pharmacy Juris-
prudence Examination, the examinations
shall be retaken at the same administration.
(7) If the applicant should fail one
of the examinations, the grade of the ex-
amination which the applicant initially
passed may be used for the purpose of licen-
sure by examination for a period of two
years from the date of passing the initial ex-
amination.
(8) Examination applications and
fees as specified in 283.9(a) of this title
(relating to Fee Requirements for Licensure
by Examination and Reciprocity) shall be
received in the board office no later than the
following prescribed deadlines:(A) for the initial examination or
retake of NABPLEX and the Texas Phar-
macy Jurisprudence Examination-six weeks
prior to the examination date; and
(B) for retake of the Texas Phar-
macy Jurisprudence Examination only-
three weeks prior to the examination date.
(9) Each applicant for licensure by
examination utilizing NABPLEX scores
transferred from another state shall meet the
following requirements for licensure in ad-
dition to the requirements set out in para-
graphs (1)-(8) of this section.
(A) The applicant shall request
NABP to transfer NABPLEX scores to the
board. Such request shall be postmarked no
later than seven days from the date of the
NABPLEX test administration.
(B) The applicant shall pay the
fee set out in 283.9 of this title (relating to
Fee Requirements for Licensure by Ex-
amination and Reciprocity).
283.8. Reciprocity Requirements.
(a) All applicants for licensure by
reciprocity shall:
(1) meet the educational and age re-
quirements specified in 283.3 of this title
(relating to Educational and Age Require-
ments);
(2) complete the Texas and NABP3
applications for reciprocity (Any fraudulent
statement made in the application for reci-
procity is grounds for denial of the applica-
tion; if such application is granted, any
fraudulent statement is grounds for suspen-
sion, revocation, and/or cancellation of any
license so granted by the board.);
(3) present to the board proof of in-
itial licensing by examination and proof that
the license and other license or licenses
granted to the applicant by any other state
have not been suspended, revoked, canceled,
surrendered, or otherwise restricted for any
reason; and
(4) pass the Texas Pharmacy Juris-
prudence Examination with a minimum
grade of 75 (the passing grade may be used
for the purpose of licensure by reciprocity
for a period of two years from the date of
passing the examination).
(b) The completed reciprocity applica-
tions and fees as specified in 283.9 of this
title (relating to Fee Requirements for Licen-
sure by Examination and Reciprocity) shall
be received in the board's office no later than
three weeks prior to the scheduled exami-
nation.
(c) A reciprocity applicant originally
licensed after January 1, 1978, and who has
graduated and received a professional degree
from a college of pharmacy whose profes-
sional degree program has been approved by
ACPE and approved by the board, shall
show proof such applicant has:
(1) passed the NABPLEX or equi-
valent examination based on criteria no less
stringent than the criteria in force in Texas;
or
(2) been continually engaged in the
practice of pharmacy for a period of twoyears immediately preceding the application
for reciprocal licensure and has obtained suf-
ficient continuing education credits required
to maintain a license to practice pharmacy
in the state that originally licensed such phar-
macist; or
(3) been licensed to practice phar-
macy for a period of two years immediately
preceding the application for reciprocal licen-
sure and has obtained sufficient continuing
education credits required to maintain a li-
cense to practice pharmacy in the state that
orginally licensed such pharmacist.
(d) A reciprocity applicant who is a
foreign pharmacy graduate shall provide
written documentation that such applicant
has:
(1) passed the FPGEE with a score
of 75;
(2) passed the TOEF L w;th a score
of 550; and
(3) passed NABPLEX or equiva-
lent examination based on criteria no less
stringent that the criteria in force in Texas.
(e) If a reciprocity applicant should
fail the Texas pharmacy jurisprudence ex-
amination, written notification of intent to
retake the exam shall be received in the board
office no later than three weeks prior to the
examination date.
(f) An applicant is not eligible for
licensing by reciprocity unless the state in
which the applicant was initially licensed as
a pharmacist also grants reciprocal licensing
to pharmacists duly licensed by examination
in this state, under like circumstances and
conditions.
283.9. Iee Requirements for Licensure by
Examination and Reciprocity.
(a) The fees for licensure by examina-
tion and reciprocity are as follows:
(1) examination fee-$124, effec-
tive for the September 1985 administration
of the licensure examination and $200, ef-
fective for the June 1988 examination (in-
cludes administration of NABPLEX and
Texas Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examina-
tion); and
(2) reciprocity fee-$250, includes
administration of the Texas pharmacy juris-
prudence examination.
(b) If an applicant fails an examina-
tion or is required to take an examination
for reinstatement of a license, the fees for
administration of the examination(s) are as
follows:
(I) NABPLEX and Texas phar-
macy jurisprudence or NABPLEX only-
$124, effective for the September 1985 ad-
ministration of the licensure examination
and $200, effective for the June 1988 ex-
amination; and
(2) Texas pharmacy jurisprudence
examination-$25.
(c) Payment of the fee shall include
one exam administration. Such fee is non-
refundable, if the applicant fails to be pre-
sent at a scheduled examination, unless the
board receives written notification no later
than six weeks before the date of such ex-December 11, 1987 12 TexReg 4625
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