55016 Beginning with the graduating class of 2014, to require 400 additional pre-professional hours and to require individuals working as a pharmacy intern in the District to be registered with the Board after entering the first professional year of ...
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
The Director of the Department of Health, pursuant to the authority set forth under § 302 (14) of the District of Columbia Health Occupation Revision Act of 1985, effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official Code § 3-1203.02 (14)) (“Act”), and Mayor’s Order 98-140, dated August 20, 1998, hereby gives notice of his intent to adopt the following amendments to chapter 65 of Title 17 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR) (Pharmacists) in not less than thirty (30) days from the date of publication in the D.C. Register.
The purpose of the proposed amendments is to amend the requirement for pharmacy students to complete an additional independent pre-licensure practice in a pharmacy setting with the emphasis being on the distribution of medicines and prescriptions. The revisions will decrease the required number of hours to four hundred (400) and postpone implementation of this new requirement to begin with the graduating class of 2014. These amendments will also postpone the requirement for all individuals engaging in pre-licensure professional practice or working as a pharmacy intern in the District to be registered with the Board after entering the first professional year of college of pharmacy whether or not the hours will be counted toward the total requirement for licensure as a pharmacist. The increased requirements will be imposed for the first time on those students that are in the graduating class of 2014.
These rules were previously published as proposed rulemaking on May 22, 2009 at 56 DCR 4113. No written comments were received from the public in connection with this notice. However, the Board subsequently voted to amend the requirements. Therefore the rulemaking is being republished for an additional comment period.
Final rulemaking action to adopt this amendment shall be taken in not less than thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.
The following rulemaking action is proposed:
17 DCMR Chapter 65, PHARMACISTS, is amended as follows:
Section 6502.5 is amended to read as follows:
6502.5 Starting with the graduating Class of 2014, in addition to the requirements of § 6502.1(b) of this chapter, each applicant for a pharmacist license shall submit proof of having completed an additional four hundred (400) hours of independent pre-licensure practice in a pharmacy setting with the emphasis being on the distribution of medicines and prescriptions.
Section 6509.2 is amended to read as follows:
6509.2 Starting with the graduating Class of 2014, all individuals engaging in
pre-licensure professional practice or working as a pharmacy intern in the District
shall register with the Board after entering the first professional year of a college
of pharmacy whether or not the hours will be counted toward the total
requirement for licensure as a pharmacist.
All persons desiring to comment on the subject matter of this proposed rulemaking action shall submit written comments, not later than thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register, to Kenneth Campbell, General Counsel, the Department of Health, Office of the General Counsel, 825 North Capitol Street, N.E., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20002. Copies of the proposed rules may be obtained between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at the address listed above.
