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Hi there,
I am interested in attending a pharmacy program that is not in my home state. I have heard that it is possible to practice in states away from your place of Pharm.D education, and that you can practice in multiple states. I can see the advantage of this if one lives close to neighboring states. However, how will this work if I were to obtain a Pharm.D degree in a state far from my current state of residence? Would I need to go back to this particular state a few times a year (or whatever the frequency) to fulfill my needed hours, to maintain my status in that state? I feel silly for asking this, but if I don't return to this state for whatever reason, do I lose my authority as a pharmacist? After getting licensure in your state of pharmacy education, how do you go about getting the license/hours/credentials needed for another state? Do you start as an intern in this new state, even though you have a Pharm.D already in another, in order to fulfill the needed hours? I guess I am not understanding the purpose of the multistate licensing exam (?) if extra practicing hours are required to have the licensure transfer to take place. Correct me if I am wrong, but I would imagine the situation to be slightly easier if one is still a pharmacy student. One way would be to work in some pharmacy setting and accumulate the required licensure hours during the summers?
Outside of the VA system and in academia (I think), are there states that one can't practice in unless one received a degree from a pharmacy program in that state? I know that most states don't allow licensure transfers for pharmacists with degrees earned from California. Is it the same scenario in the opposite direction?
Thanks 🙂
I am interested in attending a pharmacy program that is not in my home state. I have heard that it is possible to practice in states away from your place of Pharm.D education, and that you can practice in multiple states. I can see the advantage of this if one lives close to neighboring states. However, how will this work if I were to obtain a Pharm.D degree in a state far from my current state of residence? Would I need to go back to this particular state a few times a year (or whatever the frequency) to fulfill my needed hours, to maintain my status in that state? I feel silly for asking this, but if I don't return to this state for whatever reason, do I lose my authority as a pharmacist? After getting licensure in your state of pharmacy education, how do you go about getting the license/hours/credentials needed for another state? Do you start as an intern in this new state, even though you have a Pharm.D already in another, in order to fulfill the needed hours? I guess I am not understanding the purpose of the multistate licensing exam (?) if extra practicing hours are required to have the licensure transfer to take place. Correct me if I am wrong, but I would imagine the situation to be slightly easier if one is still a pharmacy student. One way would be to work in some pharmacy setting and accumulate the required licensure hours during the summers?
Outside of the VA system and in academia (I think), are there states that one can't practice in unless one received a degree from a pharmacy program in that state? I know that most states don't allow licensure transfers for pharmacists with degrees earned from California. Is it the same scenario in the opposite direction?
Thanks 🙂