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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 465
PHARMACY
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F.S. 465.007
465.007 Licensure by examination.
1(1) Any person desiring to be licensed as a pharmacist shall apply to the department to take the licensure examination. The department shall examine each applicant who the board certifies has:
(a) Completed the application form and remitted an examination fee set by the board not to exceed $100 plus the actual per applicant cost to the department for purchase of portions of the examination from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy or a similar national organization. The fees authorized under this section shall be established in sufficient amounts to cover administrative costs.
(b) Submitted satisfactory proof that she or he is not less than 18 years of age and:
1. Is a recipient of a degree from a school or college of pharmacy accredited by an accrediting agency recognized and approved by the United States Office of Education; or
2. Is a graduate of a 4-year undergraduate pharmacy program of a school or college of pharmacy located outside the United States, has demonstrated proficiency in English by passing both the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the Test of Spoken English (TSE), has passed the Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Examination that is approved by rule of the board, and has completed a minimum of 500 hours in a supervised work activity program within this state under the supervision of a pharmacist licensed by the department, which program is approved by the board.
(c) Submitted satisfactory proof that she or he has completed an internship program approved by the board. No such board-approved program shall exceed 2,080 hours, all of which may be obtained prior to graduation.
(2) The department may permit an applicant who has satisfied all requirements of subsection (1), except those relating to age or the internship program, to take the written examination, but the passing of the examination shall confer no rights or privileges upon the applicant in connection with the practice of pharmacy in this state.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (2), the department shall issue a license to practice pharmacy to any applicant who successfully completes the examination in accordance with this section.
History.ss. 1, 7, ch. 79-226; ss. 13, 15, 23, 25, 30, 34, 62, ch. 80-406; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 30, ch. 83-329; ss. 5, 26, 27, ch. 86-256; s. 13, ch. 88-205; s. 59, ch. 91-137; s. 6, ch. 91-156; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 240, ch. 97-103; s. 10, ch. 2024-243.
1Note.Section 10, ch. 2024-243, amended subsection (1), effective July 1, 2025, to read:

(1) Any person desiring to be licensed as a pharmacist shall apply to the department to take the licensure examination. The department shall examine each applicant who the board certifies has met all of the following criteria:

(a) Completed the application form and remitted an examination fee set by the board not to exceed $100 plus the actual per applicant cost to the department for purchase of portions of the examination from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy or a similar national organization. The fees authorized under this section shall be established in sufficient amounts to cover administrative costs.

(b) Submitted to background screening in accordance with s. 456.0135.

(c) Submitted satisfactory proof that she or he is not less than 18 years of age and:

1. Is a recipient of a degree from a school or college of pharmacy accredited by an accrediting agency recognized and approved by the United States Office of Education; or

2. Is a graduate of a 4-year undergraduate pharmacy program of a school or college of pharmacy located outside the United States, has demonstrated proficiency in English by passing both the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the Test of Spoken English (TSE), has passed the Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Examination that is approved by rule of the board, and has completed a minimum of 500 hours in a supervised work activity program within this state under the supervision of a pharmacist licensed by the department, which program is approved by the board.

(d) Submitted satisfactory proof that she or he has completed an internship program approved by the board. No such board-approved program shall exceed 2,080 hours, all of which may be obtained prior to graduation.

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Bal Bay Realty, Ltd. v. Pepsomers Corp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2003-01-07T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 833 So. 2d 320

Snippet: ordered prejudgment interest in the amount of $4,465.07 and $5,616 per diem interest. This appeal followed

State v. Canova

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1957-02-19T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 94 So. 2d 181

Snippet: Ch. 25238, Acts of Fla. 1949, F.S.A. §§ 465.02, 465.07, but that he was not so qualified under the provisions

Parr v. Spires

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1949-06-23T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 41 So. 2d 336

Snippet: particularly Sections 465.07 and 465.08. It was the plaintiff's view that Section 465.07 exempted licensed…Chapter 465 and the exemption as defined in Section 465.07 likewise exempted his servants and employees acting…petitioner that the exemptions provided for in Section 465.07 F.S. 1941 [F.S.A.], be *Page 338 declared to extend…and commodities specifically mentioned in Section 465.07 supra. "2 — That petitioner may … their constant presence and direction. Section 465.07, F.S.A., exempts physicians from the provisions