Hi,
I'm a pharmacy student in PA (Pennsylvania) graduating in May and I want to transfer my PA school rotation hours to CA (California). I know similar questions have been asked on this, but this process is still unclear to me. If you've called CA board, it's useless because no one answers phone and if you email, its copy/paste email which doesn't answer your question. It’s not even busy time when people turning in their applications after graduation, what are they doing, they might as well not have phone number if they’re not gonna answer it. The wording on CA forms is so wordy and unclear. I have 4 detailed questions about this, but a lot of it is just copied and pasted wording from CA that I’m trying to understand. Thanks in advance to anyone for helping
(1) First off, did anyone here go to pharmacy school in another state, successfully transfer ONLY their school rotation hours to CA, it was accepted, and you sat for CA boards? My impression through reading through a lot of posts is that CA will take whatever your state board sends and they will take your out of state school rotation hours if filled out on those CA intern affidavit forms. Even if you didnt come from PA, if you transferred only your out of state school rotation hours to CA and were able to sit for CA board, I just want to know if it worked for you
(2)
-CA requires 1500 intern hours for licensure
-my PA school does 6 rotations of 240 hours each. 6 x 240= 1440 hours total
-PA board will only report 750 school hours to other state boards
-I'm also a CA intern and have done 100 hours in a CA pharmacy and signed on affidavit form. I plan to get more hours during my winter break
since PA will report 750 hours to CA, when I'm applying to CA after graduation, does this mean I only need to turn in affidavits that add up to the other 750 hours?
-pick any 3 of 6 PA rotations x 240= 720
-the CA site so far where I got 100 hours
-total 820 hours + 750 PA hours= over 1500 hours. Does this seem right to do? If PA is sending 750 hours, it doesnt seem to me that I would need forms from all 6 preceptors to send all 1440 hours from PA
(3) If that works, I want to make sure I'd be filling these forms out right from the CA Rph packet (http://www.pharmacy.ca.gov/forms/rph_app_pkt.pdf). My questions are about part A and B below. It’s from pg 3 of form
“Intern hours obtained in another state may be submitted to the board on one of the following forms:
A. Verification of License in Another State form (17A-16). If you hold an intern license in another state this form must be submitted verifying the status of your intern license. If the licensing agency in the state where the intern hours were obtained will transfer your intern hours to California, you may request that licensing agency to certify the number of intern hours on this form. Not all state licensing agencies will transfer intern hours to another state. Please contact the state licensing agency directly to verify if they will transfer your intern hours to California along with verifying your license status in that state.
OR
B. If the state licensing agency will not transfer your intern hours to California, you are still required to submit proof of your intern hours on the Pharmacy Intern Hours Affidavit form (17A-29) documenting 1,500 hours of pharmacy practice experience as an intern pharmacist. However, you are still required to have the state licensing agency verify the status of your intern license on the Verification of License in Another State form (17A-16).”
It says A or B but I feel I’d be doing both A and B. From Part A from pg 15 of packet (form 17A-16), when I fill out top part A, I'd have to put my PA intern license info, right? Then it says to submit it to PA board, doesnt even say if there's a fee or if PA requires fee for just this page 15. I send this page 15 to PA, they fill part B out then PA board sends it back to me and I include this in my CA application? If this is all true, I bet for PA to fill out part B and return it to me would take awhile
For Part B, I mentioned PA will only report 750 of 1440 school rotation hours. If PA will send 750 from part A, couldn’t I just do what I mentioned in #2 above with sending 3 affidavits from 3 rotations above (3 x 240= 720) plus affidavit for 100 hours I did from CA? This adds up to at least 1500 hours. No need to get signature from all 6 preceptors for 1440 hours if PA already sending 750, right?
(4) my last detailed question has to do with filling out CA intern affidavit form correctly (p 12 of application). I have 2 questions about this
-if I’m filling this out for a PA school rotation done in PA, do I put my CA intern license info on this CA intern affidavit form? Unlike part B which pharmacist fills out, it doesnt have a part for state licensed, it’s like it assumes you’ll put your CA intern license info on this CA intern affidavit form, even if hours done in another state
-The other part the pharmacist must put a number on this line: “___________
Number of hours of pharmacy practice experience substantially related to the practice of
Pharmacy. NOTE: A maximum of 600 hours may be granted at the discretion of the board.”
