Pharmacist
MassachusettsActive
This record was last updated on May 9, 2018, before 2022. It may be out of date — confirm with the board.
- Exam
- State exam
- Education
- Degree
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- Specific type of conviction prohibited
A pharmacist is a medical professional who dispenses drugs to a patient according to a prescription ordered by a physician or other authorized clinician. Pharmacist earn a PharmD degree from an accredited college of pharmacy, and must pass a national standard pharmacy exam (NAPLEX). To be registered in a particular state (s), a pharmacist must also pass that state's specific jurisprudence exam.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- State exam required
- Education
- Degree required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Certification
- No mention of certification
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- Specific type of conviction prohibited
Issuing body
- Department
- Board of Registration in Pharmacy
- Address
- 239 Causeway St. Boston, MA 02114
- Phone
- (800) 414-0168
- Licence page
- https://www.mass.gov/pharmacist-licensing
- Last updated
- May 9, 2018
Occupations (O*NET)
- Pharmacist 29-1051.00
Source and verification
This record is Massachusetts's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
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