SCORE TRANSFERS
NAPLEX Score Transfer
(This information can be found in the NAPLEX Registration Bulletin)
NAPLEX Score Transfer Program
NABP's NAPLEX Score Transfer Program allows you to transfer your NAPLEX score to additional jurisdictions in which you wish to obtain a license to practice pharmacy. If you participate in the Score Transfer Program and fulfill all other requirements for licensure in the jurisdiction to which you transfer your score, you will be awarded a license by examination.
The Score Transfer Program differs significantly from NABP's Licensure Transfer Program(reciprocity), which is a service NABP provides for licensed pharmacists. Unlike score transfer, licensure transfer does not permit you to attain a license by examination in another jurisdiction. Instead, your license in the jurisdiction is considered a license by licensure transfer.
The distinction is important, particularly if you ever again need to transfer your license to another jurisdiction, because the Licensure Transfer Program requires that you use a license by examination to transfer your license to another jurisdiction. In other words, you cannot reciprocate your license using a license that has been obtained by licensure transfer. For the reason, NABP strongly recommends you keep your license by examination valid and current.
Please note that the validity period of the score transferred varies from state to state. You are encouraged to contact the board where your score was transferred for additional information.
Score Transfer Process
To be eligible for NAPLEX score transfer, candidates must complete the "NAPLEX Score Transfer Form," which can be found in the Registration Bulletin.
Score Transfer candidates must complete all the examination requirements that are required by the primary jurisdiction for licensure, including any locally administered exams. Primary jurisdictions can refuse to allow a candidate's score to be transferred if the candidate does not complete all of the jurisdiction's examination requirements.
Candidates may also be required to travel to the score transfer jurisdiction upon notice from the board to take any locally administered examination necessary to complete the score transfer process for licensure. Candidates should contact the board of pharmacy from which they are seeking licensure by score transfer before applying, in order to determine the jurisdiction's licensure requirements.
Score transfers will be processed whether you pass or fail the NAPLEX. If you wish to transfer your score, the Score Transfer Form and fee must be submitted EVERY TIME you register to take the NAPLEX. The NAPLEX Score Transfer Form may be used to transfer a NAPLEX score ONLY.
NAPLEX Score Transfer Fee
The NAPLEX score transfer fee charged by NAPB is $75.00 per jurisdiction. Payment and the completed NAPLEX Score Transfer Form must be received together and must be postmarked no later than the date of your examination. Late payments will not be accepted, and scores will not be transferred.
The score transfer fee must be submitted in the form of a money order, bank draft, or certified check made payable to the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. Do NOT send a personal check, cash, or any form of fee payment other than those listed above.
Score Transfer fee refunds will not be provided to candidates. Refunds will not be issued to candidates who do not pass the examination or do not become licensed in the jurisdiction to which their NAPLEX score was transferred.
Score Transfer to West Virginia
The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) will E-mail the candidates score to West Virginia and if they passed the NAPLEX the West Virginia Board of Pharmacy will mail the candidate an Application for Examination for Pharmacy License to take the West Virginia Examination. When the Board receives the candidate's completed application along with payment of Two hundred and fifty five ($255.00) dollars in the Board office the WV Board of Pharmacy will mail the candidate a copy of a law book, "Pharmacy Laws and Legislative Rules of West Virginia Governing The Practice of Pharmacy, Controlled Substances Act." The Board at this time will mail a letter informing the candidate as to the date, time and place the examination will be given. The candidate must successfully pass the Law Examination and Errors and Omissions Examination with a passing score of 70% on each and average of 75% between the two. The examination will take approximately three (3) hours. If this date and time is not convenient, then the candidate has the option to call the Board office at (304) 558-0558 and pay an additional fee of one hundred and fifty ($150.00) dollars and set up a "Special Examination Date" at the convenience of the candidate and the Board Inspector administering the examination. In most cases the Board will be able to tell you the day of the examination if you passed the examination.
Ten (10) Most Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Score Transfer
1) How will you know I want my score transferred to West Virginia?
Answer: The NABP e-mails the candidates score to the WV Board of Pharmacy
2) How can I get an application for the state examinations?
Answer: The WV Board of Pharmacy automatically mails an application to the candidate when we receive their score from NABP
3) What is the state fee to score transfer to WV?
Answer: Two hundred and fifty five ($255.00) dollars.
4) Will the WV Board let me know when and where to take the examination?