About that, CA doesnt explain what 600 hours is composed of, but posts here say it has to do with situations where you didnt work with pharmacist like research, so if all your hours are with a pharmacist, that wouldn’t be applicable. What number should I put on this line on every intern affidavit that is turned in to CA board? I feel like if I leave it blank, it’s just gonna be rejected as an incomplete application but I don’t know what to put down
Sorry so many questions but any help would be appreciated. CA board is no help and as you can see, the wording on their forms is unclear. Thanks in advance to anyone for helping
I'm a pharmacy student in PA (Pennsylvania) graduating in May and I want to transfer my PA school rotation hours to CA (California). I know similar questions have been asked on this, but this process is still unclear to me. If you've called CA board, it's useless because no one answers phone and if you email, its copy/paste email which doesn't answer your question. It’s not even busy time when people turning in their applications after graduation, what are they doing, they might as well not have phone number if they’re not gonna answer it. The wording on CA forms is so wordy and unclear. I have 4 detailed questions about this, but a lot of it is just copied and pasted wording from CA that I’m trying to understand. Thanks in advance to anyone for helping
(1) First off, did anyone here go to pharmacy school in another state, successfully transfer ONLY their school rotation hours to CA, it was accepted, and you sat for CA boards? My impression through reading through a lot of posts is that CA will take whatever your state board sends and they will take your out of state school rotation hours if filled out on those CA intern affidavit forms. Even if you didnt come from PA, if you transferred only your out of state school rotation hours to CA and were able to sit for CA board, I just want to know if it worked for you
(2)
-CA requires 1500 intern hours for licensure
-my PA school does 6 rotations of 240 hours each. 6 x 240= 1440 hours total
-PA board will only report 750 school hours to other state boards
-I'm also a CA intern and have done 100 hours in a CA pharmacy and signed on affidavit form. I plan to get more hours during my winter break
since PA will report 750 hours to CA, when I'm applying to CA after graduation, does this mean I only need to turn in affidavits that add up to the other 750 hours?
-pick any 3 of 6 PA rotations x 240= 720
-the CA site so far where I got 100 hours
-total 820 hours + 750 PA hours= over 1500 hours. Does this seem right to do? If PA is sending 750 hours, it doesnt seem to me that I would need forms from all 6 preceptors to send all 1440 hours from PA
(3) If that works, I want to make sure I'd be filling these forms out right from the CA Rph packet (http://www.pharmacy.ca.gov/forms/rph_app_pkt.pdf). My questions are about part A and B below. It’s from pg 3 of form
“Intern hours obtained in another state may be submitted to the board on one of the following forms:
A. Verification of License in Another State form (17A-16). If you hold an intern license in another state this form must be submitted verifying the status of your intern license. If the licensing agency in the state where the intern hours were obtained will transfer your intern hours to California, you may request that licensing agency to certify the number of intern hours on this form. Not all state licensing agencies will transfer intern hours to another state. Please contact the state licensing agency directly to verify if they will transfer your intern hours to California along with verifying your license status in that state.
OR
B. If the state licensing agency will not transfer your intern hours to California, you are still required to submit proof of your intern hours on the Pharmacy Intern Hours Affidavit form (17A-29) documenting 1,500 hours of pharmacy practice experience as an intern pharmacist. However, you are still required to have the state licensing agency verify the status of your intern license on the Verification of License in Another State form (17A-16).”
It says A or B but I feel I’d be doing both A and B. From Part A from pg 15 of packet (form 17A-16), when I fill out top part A, I'd have to put my PA intern license info, right? Then it says to submit it to PA board, doesnt even say if there's a fee or if PA requires fee for just this page 15. I send this page 15 to PA, they fill part B out then PA board sends it back to me and I include this in my CA application? If this is all true, I bet for PA to fill out part B and return it to me would take awhile
For Part B, I mentioned PA will only report 750 of 1440 school rotation hours. If PA will send 750 from part A, couldn’t I just do what I mentioned in #2 above with sending 3 affidavits from 3 rotations above (3 x 240= 720) plus affidavit for 100 hours I did from CA? This adds up to at least 1500 hours. No need to get signature from all 6 preceptors for 1440 hours if PA already sending 750, right?
(4) my last detailed question has to do with filling out CA intern affidavit form correctly (p 12 of application). I have 2 questions about this
-if I’m filling this out for a PA school rotation done in PA, do I put my CA intern license info on this CA intern affidavit form? Unlike part B which pharmacist fills out, it doesnt have a part for state licensed, it’s like it assumes you’ll put your CA intern license info on this CA intern affidavit form, even if hours done in another state
-The other part the pharmacist must put a number on this line: “___________
Number of hours of pharmacy practice experience substantially related to the practice of
Pharmacy. NOTE: A maximum of 600 hours may be granted at the discretion of the board.”
About that, CA doesnt explain what 600 hours is composed of, but posts here say it has to do with situations where you didnt work with pharmacist like research, so if all your hours are with a pharmacist, that wouldn’t be applicable. What number should I put on this line on every intern affidavit that is turned in to CA board? I feel like if I leave it blank, it’s just gonna be rejected as an incomplete application but I don’t know what to put down
Sorry so many questions but any help would be appreciated. CA board is no help and as you can see, the wording on their forms is unclear. Thanks in advance to anyone for helping
