Section 1140-01-.05 - LICENSING EXAMINATIONS(1) An applicant for an initial license to engage in the practice of pharmacy in the State of Tennessee shall take the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination (MPJE®) and the NABP North American Pharmacy Licensing Examination (NAPLEX®), which shall be administered on the dates scheduled by the NABP. An applicant shall also meet the minimum acceptable passing scores on the NAPLEX® and MPJE® as established and nationally accepted.(2) An applicant to obtain a pharmacy license by reciprocity shall successfully complete the MPJE® by achieving (at least) the designated passing score on the exam.(3) In addition to completing the requirements in paragraph (1) of this rule, a pharmacy foreign graduate shall successfully complete the foreign pharmacy equivalency examination, the Test of Spoken English (TSE®) examination and any other requirements established by the NABP.(4) Any applicant who fails either the NAPLEX® or MPJE® may retake the examinations at any of the next examination dates scheduled by the NABP. If an applicant fails the NAPLEX® or MPJE® three (3) consecutive times, then the Board may require that applicant to take review courses prior to any following reexamination.(5) Upon request, the Board may waive selected portions of these requirements so long as any waiver granted is consistent with the Board's authority under Tenn. Code Ann. Title 63, Chapters 1 and 10, and Tenn. Code Ann. Title 4, Chapter 5.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1140-01-.05
Original rule certified June 7, 1974. Repeal and new rule filed February 7, 1983; effective March 9, 1983. Repeal and new rule filed May 11, 1998; effective July 25, 1998. Amendment filed November 24, 2008; effective February 7, 2009. Amendments filed November 22, 2016; effective 2/20/2017.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 63-10-304 and 63-10-306.