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Alabama pharmacist license.

Licensing authority: Alabama Board of Pharmacy · Application information

Licensure by examination for foreign pharmacy school graduates
Applicant Category
Graduate of a pharmacy school outside the United States who is not already licensed as a pharmacist in another U.S. state.
Certification
Obtain FPGEC Certification through NABP before applying.
Interview
Complete the Alabama Board of Pharmacy virtual interview before licensure.
Practical Training
Complete 1,500 approved internship hours under an approved preceptor and document them to the Board.
Licensure by examination for graduates of U.S. pharmacy schools
Applicant Category
Graduate of a U.S. pharmacy school seeking initial Alabama pharmacist licensure by examination with Alabama as the primary license state.
Character
Good moral character.
Education
Professional pharmacy degree from a school or department recognized by the Alabama Board of Pharmacy.
Interview
Complete the Alabama Board of Pharmacy virtual interview before licensure.
Legal Presence
United States citizen or legally present in the United States with appropriate federal documentation.
Minimum Age
19
Practical Training
Complete the Board-approved practical training program under a licensed pharmacist at a Board-recognized site.
Licensure by reciprocity
Alabama Multi-State Pharmacy Jurisprudence Exam
Applicant Category
Pharmacist already licensed in another U.S. state.
Approval Timing
Receive Board approval before beginning duties as an Alabama licensed pharmacist.
Interview
Complete the Alabama Board of Pharmacy virtual interview before licensure.
Prior Licensure
Hold an active pharmacist license in a U.S. state and have confirmation of pharmacist licensure by examination in a U.S. state.
Transfer Application
Complete NABP's Electronic Licensure Transfer Program application and submit it to the Alabama Board of Pharmacy.
Licensure by NAPLEX score transfer
Education
Hold a professional pharmacy degree from a school or department recognized by the Alabama Board of Pharmacy.
Interview
Participate in the Alabama Board of Pharmacy oral interview.
Reciprocal Score Transfer
The state from which the score is transferred must accept score transfers from Alabama.
Score Transfer
At the time of taking NAPLEX, designate the score for transfer to Alabama.

Alabama Multi-State Pharmacy Jurisprudence Exam

Provider
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
Format
Computer-adaptive selected-response examination
Exam questions
120 questions: 100 operational scored items and 20 pretest unscored items
Time limit
2.5 hours
Passing score
Pass; results are reported as pass or fail
Examination outline
  • Licensure/Personnel (22%)
    • Responsibilities of pharmacist and non-pharmacist personnel: qualifications, scope of duties, limitations, restrictions, or conditions to practice for pharmacists-in-charge (or equivalent) and pharmacists
    • Responsibilities of pharmacist and non-pharmacist personnel: qualifications, scope of duties, limitations, restrictions, or conditions to practice for non-pharmacist personnel
    • Licensures, registrations, and certifications: qualifications, examinations, internships, maintaining pharmacist competency, and renewals
    • Licensures, registrations, and certifications: classifications and processes of disciplinary actions
    • Licensures, registrations, and certifications: reporting to and participating in programs addressing inability to practice with reasonable skill and safety
  • Pharmacist Practice (33%)
    • Requirements for issuing prescriptions/drug orders: drug uses, limitations, or restrictions
    • Requirements for issuing prescriptions/drug orders: scope of authority, scope of practice, limitations or restrictions, and valid registration of authorized practitioners
    • Requirements for issuing non-controlled prescriptions/drug orders
    • Requirements for issuing controlled prescriptions/drug orders
    • Authority limitations on practitioners' ability to authorize refills
    • Conditions under which pharmacist or non-pharmacist personnel participates in drug administration in managing patients' therapy
    • Requirements regarding counseling: counseling or offering to counsel
    • Requirements regarding counseling: documenting counseling or documenting offering to counsel
    • Returning or reusing drugs
    • Regulations and agencies regarding pharmacy practice: requirements for promoting quality and safety of public health
    • Regulations and agencies regarding pharmacy practice: protecting patient and health record confidentiality
  • Dispensing Requirements (24%)
    • Responsibilities for determining whether prescriptions/drug orders are issued for a legitimate medical purpose and within all applicable restrictions
    • Transferring prescription/drug order information between pharmacies by authorized personnel
    • Prospective drug utilization reviews
    • Requirements for reporting to PMP and accessing PMP data
    • Exceptions to dispensing or refilling prescriptions/drug orders
    • Labeling of dispensed drugs
    • Packaging of dispensed drugs
    • Drug product conditions prohibiting dispensing
    • Non-prescription products, including controlled substances and hazardous drugs: dispensing or administration
    • Non-prescription products: labeling of non-prescription drugs and devices
    • Non-prescription products: packaging and repackaging of non-prescription drugs and behind-the-counter products
    • Dispensing-restricted, non-prescription drugs
  • Pharmacy Operations (21%)
    • Ordering and acquisition of drugs, including maintenance and content of records
    • Distribution of drugs, including maintenance and content of records
    • Non-dispensing requirements for operations of pharmacies or practice settings
    • Possession, storage, and handling of non-hazardous drugs
    • Training, possession, handling, storage, and disposal of hazardous drugs
    • Allowing non-pharmacist personnel access to drugs
    • Requirements for conducting controlled substance inventories
    • Delivery of drugs
    • Conditions for permitted or mandated product selection
    • Compounding sterile, nonsterile, hazardous, and non-hazardous preparations
    • Centralized prescription processing or central-fill pharmacy dispensing
Examination sources

