New Mexico Register /
Volume XXXV, Issue 15 / August 13, 2024
This is an amendment to
16.19.5 NMAC, Section 1, 5, 8, and 9 effective 8/13/2024
16.19.5.1 ISSUING AGENCY: [Regulation and
Licensing Department] - Board of Pharmacy [, Albuquerque, NM]
[2/15/1996; 16.19.5.1 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 19.5.1, 3/30/2002;
A, 8/12/2013; A, 8/13/2024]
16.19.5.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: February 15, 1996, unless a different date is
[sited] cited at the end of a sentence or paragraph.
[2/15/1996;
3/02/1999; 16.19.5.5 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 19.5.5, 3/30/2002; A, 8/13/2024]
16.19.5.8 SUMMARY OF OBJECTIVES:
A. Internship
training, using academic training as a foundation, is to provide a learning
experience in real life situations that will result in a complete professional,
who is competent to practice pharmacy, and render professional services on [his] their own, without supervision, at the time of licensure. The objectives shall be: [.]
(1) A
practically, accurately and safely trained intern.
(2) An ethically trained intern.
(3) A
legally trained intern. Standards of
practice and internship program constitute the basic implementation of the
approved internship program.
B. Instructional
materials, affidavits, evaluation forms and reports.
(1) Forms shall be made available
by the board.
(a) Application
for registration of intern.
(b) Employers
affidavit for internship.
(c) Employers
affidavit for externship/clinical.
(d) Annual
preceptors evaluation of intern.
(e) Annual
intern evaluation of preceptor.
[(f) Certification as approved preceptor by the board standards of
practice.]
(2) Reports and project
assignments as may be required to accompany forms under the approved program.
[(3) This regulation relating to the internship program shall be
furnished to the intern. All other laws and regulations or manuals shall
be available at a nominal fee or at reimbursement cost to the board.]
C. Requirements
for approved training: Areas [will]
may include retail and hospital
pharmacies, radiopharmacies, state and county institutions, federal
installations, agencies and clinics, [and] board approved researchers, and
drug manufacturers [who
participate in the approved NPI programs].
(1) General requirements include.
(a) Current
license or permit.
(b) No
unresolved deficiencies relevant to the observance of all
federal, state and municipal laws and regulations governing any phase of
activity in which the facility is engaged.
(c) Required
references: One current professional
reference book of choice or internet access to approved resources.
[(2) A preceptor will be in direct supervision of all repackaging,
labeling and dispensing of drugs for distribution in field offices by state and
county health offices.]
D. Requirements
for preceptor. Each preceptor shall: [.]
(1) Be certified as a preceptor
by the board or be an approved preceptor for intern training in another state,
by that state board of pharmacy.
(2) Have been actively engaged in
the practice of pharmacy for one year.
[(3) Be engaged in full-time practice of pharmacy.]
[(4)]
(3) Not
have been convicted of violation of any laws or regulations relating to
pharmacy, unless this provision is waived by the board on an individual basis.
[(5)]
(4) Submit
all required forms, and evaluations to the board on or before the due date.
[(6)] (5) Be aware and
responsible for following regulations governing legal and ethical professional
conduct as outlined in the standards of practice and train the intern in this
area.
[(7) Notify the board of any change of address or employment in
writing, within 10 days. Change of
employment shall serve to suspend certification as preceptor in the former
place of employment where the individual was training an intern.]
[(8)]
(6) Not
be permitted to leave the intern alone to assume the responsibility of a
pharmacist.
E. Requirements
for intern.
(1) Application shall be made to
the board on the required application form provided by the board prior to the
beginning of internship. An applicant
for registration as a pharmacist intern shall have satisfactorily completed [not less than 30 semester hours or the equivalent
thereof, in a college of pharmacy curriculum accredited by the ACPE and meet
other requirements established by regulations of the board] all courses
in the first semester of college of pharmacy curriculum, or its equivalent.
Satisfactory completion requires that the student be eligible to progress in
the college of pharmacy curriculum.
(2) The intern shall wear the
standard identification tag, approved and issued by the board during any
pharmacy area employment or
internship training. A nominal fee is applicable. The intern will be responsible for imprinting [his/her] their name on the identification tag.
[(3) The intern shall make such reports and certifications as
required under the approved program.]
[(4)]
(3) The
intern is responsible for the knowledge and observation of the extent of his
legal liability and legal restrictions applicable under the federal, state and
municipal laws and regulations.
[(5)]
(4) The
intern shall be responsible for ascertaining proper certification for him or
herself, completion of all assignments, submittal of all forms, and reports
under the approved program. After all
assignments have been completed the preceptor will certify the affidavit and
verify the completion of all requirements. Internship will not be evaluated or certified
by the board until all forms are turned in to the board office in the form of
certified affidavits.
[(6)]
(5) Employment
and the internship training period are not to be interpreted as being the same.
An intern may work in excess of his
computed time. A maximum of 48 hours per
week, however, shall be considered computed time for the purpose of completing
the internship requirement of 1500 hours.
[(7) The intern shall submit, annually, at the time of
registration renewal, all completed required forms for the prior year or period
of computed time.]
[(8) Any or all of the training period may be obtained after
graduation.]
[(9)]
(6) The
intern shall notify the board of any change of address, employment or [preceptor] college of pharmacy suspension
or disenrollment, in
writing, within 10 days of such change.
