Pharmacist Information

ATTENTION: PHARMACISTS!!!

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ARNP Regulation Change - effective March 9, 2007

Approximately 8 weeks before the expiration date of your license, a renewal application will be mailed to your last known address on file at the Board office. All pharmacists and interns are required to notify the Board of any changes in address within 30 days of moving. In the event you do not receive a renewal notice by mail, you are still responsible for meeting the renewal deadline. Anyone practicing pharmacy without an active license is subject to fines and penalties.

• A check or money order for $80, made payable to "Kentucky State Treasurer", must accompany the renewal application. Applications not received by the deadline will be assessed a $70 late fee.
   
• Pharmacists seeking to serve as preceptors, but not yet certified, must have been licensed in Kentucky for not less than one year and must submit a written request to the Board office.
   
• DO NOT submit proof of continuing education (CE) with your renewal.  Pharmacists newly licensed during the previous year are exempt from the current year CE requirements, with the exception that you have completed an additional 0.1 CEU of an ACPE or Cabinet for Health Services approved HIV/AIDS CE.

SIGN AND DATE YOUR APPLICATION.
The application will not be processed if not signed.

A pharmacist license which is not renewed within sixty days from the date of notification of non-renewal will be revoked. In order to resume the practice of pharmacy in Kentucky subsequent to license revocation, a pharmacist may be required to take and pass an examination.

Each applicant for licensure must submit three separate applications:

1. The online NAPLEX Registration process found online at NABP.net or the NAPLEX Registration Form, found online within the "NAPLEX/MPJE Registration Bulletin", available at NABP.net must be submitted to NABP with a certified check or money order in the amount of $465.00 made payable to NABP. Score transfer candidates need not submit this application. The completed NAPLEX Score Transfer Form must be received by NABP before the date of your examination.
    
2. The online MPJE Registration process found online at NABP.net or the MPJE Registration Form found online within the “NAPLEX/MPJE Registration Bulletin”, available at NABP.net must be submitted to NABP with a certified check or money order in the amount of $185.00 made payable to NABP.
    
3. The Kentucky Application for Pharmacist Licensure must be received in the Board office with a certified check or money order in the amount of $150.00 made payable to the Kentucky State Treasurer.

Pursuant to KRS 2l4.615, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services requires all applicants to complete a Cabinet approved HIV/AIDS education course. No less than one hour of Cabinet approved HIV/AIDS education must be submitted to the Board office. No candidate will be permitted to sit for the NAPLEX or MPJE absent such proof. The Board of Pharmacy has one course available on the website. A list of other approved courses may be requested from:

Kentucky AIDS Education Program
Cabinet for Health and Family Services
275 East Main Street
Frankfort, KY 40621
(502) 564-6539

You must attach a head and shoulders 'passport' photograph to your Kentucky Pharmacist Licensure application. All required documents; including application, fees, internship, passport photograph, and an approved HIV/AIDS certificate must be received in the Board office before you will be eligible to take the NAPLEX and MPJE. Incomplete applications and/or documents will be returned. Application and examination fees are nonrefundable.

The Kentucky Pharmacy Practice Act will be mailed to you upon acceptance of the Kentucky application. The Board does not provide the Kentucky Controlled Substances Act. A copy of this Act may be requested from Drug Enforcement, Cabinet for Health & Family Services, 275 East Main Street, Frankfort, KY 4062l; (502) 564-7985. Please contact the Board office between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. [Eastern Time] if you have questions regarding your eligibility or the requirements. Licenses will be issued upon the successful completion of both the NAPLEX and MPJE.

Please do not contact the Board office regarding test scores. You will receive notification of licensure within two weeks of testing. In case of a failing grade on either test, you will receive notification within two weeks.

The Board requires notification of name changes within thirty days. If a change occurs during the renewal period, you may write the change directly on the application for renewal. The change may also be submitted in writing. If a name change occurs outside the renewal period, a check for $5.00 for the issuance of a new license (made payable to Kentucky State Treasurer) must accompany the request. All name changes must be supported with at least one of the following: a marriage certificate, a divorce decree, or an official court document authorizing the name change.

PROCEDURE FOR LICENSURE BY EXAMINATION FOR A FOREIGN GRADUATE

1. The applicant must contact NABP for review of their credentials.
2. The applicant must complete the entire FPGEC; i.e take and pass the FPGEE, the TSE and the TOFEL. NABP will issue a "Certificate."
3. The applicant forwards a copy of the NABP FPGEC to the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy and requests Registration as an Intern.
   Pharmacist Intern Application [PDF - 39KB]
4. After registration as an intern, the applicant will earn 1500 hours of internship and provide proof of internship on the appropriate internship forms.
5. Upon completion of the 1500 hours of internship, the applicant may file a notice of intent to apply for the Pharmacist Licensure Application [PDF - 103KB].
6. The applicant will be issued a Kentucky Pharmacist license upon successful completion of the NAPLEX and the Kentucky MPJE.

A license transfer application is available at NABP.net ().
Once the application is received in the Board office along with payment of $250.00, an information packet including the Kentucky Pharmacy Practice Act, Aids CE, a questionnaire and the MPJE application will be sent out. A passing grade of the Kentucky MPJE is required for licensure.

Reciprocal Questionnaire [PDF - 31KB]

A pharmacist may wish to change the status of his license from active to inactive. The law details this procedure in KRS 315.120 (4), 201 KAR 2:050 section 1 (7) and 201 KAR 2:160. For an active pharmacist to apply for inactive status, he must complete an annual renewal application and pay the annual fee for inactive status, which is $10. In addition, the pharmacist may not maintain an active license to practice in another state. Once he is awarded an inactive license, the pharmacist may continue to use the term "pharmacist", but may not practice pharmacy. In order to maintain an inactive license, the pharmacist needs to complete a yearly renewal application and pay the yearly fee for inactive status.

The pharmacist can continue to hold an inactive license for as long as he wishes. However, if he desires to regain active status, the application process depends on the length of time he has held an inactive license. The first category of pharmacists are those who have held an inactive license for five years or less. A pharmacist in this category must complete the board’s continuing education requirements for each year of inactive status and complete a jurisprudence exam given by the board. The second group of inactive pharmacists are those who have had inactive status for more than five consecutive years. If a pharmacist falls into this category, he must complete a satisfactory examination consisting of three individual tests before the board (see 201 KAR 2:020). In addition to these requirements, a pharmacist in either category must petition the board with written notice to consider reinstating his active license and pay all cumulative annual renewal fees required for active licensees.