North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination

Provider
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
Format
Computerized fixed form
Exam questions
225 questions
Time limit
6 hours
Passing score
Pass or Fail
Examination outline
  • Foundational Knowledge for Pharmacy Practice (25%)
    • Pharmaceutical science principles and concepts
    • Pharmaceutical science principles and concepts: Pharmacology
    • Pharmaceutical science principles and concepts: Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, or pharmacogenomics
    • Pharmaceutical science principles and concepts: Pharmaceutics
    • Pharmaceutical compounding
    • Pharmaceutical compounding: Nonsterile preparations
    • Pharmaceutical compounding: Sterile preparations
    • Pharmaceutical calculations
    • Pharmaceutical calculations: Patient parameters or laboratory measures
    • Pharmaceutical calculations: Quantities of drugs to be dispensed or administered
    • Pharmaceutical calculations: Rates of administration
    • Pharmaceutical calculations: Dose conversions
    • Pharmaceutical calculations: Drug concentrations, ratio strengths, osmolarity, or osmolality
    • Pharmaceutical calculations: Quantities of drugs or ingredients to be compounded
    • Pharmaceutical calculations: Nutritional needs and the content of nutrient sources
    • Pharmaceutical calculations: Biostatistical, epidemiological, or pharmacoeconomic measures
    • Pharmaceutical calculations: Pharmacokinetic parameters
    • Drug development processes (eg, clinical trial phases, emergency use authorizations)
    • Research design principles and biostatistics (eg, blinding, randomization, biases, statistical tests and outcomes, ethics)
    • Retrieval, assessment, and interpretation of primary, secondary, and tertiary resources
  • Medication Use Process (Prescribing, Transcribing and Documenting, Dispensing, Administering, and Monitoring) (25%)
    • Prescriptions and medication order interpretation
    • Prescriptions and medication order interpretation: Drug names and therapeutic classes
    • Prescriptions and medication order interpretation: Indications, usage, and dosing regimens
    • Prescriptions and medication order interpretation: Available dosage forms
    • Prescriptions and medication order interpretation: Prescription regulations (eg, boxed warnings, risk evaluation and mitigation strategies)
    • Prescriptions and medication order interpretation: Safety and effectiveness (eg, laboratory parameters, vital signs)
    • Therapeutic substitutions (eg, formulary restrictions, therapeutic alternatives, shortages, biosimilars)
    • Immunization services and documentation
    • Immunization services and documentation: Indications and scheduling
    • Immunization services and documentation: Contraindications and precautions
    • Immunization services and documentation: Storage and handling
    • Immunization services and documentation: Administration (eg, techniques, preparation, routes)
    • Immunization services and documentation: Adverse reactions
    • Medication handling, storage, stability, and disposal (eg, hazardous and nonhazardous drugs, controlled substances, parenteral medications, sharps handling, temperature control)
  • Person-Centered Assessment and Treatment Planning (40%)
    • Medication history, allergy history, and reconciliation
    • Health histories, screenings, and assessments
    • Patient health conditions, including special populations and medication-related factors
    • Patient health conditions, including special populations and medication-related factors: Signs, symptoms, and findings of medical conditions, etiology of diseases, or pathophysiology
    • Patient health conditions, including special populations and medication-related factors: Appropriateness of therapy (eg, medications, immunizations, non-drug therapy, dosing, contraindications, warnings, evidence-based decision making)
    • Patient health conditions, including special populations and medication-related factors: Interactions (eg, drug-drug, drug-condition, drug-food, drug-allergy, drug-laboratory)
    • Patient health conditions, including special populations and medication-related factors: Errors and omissions (eg, dosing, duplication, additional therapy needed, unnecessary therapy)
    • Patient health conditions, including special populations and medication-related factors: Adverse drug reactions
    • Patient health conditions, including special populations and medication-related factors: Toxicologic exposures and overdoses
    • Patient health conditions, including special populations and medication-related factors: Adherence
    • Therapeutic monitoring, plan development, evaluation, and modifications
    • Therapeutic monitoring, plan development, evaluation, and modifications: Therapeutic goals, clinical endpoints, and follow-up
    • Therapeutic monitoring, plan development, evaluation, and modifications: Safety
    • Therapeutic monitoring, plan development, evaluation, and modifications: Effectiveness
    • Patient education
    • Patient education: Lifestyle modifications and health maintenance
    • Patient education: Medication use, storage, and disposal
    • Patient education: Disease state management
    • Over-the-counter medications and dietary supplements
    • Devices to administer medications and self-monitoring tests
  • Professional Practice (5%)
    • Adverse drug event reporting and medication error reporting (eg, MedWatch, VAERS)
    • Public health initiatives and risk-prevention programs (eg, tobacco and nicotine cessation, antimicrobial stewardship, health screenings, opioid stewardship)
    • Social determinants and drivers of health
    • Ethical considerations (eg, informed consent, ethical principles, professional conduct and responsibility, patient confidentiality)
  • Pharmacy Management and Leadership (5%)
    • Pharmacy operations (eg, operational planning, risk management, regulations and regulatory bodies, technology applications and informatics, error-prevention strategies, medication safety)
    • Inventory and supply management (eg, drug recalls, drug shortages)
    • Quality improvement activities (eg, medication use evaluation, root-cause analysis, continuous quality improvement)
    • Mentorship and preceptorship (eg, providing and receiving feedback, delegation of work activities, preceptor roles)
Examination sources