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Pharmacist

License to practice pharmacy in Delaware issued by the Board of Pharmacy under 24 Del. C. ch. 25.

Licensing authority: Delaware Board of Pharmacy (Division of Professional Regulation) · Application information

Licensure by examination or NAPLEX score transfer, graduate of a pharmacy school outside the United States

All of the following:

Alternative Examinations
24 Del. C. § 2509(a) lets the Board adopt comparable alternative national examinations; no alternative is named by the Board.
Criminal Background Check
State of Delaware and FBI fingerprint-based criminal background check (24 Del. C. § 2508(c)).
Education
Educated outside the United States or its territories: meet the education requirements in the Board rules (24 Del. C. § 2508(a)(1)); proof is a copy of the FPGEC Certificate.
Equivalency Examination
Evidence of passing an equivalency examination recognized by the Board; FPGEC certification meets the requirement (24 DE Admin. Code 2500 § 1.2.3.1.2). Any other equivalency examination the Board recognizes is accepted at the Board's determination.
Exam Registration
Register with NABP for the MPJE and, if not already passed, the NAPLEX; the Board office makes the candidate eligible (24 DE Admin. Code 2500 § 1.2.2).
Fpgec Certification
FPGEC certification is issued by NABP and has requirements besides the FPGEE (such as English-language proficiency) set by the FPGEC.
Good Standing
No disqualifying administrative penalty, impairing condition, or criminal conviction or pending charge substantially related to pharmacy, subject to Board waiver (24 Del. C. § 2508(a)(5)-(7)).
Practical Experience
At least 1,500 hours of Board-approved practical experience under a licensed pharmacist, at least 1,000 of them in community or hospital settings (24 Del. C. § 2508(a)(2); 24 DE Admin. Code 2500 § 1.3.1).
Score Transfer
Applicants who passed or registered for the NAPLEX in another state and requested a NAPLEX score transfer to Delaware apply on the same Examination or Score Transfer application; an applicant who passed the NAPLEX more than one year ago applies by examination only if not licensed in any other jurisdiction; otherwise licensure transfer (reciprocity) applies.
Licensure by examination or NAPLEX score transfer, graduate of an accredited U.S. school or college of pharmacy

All of the following:

Alternative Examinations
24 Del. C. § 2509(a) lets the Board adopt comparable alternative national examinations; no alternative is named by the Board.
Criminal Background Check
State of Delaware and FBI fingerprint-based criminal background check (24 Del. C. § 2508(c)).
Education
Graduation from a school or college of pharmacy accredited by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education, as named in 24 Del. C. § 2508(a)(1); proof is a Certificate of Graduation sent by the school.
Exam Registration
Register with NABP for the MPJE and, if not already passed, the NAPLEX; the Board office makes the candidate eligible (24 DE Admin. Code 2500 § 1.2.2).
Good Standing
No disqualifying administrative penalty, impairing condition, or criminal conviction or pending charge substantially related to pharmacy, subject to Board waiver (24 Del. C. § 2508(a)(5)-(7)).
Practical Experience
At least 1,500 hours of Board-approved practical experience under a licensed pharmacist, at least 1,000 of them in community or hospital settings (24 Del. C. § 2508(a)(2); 24 DE Admin. Code 2500 § 1.3.1).
Score Transfer
Applicants who passed or registered for the NAPLEX in another state and requested a NAPLEX score transfer to Delaware apply on the same Examination or Score Transfer application; an applicant who passed the NAPLEX more than one year ago applies by examination only if not licensed in any other jurisdiction; otherwise licensure transfer (reciprocity) applies.
Reactivation of a license placed on inactive status for up to 4 years
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Continuing Education
The Board page requires proof of 3.0 CEUs (30 hours) per biennial licensure period with the reactivation Service Request.
Requirements
Written notice of intent to reactivate, all continuing education required by the Board rules, the renewal fee, fingerprint criminal history report, and NABP clearinghouse review (24 Del. C. § 2512(e)).

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-06-30.

Renewal of a license lapsed for more than 1 year but less than 4 years
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Board Page Statement
The Board renewal page states: "If you fail to renew by the end of the 60-day period, your license will terminate. To resume practicing as a Pharmacist in Delaware or operating the Pharmacy or other facility in Delaware after termination, you must reapply in DELPROS as a new applicant." 24 Del. C. § 2512(c) (effective June 30, 2026) allows renewal of a license lapsed more than 1 year but less than 4 years without examination and outranks the page; the page statement is recorded as the Board's stated demand.
Requirements
Late fee, proof of the Board continuing education requirements, fingerprint criminal history report, and NABP clearinghouse review (24 Del. C. § 2512(c)).

