TITLE 16 OCCUPATIONAL
AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
CHAPTER 19 PHARMACISTS
PART 5 INTERNSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM
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]
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
sited 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]
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 his
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 include retail and hospital pharmacies, radiopharmacies,
state and county institutions, federal installations, agencies and clinics, and
board approved researchers, drug manufacturers who participate in the approved
NPI programs.
(1) General
requirements include.
(a) Current
license or permit.
(b) No
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) 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) Submit
all required forms, and evaluations to the board on or before the due date.
(6) 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) 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.
(2) The
intern shall wear the standard identification tag, approved and issued by the
board during any pharmacy area employment.
A nominal fee is applicable. The
intern will be responsible for imprinting his/her name on the identification
tag.
(3) The
intern shall make such reports and certifications as required under the
approved program.
(4) 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) 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) 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) The
intern shall notify the board of any change of address, employment or
preceptor, in writing, within 10 days of such change.
(10) The
intern certificate of registration and renewal shall be displayed in the
training area where the intern is employed.
(11) 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 the state board jurisprudence
examination may renew intern registration to be valid until the next scheduled
examination date; provided the renewal does not exceed the period allowed under
16.19.2 NMAC; or
(c) by prior approval or
by direction of the board.
(12) The intern registration
must be renewed annually on/or before the last day of September. Annual renewal fee is $25.00.
F. Revocation of suspension of
certification or certificate: A
certification or certificate may be revoked or suspended upon violation of a
statute or regulation; the failure to comply with the approved program or
internship; or suspension 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
regulation 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]
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.
[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]
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.