Sec.20-576-8. Registration of pharmacy interns

(a) As used in this section: "pharmacy intern" has the meaning given to this term by Section 20-571 of the General Statutes; "intern training pharmacy" means a Connecticut pharmacy or an institutional pharmacy approved by the commission, providing training for a pharmacy intern in contemporary pharmacy practice; and "pharmacy intern preceptor" means a Connecticut pharmacist supervising a pharmacy intern.

(b) The professional experience required by section 20-590 of the General Statutes shall consist of the satisfactory fulfillment of a series of objectives approved by the commission, completed during fifteen hundred clock hours as a registered pharmacy intern. The professional experience may be obtained by completing any combination of the following:

(1) employment or voluntary work in a Connecticut pharmacy or an institutional pharmacy approved by the commission, but no more than 40 clock hours may be obtained in any one week;

(2) completion of an educational experiential program established and monitored by a school or college of pharmacy accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, or its successor organization recognized by the United States Department of Education as the accrediting body for professional degree programs in pharmacy, and approved by the commission;

(3) an out of state practical experience program approved by the appropriate licensing agency in the state wherein the experience is attained; or

(4) an industrial, research or other professional experience program established by a school or college of pharmacy accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, or its successor organization recognized by the United States Department of Education as the accrediting body for professional degree programs in pharmacy, and approved by the commission. Hours accumulated under this subdivision shall be limited to a maximum of 400 hours.

(c) The following requirements shall apply only to experience hours acquired by a pharmacy intern employed or volunteering in a Connecticut pharmacy or institutional pharmacy approved by the commission pursuant to subsection (b)(1) of this section:

(1) No pharmacy intern preceptor shall supervise the training of more than one pharmacy intern at any one time;

(2) A pharmacy intern preceptor's statement supplied by the department shall be completed and signed by the preceptor and the intern, certifying that the stated hours and content of the professional experience are true;

(3) The pharmacy intern shall within five days of the event, notify the commission of any of the following changes in his internship training:

(A) the commencement of his internship training;

(B) a change in the place of supervision;

(C) a change of the pharmacy intern preceptor;

(D) a change in the hours of supervision; or

(E) cessation of supervision; and

(4) The department shall issue to each pharmacy intern, registering in accordance with section 20-598 of the General Statutes, an identification number and card except to those individuals obtaining internship training in an out of state practical experience program approved by the licensing agency in the state wherein the experience is attained.

(Adopted effective January 11, 1999; Amended April 28, 2011)