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-06-30.

Reapplication after failing to reactivate an inactive license within 4 years

All of the following:

Board Page Statement
The Board renewal page states that a license not reactivated within four years terminates and the person "must reapply in DELPROS as a new applicant."
Reapplication
The individual must reapply for licensure and retake and pass the MPJE (24 Del. C. § 2512(f)); the licensure requirements of 24 Del. C. § 2508 or § 2510, including a passing NAPLEX score, apply to the new application.
Licensure by reciprocity (license transfer), graduate of a foreign school of pharmacy

All of the following:

Criminal Background Check
State of Delaware and FBI fingerprint-based criminal background check (24 Del. C. § 2510(a)(5)).
Current License
Current licensure in good standing in another state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory, with proof of good standing from every state of licensure (24 Del. C. § 2510(a); 24 DE Admin. Code 2500 § 1.7.1.1).
Foreign Graduate
Applies to graduates of a foreign school of pharmacy, who must have passed the examination of the NABP Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Examination Committee (24 Del. C. § 2510(a)(4)).
Good Standing
Meet the good-standing criteria of 24 Del. C. § 2508(a)(5)-(7) in all states of licensure (24 Del. C. § 2510(a)(1)).
Nabp Transfer Application
Upload the NABP Official Application for Transfer of Pharmacist License to DELPROS within 90 days of NABP notification.
Naplex Alternative
The NAPLEX or a comparable alternative national examination accepted by the Board (24 Del. C. § 2510(a)(2)); applicants examined after June 1, 1979 must have passed the NAPLEX or an examination the Board deems equivalent with scores required of examination applicants (24 DE Admin. Code 2500 § 1.7.2).
Practical Experience
Not required of reciprocity applicants (24 Del. C. § 2510(b)).
Licensure by reciprocity (license transfer), graduate of an accredited U.S. school or college of pharmacy

All of the following:

Criminal Background Check
State of Delaware and FBI fingerprint-based criminal background check (24 Del. C. § 2510(a)(5)).
Current License
Current licensure in good standing in another state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory, with proof of good standing from every state of licensure (24 Del. C. § 2510(a); 24 DE Admin. Code 2500 § 1.7.1.1).
Good Standing
Meet the good-standing criteria of 24 Del. C. § 2508(a)(5)-(7) in all states of licensure (24 Del. C. § 2510(a)(1)).
Nabp Transfer Application
Upload the NABP Official Application for Transfer of Pharmacist License to DELPROS within 90 days of NABP notification.
Naplex Alternative
The NAPLEX or a comparable alternative national examination accepted by the Board (24 Del. C. § 2510(a)(2)); applicants examined after June 1, 1979 must have passed the NAPLEX or an examination the Board deems equivalent with scores required of examination applicants (24 DE Admin. Code 2500 § 1.7.2).
Practical Experience
Not required of reciprocity applicants (24 Del. C. § 2510(b)).
Reinstatement of a license lapsed for longer than 4 years
Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination for Delaware (practice unavailable)
Board Page Statement
The Board renewal page states that a license not renewed by the end of the 60-day late period terminates and that the person "must reapply in DELPROS as a new applicant."
Requirements
Late fee, proof of the Board continuing education requirements, fingerprint criminal history report, NABP clearinghouse review, and proof of retaking and passing the MPJE (24 Del. C. § 2512(d)).
Biennial renewal of an active pharmacist license, including late renewal within 60 days after expiration
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Continuing Education
30 hours per biennium, including at least 2 hours on medication safety/errors and 2 hours on controlled substances or substance-use impairment (24 DE Admin. Code 2500 § 1.4.1).
Late Renewal
Renewal within 60 days after expiration with the renewal fee and a late fee; late renewals are audited for CE (24 DE Admin. Code 2500 § 1.8).
Renewal
Renew biennially with the fee and an attestation of the continuing education required by the Board (24 Del. C. § 2512(b)); licenses expire September 30 of even years.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-06-30.

Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination for Delaware

Provider
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP); appointments scheduled with Pearson
Format
Computer-based adaptive examination of selected-response questions
Exam questions
120
Time limit
2.5 hours
Passing score
Reported as pass or fail; passing grade as determined by NABP (24 DE Admin. Code 2500 § 1.2.1)
Examination outline
  • Licensure/Personnel (22%)
    • Responsibilities of the pharmacist and non-pharmacist personnel
    • Qualifications, scope of duties, limitations, and restrictions of duties, or conditions to practice for pharmacists-in-charge (or equivalent) and pharmacists
    • Qualifications, scope of duties, limitations, and restrictions of duties, or conditions to practice for non-pharmacist personnel
    • Licensures, registrations, and certifications for pharmacists or non-pharmacist personnel
    • Qualifications, examinations, internships, maintaining pharmacist competency, and renewals of licensures, registrations, or certifications
    • Classifications and processes of disciplinary actions
    • Reporting to and participating in programs addressing the inability to practice with reasonable skill and safety
  • Pharmacist Practice (33%)
    • Requirements for issuing prescriptions/drug orders
    • Requirements for drug uses, limitations, or restrictions
    • Scope of authority, scope of practice, limitations or restrictions of practice, and valid registration of practitioners who are authorized to prescribe, dispense, or administer drugs
    • Requirements for issuing non-controlled prescriptions/drug orders
    • Requirements for issuing controlled prescriptions/drug orders
    • Authority limitations of practitioners’ ability to authorize refills
    • Conditions under which the pharmacist or non-pharmacist personnel participates in the administration of drugs in the management of patients’ therapy
    • Requirements regarding counseling
    • Counseling or offering to counsel
    • 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
    • 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
    • Requirements for the distribution and/or dispensing of non-prescription pharmaceutical products, including controlled substances and hazardous drugs
    • Dispensing or administration
    • Labeling of non-prescription drugs and devices
    • Packaging and repackaging of non-prescription drugs and behind-the-counter products
    • Dispensing-restricted, non-prescription drugs
  • Pharmacy Operations (21%)
    • Ordering, acquisition, and distribution of drugs, including maintenance and content of such records
    • Ordering and acquisition, including the maintenance and content of such records
    • Distribution, including the maintenance and content of such records
    • Recordkeeping in compliance with legal requirements, including content, inventory, maintenance, storage, handling, and reporting
    • 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
    • Requirements for the registration, licensure, certification, or permitting of a practice setting or business entity
    • Requirements for registration, license, certification, or permitting of a practice setting
    • Requirements for the renewal or reinstatement of a license, registration, certificate, or permit of a practice setting
    • Requirements for an inspection of a licensed, registered, certified, or permitted practice setting
    • Classifications and processes of disciplinary actions that may be taken against a registered, licensed, certified, or permitted practice setting
Examination sources

Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Examination

Provider
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
Format
Computerized fixed form
Exam questions
200 questions
Time limit
4.5 hours examination time; 5.5 hours total seat time
Passing score
Scaled score of 75
Examination outline
  • Foundational Biomedical Sciences (12%)
    • Anatomy and physiology
    • Biochemistry
    • Medical microbiology
    • Immunology
    • Pathophysiological bases of diseases
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences (31%)
    • Pharmaceutical calculations (eg, dose adjustments, delivery, ionization, ionic strength, isotonicity, ratio/percentage strength, osmolarity)
    • Medicinal chemistry
    • Medicinal chemistry: Physicochemical properties of drugs in relation to drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME)
    • Medicinal chemistry: Pathways of drug metabolism
    • Medicinal chemistry: Chemical bases for drug action, including bioorganic chemistry, structure-activity relationships, and fundamental pharmacophores related to drug-receptor interactions
    • Medicinal chemistry: Applicability to making drug therapy decisions
    • Pharmacology and toxicology
    • Pharmacology and toxicology: Pharmacodynamics, including drug-receptor interactions, agonists, antagonists, inverse agonists, and dose-response curves
    • Pharmacology and toxicology: Mechanisms of action of drugs, including biologics
    • Pharmacology and toxicology: Adverse effects and side effects of drugs
    • Pharmacology and toxicology: Mechanisms of drug interactions, including drug-drug, drug-disease, drug-food, drug-allergy, and drug-laboratory interactions
    • Pharmacology and toxicology: Mechanisms of acute and chronic toxic effects of xenobiotics, including drug and chemical overdose or exposure and antidotes
    • Pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics
    • Pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics: Dosage form development and drug delivery systems such as immediate release, sustained release, and controlled release
    • Pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics: Disintegration and dissolution of solid oral dosage forms
    • Pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics: Physicochemical properties of drugs, excipients, solutions, and dosage forms
    • Pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics: Physical stability, chemical stability, and shelf-lives, including zero-, first-, second-, and pseudo-order reactions
    • Pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics: Interactions between drug formulation and biological effects
    • Pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics: Drug product manufacturing, including methods, processing, and quality assurance
    • Pharmacokinetics
    • Pharmacokinetics: Determining rates of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) of drugs
    • Pharmacokinetics: Factors affecting rates of ADME, including age, sex, genetics, diet, disease, and drug interactions
    • Pharmacokinetics: Biological half-lives of drugs and related dosing
    • Pharmacokinetics: Compartment models (one-, two-, and non-)
    • Pharmacokinetics: Linear and nonlinear pharmacokinetics
    • Pharmacokinetics: Principles of bioavailability, bioequivalence, and biosimilars
    • Pharmacogenomics (eg, population-based genetic influences on drug metabolism and efficacy, genetic testing, tumor genotyping, pharmacogenetic screening)
    • Extemporaneous compounding (eg, United States Pharmacopeia (USP) standards including Chapters <795>, <797>, and <800>; dosage form preparation calculations; techniques used to prepare and dispense sterile and nonsterile preparations)
  • Social, Behavioral, and Administrative Sciences (20%)
    • Pharmacy law and ethics
    • Pharmacy law and ethics: Laws and regulations governing pharmacy
    • Pharmacy law and ethics: Regulatory, oversight, and professional organizations
    • Pharmacy law and ethics: Principles and application of biomedical ethics
    • Health care systems
    • Health care systems: Organization, regulation, and financing of health care delivery in the United States
    • Health care systems: Factors that influence delivery and use of health care (eg, social, political, economic, and technological)
    • Pharmacoeconomics (eg, analysis, interpretation, application, humanistic outcomes)
    • Population-based care, pharmacoepidemiology, and public health
    • Population-based care, pharmacoepidemiology, and public health: Data sources and analytic tools
    • Population-based care, pharmacoepidemiology, and public health: Application of epidemiological study design
    • Population-based care, pharmacoepidemiology, and public health: Health promotion, disease prevention, and infection control
    • Population-based care, pharmacoepidemiology, and public health: Continuous quality improvement
    • Population-based care, pharmacoepidemiology, and public health: Social determinants and drivers of health
    • Practice management
    • Practice management: Financial management and budgeting
    • Practice management: Personnel management
    • Practice management: Business and strategic planning
    • Practice management: Risk management
    • Practice management: Procurement and inventory control
    • Professional communication
    • Professional communication: Verbal, nonverbal, written, and technology-based communication with patients, caregivers, providers, and stakeholders
    • Professional communication: Health literacy
    • Biostatistics and research methods (eg, study design, statistical tests, data collection instruments, research ethics)
    • Social and behavioral aspects of practice
    • Social and behavioral aspects of practice: Patient behavior including health-, illness-, and sick-role
    • Social and behavioral aspects of practice: Principles of behavior modification
    • Social and behavioral aspects of practice: Patient adherence
    • Social and behavioral aspects of practice: Cultural awareness
  • Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Sciences (37%)
    • Clinical pathophysiology as it applies to treatment of disease processes
    • Data collection (eg, patient history, physical assessments, laboratory values, point-of-care testing)
    • Data assessment (eg, clinical calculations, interpretation of data, diagnosing)
    • Patient-care decision making, therapy recommendations, and education (eg, plan, implement, monitor, follow-up)
    • Patient safety (eg, drug interactions, toxicity, drug-induced disease, drug use disorders)
    • Disease prevention (eg, screenings, immunization, non-pharmacological therapies, lifestyle modifications)
    • Personalized medicine (eg, pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenetics)
    • Evidence-based practice
    • Evidence-based practice: Practice guidelines
    • Evidence-based practice: Drug information and evaluation
    • Evidence-based practice: Information source reliability
    • Evidence-based practice: Clinical trial evaluation
    • Self-care, including using natural products
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