Pharmacist

New YorkActive
Exam
Third-party exam
Education
Degree
Experience
Experience
Background check
None

The practice of the profession of pharmacy is defined as the administering, preparing, compounding, preserving, or the dispensing of drugs, medicines and therapeutic devices on the basis of prescriptions or other legal authority, and collaborative drug therapy management in accordance with the provisions of section sixty-eight hundred one-a of Education Law.

Requirements reported by the state

Licence type
Stand-alone license
Exam
Third-party exam required
Education
Degree required
Continuing education
Continuing education required
Certification
No mention of certification
Experience
Experience
Background check
No criminal record requirements
Physical requirement
No physical requirements

Issuing body

Department
NYS Education Department
Board
State Board of Pharmacy
Address
89 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12234
Last updated
February 14, 2023

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Source and verification

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