Ill. Admin. Code tit. 68, § 1330.330 - Examination for Licensure
a) The
examination for licensure as a registered pharmacist shall be divided into two
portions:
1) Theoretical and Applied
Pharmaceutical Sciences portion, which shall test the following subjects:
A) Medicinal Chemistry;
B) Pharmacology;
C) Pharmacy;
D) Pharmaceutical Calculations;
E) Interpreting and Dispensing Prescription
Orders;
F) Compounding Prescription
Orders; and
G) Monitoring Drug
Therapy; and
2)
Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence portion, which consists of 2 parts and shall test:
A) Illinois law related to pharmacy practice;
and
B) Federal law related to
pharmacy practice.
b) An applicant must score a minimum of 75 on
the Theoretical and Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences portion and a minimum of 75
on the combined Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence portion in order to successfully
pass the examination for licensure. An applicant who scores 75 or greater in
either the Theoretical and Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences portion or on either
of the combined Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence portions will not be required to
retake that portion of the examination. The reporting of scores to the
candidates shall include the score obtained on the Theoretical and Applied
Pharmaceutical Sciences, the score obtained on the Federal Law portion, a pass
or fail score on the Illinois Law portion and the combined score consisting of
the Federal Law portion and the State Law portion.
c) Any applicant who fails the NAPLEX portion
three times or the MPJE portion of the registered pharmacist examination three
times in any jurisdiction will be required to furnish proof of remedial
education in an approved program on the subjects of the portion failed. Proof
of additional remedial education in an approved program shall also be furnished
each time the applicant fails each portion of the examination three times after
undergoing remedial education (i.e., after the sixth exam, ninth exam,
etc.).
d) For the purposes of this
Section remedial training shall be defined as:
1) A course of study of at least 30 classroom
hours in an approved pharmacy college in the subjects of the portions failed
three times; or
2) A tutorial or
preceptorship with a faculty member in an approved pharmacy college or another
pharmacist as a preceptor. The course of instruction must be deemed by the
Board to be substantially equivalent to subsection (e)(1) and approved by the
Division. Any remedial training must be approved by the Board and the Division
prior to commencement.
e)
The provisions of this Section shall apply to all applicants upon adoption
without regard to where the applicant is in the application process.
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