Pharmacist
- Exam
- Third-party exam
- Education
- Specific course
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- Specific type of conviction prohibited
A pharmacist is a person licensed by the Wisconsin Pharmacy Examining Board under s. 450.03 or 450.05, Wis. Stats. The practice of pharmacy means any of the following: (a) Interpreting prescription orders. (b) Compounding, packaging, labeling, dispensing and the coincident distribution of drugs and devices. (c) Participating in drug utilization reviews. (d) Proper and safe storage of drugs and devices and maintaining proper records of the drugs and devices. (e) Providing information on drugs or devices which may include, but is not limited to, advice relating to therapeutic values, potential hazards and uses. (f) Drug product substitution under s. 450.13, Wis. Stats. (g) Supervision of pharmacist supportive personnel. (h) Making therapeutic alternate drug selections in accordance with written guidelines or procedures previously established by a pharmacy and therapeutics committee of a hospital and approved by the hospital's medical staff and by an individual physician.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- Third-party exam required
- Education
- Specific course required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Certification
- No mention of certification
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- Specific type of conviction prohibited
Issuing body
- Department
- WI Department of Safety and Professional Services
- Division
- Division of Professional Credential Processing
- Address
- 1400 E. Washington Ave. P.O. Box 8935 Madison, WI 53708
- Phone
- (608) 266-2112
- Agency website
- https://dsps.wi.gov/Pages/Professions/Default.aspx
- Last updated
- December 1, 2020
Occupations (O*NET)
- Pharmacist 29-1051.00
Source and verification
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