# Title 61 — State Board of Pharmacy

## Article 61-03 — Pharmacists

## Chapter 61-03-03.1 — Internship

### § 61-03-03.1-01. Definitions.

In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:
1. "Approved pharmacy experiential program" means structured courses in the pharmacy
professional curriculum that are administered by a college of pharmacy, and approved by the
state board of pharmacy, via accreditation by the American council on pharmaceutical
education.
2. "Approved pharmacy intern program" means pharmacy practice in a board-approved
experiential program after a student has been accepted into a board-approved accredited
college or school of pharmacy. The entire one thousand five hundred hours of credit shall be
included in the four-year doctor of pharmacy program as an intern.
3. "Hour" means the standard sixty minutes division of time.
4. "Intern" means a person licensed by the state board of pharmacy for the purpose of receiving
instruction in the practice of pharmacy from a preceptor. The state board of pharmacy may
license as an intern any candidate who has graduated from high school or obtained a GED
and successfully completed no less than one academic year of full-time college or university
enrollment directed towards the prepharmacy requirements with a consistently declared intent
to seek admission to an accredited doctor of pharmacy program and has satisfied the state
board of pharmacy that the candidate is of good moral character or as required when a
student has been unconditionally accepted into the doctor of pharmacy program.
5. "Location" means any establishment other than a preceptor pharmacy approved by the state
board of pharmacy.
6. "Preceptor" means an educator and a licensed pharmacist in good standing with the state
board of pharmacy who will devote sufficient time to educate a student in the practice of
pharmacy as described in subsection 22 of North Dakota Century Code section 43-15-01.
7. "Preceptor pharmacy" means the pharmacy where the preceptor is practicing the profession.
This pharmacy must have a clear record with respect to adherence to federal, state, and
municipal laws governing any phase of activity in which it is engaged and must be licensed by
the state board of pharmacy, or other duly authorized licensing agency, where located and
must have a private patient consultation area.
8. "Supervision" means that in the approved preceptor pharmacy or other location where the
intern is being taught, a licensed pharmacist designated as preceptor or another licensed
pharmacist shall be in continuous contact with and actually giving instructions to the intern
during all professional activities.
History: Effective October 1, 1999; amended effective October 1, 2019.
General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02, 43-15-10

Law Implemented: NDCC 28-32-02, 43-15-10, 43-15-18
### § 61-03-03.1-02. Licensure.

1. A pharmacy intern must license with the board of pharmacy when accepted into the doctor of
pharmacy professional program at any board-approved college or school of pharmacy and
annually while successfully completing all four years of the doctor of pharmacy program.
2. Upon receipt of the completed application for internship licensure form, the state board of
pharmacy will issue to the intern a certificate, an annual wallet-sized identification card, and an
annual renewal card and instruct the intern that the identification card must be carried on the
intern's person at all times while on duty in the preceptor pharmacy or other location of
instruction. The annual renewal card must be posted in the preceptor pharmacy or other
location of instruction.
History: Effective October 1, 1999.
General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02, 43-15-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 28-32-02, 43-15-10, 43-15-18
### § 61-03-03.1-03. Identification.

The intern shall be so designated in the intern's professional relationships and shall in no manner
falsely assume, directly or by inference, to be a pharmacist. The board shall issue to the intern a
license for purposes of identification and verification of the intern's role as an intern, which license shall
be surrendered to the board upon discontinuance of internship for any reason including licensure as a
pharmacist. No individual not properly licensed by the board as an intern shall take, use, or exhibit the
title of intern, or any other term of similar like or import.
History: Effective October 1, 1999.
General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02, 43-15-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 28-32-02, 43-15-10, 43-15-18
### § 61-03-03.1-04. Supervision.

An intern shall be allowed to engage in the practice of pharmacy provided that such activities are
under direct supervision of a pharmacist. The pharmacist shall physically review the prescription drug
order and the dispensed pharmaceutical before the pharmaceutical is delivered to the patient or the
patient's agent. The pharmacist is responsible for the practice of the intern.
History: Effective October 1, 1999.
General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02, 43-15-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 28-32-02, 43-15-10, 43-15-18
### § 61-03-03.1-05. Evidence of completion.

Applicants for licensure as pharmacists shall submit evidence that they have satisfactorily
completed not less than one thousand five hundred hours of internship credit per board forms under
educational instruction and supervision of a licensed pharmacist as an approved preceptor.
History: Effective October 1, 1999.
General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02, 43-15-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 28-32-02, 43-15-10, 43-15-18
### § 61-03-03.1-06. Board and college responsibilities.

1. The intern shall submit a yearly affidavit of internship completed, as certified by a licensed
pharmacist preceptor.

2. The intern shall maintain a record of objectives and activities as part of the approved
pharmacy experiential program and shall submit said record upon completion of the fourth
professional year.
History: Effective October 1, 1999; amended effective January 1, 2005.
General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02, 43-15-10(12)(14)
Law Implemented: NDCC 28-32-02, 43-15-10, 43-15-18
### § 61-03-03.1-07. Change of address or practice site.

An intern shall notify the board immediately upon change of an experiential rotation and residence
address.
History: Effective October 1, 1999.
General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02, 43-15-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 28-32-02, 43-15-10, 43-15-18