[(10)]
(7) The intern certificate of registration and renewal shall be displayed
in the training area where the intern is employed.
[(11)]
(8) The registration shall be renewable under the following
conditions:
(a) the
intern has received a degree from an ACPE accredited college of pharmacy, but
has not completed the required intern hours to take the state board
examination; or the intern has not completed the required number of hours and
is enrolled as a pharmacy student;
(b) a
candidate who has failed the NAPLEX exam [and]
or the [state board jurisprudence examination] MPJE may renew their intern registration to be valid until the next
scheduled examination date; provided the renewal does not exceed the waiting
period [allowed] stated under [16.19.2] 16.19.9
NMAC; or
(c) by
prior approval or by direction of the board.
[(12)]
(9) The intern registration must be renewed annually [on/or before] by the last day of September. [Annual
renewal fee is $25.00.]
F. Revocation
of [suspension of certification or certificate: ] registration. [A] an intern
[certification or certificate] registration may be revoked or suspended upon violation of a
statute or regulation; the failure to comply with the approved program or internship;
or suspension or dismissal of an intern from university or college attendance;
and after due notice is filed pursuant to the Uniform Licensing Act.
G. Out-of-state
training.
(1) New
Mexico registered interns wishing to earn intern hours out of state must comply
with the regulations relating to internship and the approved program [, or the equivalent thereof; certification of the
preceptor shall be made to the board by the board of pharmacy in the reciprocal
state].
(2) Out
of state registered interns or students wishing to earn internship hours in New
Mexico must comply with the regulations relating to internship and the approved
program of this state and shall register with the board.
(3) Computed
time, under equivalent approved programs, submitted to the board by
out-of-state applicants for licensure, will be evaluated.
[8/27/1990; A, 3/02/1999; 16.19.5.8 NMAC - Rn, 16
NMAC 19.5.8, 3/30/2002; A, 7/15/2002; A, 8/12/2013; A, 12/19/2013; A, 12/13/2015;
A, 8/13/2024]
16.19.5.9 [SUMMARY OF OBJECTIVES
FOR LAST YEAR PHARMACY STUDENTS IN THE RURAL HEALTH CLINIC SETTING:
A. Last year training
programs, using academic training as a foundation, will provide learning
experience in designated rural clinics. This program as designed and operated by the
UNM College of Pharmacy, with Board approval, will provide a learning
experience, expressive of the needs of rural health services.
B. Definitions:
(1) "Approved
Training Area" means a rural health clinic serving fewer than 30
patients per day (average) and more than 25 miles from an established system of
healthcare. The site to be served must
be approved by the Board and UNM College of Pharmacy.
(2) "Approved
program" means a program of training as defined by the UNM
College of Pharmacy and approved by the Board.
(3) "Intern" accepted to serve as a
clinic intern must be a pharmacy student in his last year prior to graduation
who has completed all the didactic work in the College of Pharmacy.
(4) "Preceptor" means the licensed
pharmacist defined under Subsection H of 16.19.5.7 NMAC.
(5) "Supervision" means the intern in a
clinic environment will be supervised by a preceptor approved by the College of
Pharmacy of UNM. The preceptor is
required to perform an on sight consultation and review with the intern
assigned to that clinic once a week.
(6) "Hours" and structure of those
hours will be defined in the UNM College of Pharmacy Training Program.
C. Instructional materials,
affidavits, evaluation forms and reports will be developed by the UNM College
of Pharmacy in cooperation with the Board. At a minimum they will include:
(1) Application for
registration
(2) Preceptors affidavit
(3) Preceptors evaluation of
intern
(4) Interns evaluation of
preceptor
(5) Preceptors Application
(6) Certification as Approved
Preceptor by the Board.
(7) Manual for Standards and
Training will be provided by the UNM College of Pharmacy for the Rural Health.
D. Requirements for Approved
Training Areas shall include:
(1) Rural designation as
defined in Paragraph 1 of Subsection B of 16.19.5.9 NMAC or Health Department
designation as defined in Paragraph 5 of Subsection B of 16.19.5.9 NMAC.
(2) Current licensing.
(3) Lack of deficiencies
relevant to the observation of federal, state and municipal laws and
regulations.
(4) Available reference
materials as defined in Subparagraph c of Paragraph 1 of Subsection C of
16.19.5.8 NMAC.
(5) All repackaging, labeling
and dispensing of medication will be conducted as described in Paragraph 2 of
Subsection C of 16.19.5.8 NMAC.
E. Requirements for
preceptor refer to Subsection D of 16.19.5.8 NMAC.
F. Requirements for the
Rural Internship Program.
(1) Satisfactory completion
of all didactic work in a College of Pharmacy with a curriculum approved and
accredited by the ACPE and meeting all rules established by regulations of the
Board.
(2) The College of Pharmacy,
may, at its own discretion, refuse to enroll an intern in the program.
(3) Standard identification
tags will be worn at the clinic.
(4) The intern shall make all
reports and complete all assignments as required under the program.
(5) The intern shall be made
fully acquainted with his legal status by the preceptor.] [REPEALED]
[3/7/1980...8/27/1990; A,
3/2/1999; 16.19.5.9 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 19.5.9, 3/30/2002; A, 8/2/2019;
R, 8/13/2024]