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Licensing committee hears experts on pharmacy intern hours as ACPE updates take effect
Summary
Presenters and public commenters told the Licensing Committee the new ACPE Standards 2025 raise experiential-hour minimums and limit non–patient-care electives, prompting questions about California's 1,500-hour licensure requirement and how accelerated programs and residency paths intersect with it.
The California State Board of Pharmacy Licensing Committee on Oct. 15 heard three expert presentations and multiple public comments about pharmacy experiential requirements after the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) updated its standards.
Speakers described Standards 2025 as raising experiential expectations and emphasizing that graduates must be "practice ready and team ready," while attendees asked whether California's 1,500-hour licensure rule should be changed or better explained to schools and employers.
The committee said it was reviewing how the national accreditation requirements intersect with the board's licensure rules and welcomed more written information from presenters and stakeholders.
Why it matters: ACPE's Standards 2025 set a national baseline for pharmacy education that all accredited programs must meet. California's licensure statute and board regulations control who may sit for the pharmacist examination. Discrepancies between school-delivered experiential hours and the board's licensure-hour affidavit can create confusion for graduates, schools and employers.
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