Grandfathering In

[mletter]

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So, I was just wondering if anyone knows about any siturations where a pharmacists with a B.S. in pharmacy was grandfathered into having a PharmD?? Thanks for the information!

 

[Sparda29]

So, I was just wondering if anyone knows about any siturations where a pharmacists with a B.S. in pharmacy was grandfathered into having a PharmD?? Thanks for the information!

I'm pretty sure my boss has a B.S. in Pharmacy, he graduated back in the 1970s.

 

[trailrider400]

They weren't grandfathered in to having a pharmD. The bachelors of pharmacy was discontinued and they started requiring a pharmD. I believe that happened mid to late 90s. Don't really know what you want to know about it?? A pharmacist with a bachelors is not a pharmD but they are still obviously allowed to be pharmacists. Really there is only one year difference is schooling.

 

[Antimony]

There is no "grandfathering in". There are programs where Bpharms can get their doctorate (PharmD) in one year though.

 

[dinoant]

I heard that if you're a an rph and have a bs in pharmacy you can take an online class and earn your pharm. D and its only a year or two I believe. This is to help with people who are already full time practicing pharmacist and don't really need to go back to school on a daily basis for 4 years. All you have to do is fly down a couple times a year and take a test. I'm not sure if this is still done though but I think my pharmacist's wife did this a few years ago. Since she had a full time job as a pharmacist.

 

[inquirer89]

I know a few who had a B.S. then went to PharmD. My "mentor" got her went back to her alma mater (UNC) for her PharmD. I think the other posters are correct in saying it takes a shorter time if you are already an Rph.

 

[mletter]

The reason I ask is that a friend of mine claims her brother, who has the B.S. in pharmacy, was simply given his pharmd without having gone back to school or anything, in other words "grandfathered in". I did not think this sounded right. I thought, like most of you have posted, that to get your pharmd after receiving your B.S. in pharmacy that you still had to go through some sort of school program...

 

[ValeRx]

The term "grandfathered in" would not be the correct term to use. To be grandfathered in would mean that he was allowed to retain something when a requirement changed. You cannot just be given a degree without fulfilling requirements. The only thing that I can think he would be grandfathered in would be state requirements needed in order to practice. For example, until recently you did not have to have a PharmD in order to practice pharmacy in Ohio. Now you must have your PharmD in order to practice. Those pharmacists that had their BS have been grandfathered in, allowing them to practice pharmacy without forcing them to go back to school to get the PharmD.

 

[mletter]

That would still mean that they don't have the pharmd though, right? Just the ability to keep practicing?

 

[ValeRx]

Correct.

 

[JJVmom]

My father got his B.S. in pharmacy in 1964. At that time, it was a 5 yr program. He's still a working pharmacist earning a great income. He's even recently changed jobs and had no problems getting a new one, which is great b/c now he's so picky (won't do retail, won't work weekends...) My mother has been bugging him for over 10 yrs to get his pharmd, but since he's now 65 and can retire when he wants, he's has no interest in going back to school.

I never heard of a state just awarding someone a pharmd w/out going back to school.