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Committee backs guidance encouraging interns to seek external experience and gives PICs flexibility on intern ratios
Summary
The committee reviewed a draft policy statement encouraging intern pharmacists to gain practice experience outside ACPE rotations and supported allowing pharmacists‑in‑charge greater discretion on intern supervision ratios to expand training opportunities without adding mandatory hours.
The Licensing Committee on Jan. 8 discussed whether the board should ask interns to obtain additional practice experience beyond ACPE‑required rotations and whether pharmacist‑in‑charge (PIC) discretion should determine intern supervision ratios.
Seung Oh reviewed the statutory baseline: interim pharmacists must complete 1,500 hours of pharmacy practice experience before applying for the pharmacist licensure exam; the committee noted that applicants graduating after Jan. 1, 2026, from an accredited college are deemed to have met the experience requirement.…
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