Answer: Yes, the WV Board of Pharmacy will mail you a letter advising you as to where the examination will be given and the date of the examination.
5) What if this date is not convenient for me?
Answer: The WV Board of Pharmacy provides for the candidate's convenience a "Special Examination Date." This requires the candidate to call the Board office at (304) 558-0558 to arrange a "Special Examination Date" that is convenient for the candidate and the Board Inspector administering the examination.
6) What does the WV examination consist of?
Answer: West Virginia Law and Errors and Omissions
7) How much time should I plan on taking the examination?
Answer: Approximately three (3) hours
8) What is Errors and Omissions?
Answer: It is a practical exam set up to determine if the candidate is capable of finding mistakes on written prescriptions or on prescription bottles; no calculations are required.
9) Are there any Federal Law questions on the WV examination?
Answer: Everything that is on the WV examination is in the copy of the Pharmacy Laws and Legislative Rules of West Virginia, every candidate should have a copy of this book to study before the examination
10) How long before I know if I passed the examination?
Answer: In most cases the WV Board of Pharmacy will be able to grade your examination the date of the exam.
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INTERNSHIP
§ 15-1-4. Internship Requirements. (Page 66 in the 1999 Pharmacy Laws and Legislative Rules of West Virginia)
4.1. The principal purpose of serving an internship is for the intern to acquire practical experience under the direct supervision and instruction of a licensed pharmacist preceptor in the providing of pharmaceutical care including the compounding and dispensing of prescriptions.
4.2 The Board shall certify internship for an individual:
When a preceptor holds a current, valid license as a pharmacist from the Board and the intern has been issued an intern certificate. The intern certificate expires on the 30th day of June of each year and shall be renewed annually up to four (4) years from the date of issue. The internship certificate shall be displayed at the place of internship;
. When the intern has notified the Board within ten (10) days of the employment as an intern;
When the intern notifies the Board within ten (10) days subsequent to termination of any internship under a specific preceptor; and
When the intership is certified by the submission of a "Certification by Preceptor as to Internship" form immediatly after termination of the internship. Forms are available from the Board office.
4.3. No intern shall be certified by the Board unless the intern is enrolled in or is a graduate of a recognized school of pharmacy.
4.4. An intern may receive experience credit for any period of time during which he or she is enrolled in a recognized school of pharmacy and the Board may accept up to eight hundred (800) hours credit for interns participating or enrolled in a supervised internship as part of the pharmacy curriculum.
4.5. An intern shall earn internship hours only for hours obtained in the practice of pharmacy and in a licensed pharmacy.
4.6. The Board may accept internship hours gained outside West Virginia on a letter of credit or certificate from the Board of Pharmacy of the state in which the intern acquired internship experience. Up to one third of the internship hours may be fulfilled by an internship in a foreign country.
Top ten (10) questions asked regarding Interns
1) If I worked as a Pharmacy Technician can those hours be transferred to my intern hours.
Answer: No
2) Do I have to be in pharmacy school to register as an Intern?
Answer: Have to be enrolled in pharmacy school or have already graduated
3) How many hours can I work while going to pharmacy school?
Answer: There is no limit but the Board advises students to work only a reasonable amount of hours so as not to interfere with their academic progress
4) How many extern hours can I earn? How many intern hours can I earn?
Answer: No limit on Extern Hours, but must have at least 700 hours outside of pharmacy school curriculum.........800 Intern Hours through pharmacy school curriculum.
5) If I want my hours transferred to another state what do I need to do?
Answer: Write a letter to the West Virginia Board of Pharmacy requesting your hours be transferred and give us the name and address where you want your hours transferred to.
6) Does my preceptor have to be a licensed pharmacist?
Answer: Yes
7) Do I have to notify the Board of Pharmacy where I am working?
Answer: Yes, in writing
8) Do I have to renew my permit every year?
Answer: Yes, The intern certificate expires on the 30th day of June of each year and shall be renewed annually up to four (4) years from the date of issue.
9) Can I earn hours outside of West Virginia?
Answer: The Board may accept internship hours gained outside West Virginia on a letter of credit or certification from the Board of Pharmacy of the state in which the intern acquired internship experience. Up to one third of the internship hours may be fulfilled by an internship in a foreign country.
10) Why do I have to work as an intern?
Answer: The principal purpose of serving an internship if for the intern to acquire practical experience under the direct supervision and instruction of a licensed pharmacist preceptor in the providing of pharmaceutical care including the compounding and dispensing of prescriptions.
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