22 Tex. Admin. Code § 283.2 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) ACPE--Accreditation
Council for Pharmacy Education.
(2)
Applicant--An individual having applied for licensure to act as a pharmacist in
Texas.
(3) Approved continuing
education--Continuing education which meets the requirements of §
295.8 of this title (relating to
Continuing Education Requirements).
(4) Board--The Texas State Board of Pharmacy;
all members, divisions, departments, sections, and employees thereof.
(5) College/School of pharmacy--A
college/school of pharmacy whose professional degree program has been approved
by the board and is either accredited by:
(A)
ACPE; or
(B) the Canadian Council
for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs for 1993 - 2004 graduates.
(6) Competency--A demonstrated
state of preparedness for the realities of professional pharmacy
practice.
(7) Didactic--Systematic
classroom instruction.
(8) Direct
supervision--A pharmacist preceptor or healthcare professional preceptor is
physically present and on-site at the licensed location of the pharmacy where
the pharmacist-intern is performing pharmacist-intern duties.
(9) Extended-intern--An intern, registered
with the board, who has:
(A) applied to the
board for licensure by examination and has successfully passed the NAPLEX and
Texas Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination but lacks the required number of hours
of internship for licensure; or
(B)
applied to the board to take the NAPLEX and Texas Pharmacy Jurisprudence
Examinations within six calendar months after graduation and has either:
(i) graduated and received a professional
degree from a college/school of pharmacy; or
(ii) completed all of the requirements for
graduation and for receipt of a professional degree from a college/school of
pharmacy; or
(C) applied
to the board to take the NAPLEX and Texas Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examinations
within six calendar months after obtaining full certification from the Foreign
Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Commission; or
(D) applied to the Board for re-issuance of a
pharmacist license which has been expired for more than two years but less than
ten years and has successfully passed the Texas Pharmacy Jurisprudence
Examination, but lacks the required number of hours of internship or continuing
education required for licensure; or
(E) been ordered by the Board to complete an
internship.
(10) Foreign
pharmacy graduate--An individual whose pharmacy degree was conferred by a
pharmacy school whose professional degree program has not been accredited by
ACPE and approved by the board. An individual whose pharmacy degree was
conferred by a pharmacy school that was accredited by the Canadian Council for
Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs between 1993 and 2004, inclusively, is not
considered a foreign pharmacy graduate.
(11) FPGEC--The Foreign Pharmacy Graduate
Equivalency Commission.
(12)
Healthcare Professional--An individual licensed as:
(A) a physician, dentist, podiatrist,
veterinarian, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant in
Texas or another state; or
(B) a
pharmacist in a state other than Texas but not licensed in Texas.
(13) Healthcare Professional
Preceptor--A healthcare professional serving as an instructor for a Texas
college/school-based internship program who is recognized by a Texas
college/school of pharmacy to supervise and be responsible for the activities
and functions of a student-intern in the internship program.
(14) Internship--A practical experience
program that is approved by the board.
(15) MPJE--Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence
Examination.
(16) NABP--The
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy.
(17) NAPLEX--The North American Pharmacy
Licensing Examination, or its predecessor, the National Association of Boards
of Pharmacy Licensing Examination.
(18) Pharmaceutical care--The provision of
drug therapy and other pharmaceutical services defined in the rules of the
board and intended to assist in the cure or prevention of a disease,
elimination or reduction of a patient's symptoms, or arresting or slowing of a
disease process.
(19) Pharmacist
Preceptor--A pharmacist licensed in Texas to practice pharmacy who meets the
requirements under board rules and is recognized by the board to supervise and
be responsible for the activities and functions of a pharmacist-intern in an
internship program.
(20)
Pharmacist-intern--A student-intern, a resident-intern, or an extended-intern
who is participating in a board approved internship program.
(21) Preceptor--A pharmacist preceptor or a
healthcare professional preceptor.
(22) Professional degree--A bachelor of
science degree in pharmacy or a doctorate of pharmacy degree.
(23) Resident-intern--An individual who is
registered with the board and:
(A) has
graduated from a college/school of pharmacy; and
(B) is completing a residency program in the
state of Texas.
(24)
State--One of the 50 United States of America, the District of Columbia, and
Puerto Rico.
(25)
Student-intern--An individual registered with the board who is enrolled in the
professional sequence of a college/school of pharmacy and is participating in a
board-approved internship program.
(26) Texas Pharmacy Jurisprudence
Examination--A licensing exam developed or approved by the Board which
evaluates an applicant's knowledge of the drug and pharmacy requirements to
practice pharmacy legally in the state of Texas.
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