TITLE
16 OCCUPATIONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
CHAPTER
19 PHARMACISTS
PART 5 INTERNSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM
16.19.5.1 ISSUING
AGENCY: Board
of Pharmacy
[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]
16.19.5.2 SCOPE: All pharmacist interns and
pharmacist preceptors.
[2/15/1996;
16.19.5.2 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 19.5.2, 3/30/2002]
16.19.5.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Paragraph (17) of Subsection A of
Section
61-11-6 NMSA 1978 requires that the Board of Pharmacy provide for the
registration of pharmacist interns, their certification, annual renewal of
certification, training, supervision, and discipline. Section 61-11-11 NMSA 1978 establishes
qualifications for registration as a pharmacist intern. Pursuant to Subsection B of Section 61-11-12,
the Board is authorized to issue an appropriate certificate of registration or
license to each person registered as a pharmacist intern.
[2/15/1996;
16.19.5.3 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 19.5.3, 3/30/2002]
16.19.5.4 DURATION: Permanent.
[2/15/1996;
16.19.5.4 NMAC - Rn, 16.NMAC 19.5.4, 3/30/2002]
16.19.5.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: February 15, 1996, unless a different date is
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]
16.19.5.6 OBJECTIVE: The objective of Part 5 of Chapter 19 is
described in 16.19.5.8 below.
[2/15/1996;
16.19.5.6 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 19.5.6, 3/30/2002]
16.19.5.7 DEFINITIONS: As used in the internship program.
A. "Approved
training area"
means a place for instructing an intern for licensure subject to requirements
of the board.
B. "Approved
program"
means a program of training as outlined by the "standards of practice."
C. "Computed
time" means
that time credited towards the training period which begins from the date of
intern registration and continues under the requirements of the approved
program. Computed time shall consist of
a maximum of 48 hours per week acquired in the internship program; including
those hours acquired in an academic clinical pharmacy program, extern program,
radiopharmacy program, or a "demonstration project" approved by the
board.
D. "Intern" means a pharmacy
student or a graduate from an accredited college of pharmacy and registered in
an approved program of supervised training.
E. "Intern
certificate of registration" means that certificate furnished by the
board upon approval of, application for registration of intern, received from
the intern applicant.
F. "Training
period" means 1500 hours if in the doctor of pharmacy program of structured
internship experience under the instruction of a licensed pharmacist that is a
board approved or college approved preceptor, said hours to be acquired after
the satisfactory completion of 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.
G. "Structured internship experience" may
be obtained through academic internship hours for a minimum of 1500 internship
hours satisfactorily completed and documented in an academic setting in the
doctor of pharmacy program.
H. "Preceptor"
means a licensed pharmacist who meets those requirements for the supervision
and training of an intern as stipulated in Subsection D of 16.19.5.8 NMAC of
this regulation.
I. "Supervision" means that the
preceptor shall maintain personal contact with the intern and shall be
responsible for the required training at all times during the training period.
[8/27/1990;
16.19.5.7 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 19.5.7, 3/30/2002; A, 12/19/2013; A, 3/22/2015, A,
8/2/2019]
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 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.
(2) Reports
and project assignments as may be required to accompany forms under the
approved program.
C. Requirements
for approved training: Areas may include retail and hospital pharmacies,
radiopharmacies, state and county institutions, federal installations, agencies
and clinics, board approved researchers, and drug manufacturers.
(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.
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) 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.
(4) Submit all
required forms, and evaluations to the board on or before the due date.
(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.
(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 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 their
name on the identification tag.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(6) The intern
shall notify the board of any change of address, employment or college
of pharmacy suspension or disenrollment, in
writing, within 10 days of such change.
(7) The intern
certificate of registration and renewal shall be displayed in the training area
where the intern is employed.
(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 or the MPJE may renew their intern registration to
be valid until the next scheduled examination date; provided the renewal does
not exceed the period stated under 16.19.2.9 NMAC; or
(c) by prior approval or
by direction of the board.
(9) The intern
registration must be renewed annually by the last day of September.
F. Revocation of registration. An
intern 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.
(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]
HISTORY
OF 16.19.5 NMAC:
Pre-NMAC History:
The material in this part was derived from that previously filed with
the State Records Center and Archives:
BOP 69-2, Rules
and Regulations of the State Board of Pharmacy, 6/13/1969.
BOP 69-3, New
Mexico Laws and Regulations, Pharmacy Act, Drug and Cosmetic Act, Narcotic Drug
Act, Poisons Act, Board of Pharmacy Rules and Regulations, 8/15/1969.
BOP 72-1, New
Mexico Board of Pharmacy Rules and Regulations Promulgated Pursuant to New
Mexico Drug and Cosmetic Act, Pharmacy Act, Controlled Substances Act,
7/31/1972.
Regulation No. 5,
Internship Training Program, 2/7/1980.
Regulation No. 5,
Internship Training Program, 10/23/1985.
Regulation No. 5,
Internship Training Program, 2/2/1987.
Regulation No. 5,
Internship Training Program, 7/27/1990.
History of Repealed Material:
BOP 72-1, New Mexico
Board of Pharmacy Rules and Regulations Promulgated Pursuant to New Mexico Drug
and Cosmetic Act, Pharmacy Act, Controlled Substances Act - Repealed,
10/29/1985.
Other History:
16 NMAC 19.5,
Pharmacists - Internship Training Program, filed 2/2/1996, reformatted and
renumbered to 16.19.5 NMAC, Internship Training Program, effective 3/30/2002.