Pharmacist Licensure Examinations

Recently the Board of Pharmacy considered changes to the application process for pharmacist licensure. This change was in response to the fact that some states no longer verify intern hours to other states.

Please note that the intern hours requirements in California remain unchanged. All applicants for the pharmacist licensure examination must earn 1,500 hours of internship (or have been licensed as a pharmacist in another state for one year.) For states that do not validate or transfer intern hours, applicants must submit proof of their intern experience on board affidavits (form 17A-29) as part of their exam application.

Likewise, the board will continue to require submission of intern hours on board affidavits (form 17A-29) as part of the application process for the exam.

 

General Information

• Pharmacist Licensure Examination Information - Updated 1/5/10 (PDF)
• Prior Exam Pass Rates
• Release of Exam Results - Updated 7/29/09 (PDF)
• Regrade of the CPJE (PDF)

Applications

• Pharmacist Licensure Exam Application and Instructions (PDF)
• Help! My identifications don't match! What do I do? (PDF)
• Reasonable Accommodations
• Examination Security Acknowledgement (Form 17A-76) (PDF)
• Affidavit of Intern Experience Obtained in Community and Institutional Pharmacy Settings (Form 17A-77) (PDF)
• Retake Application for Pharmacist Licensure and Examination (PDF)

Study

• CPJE Exam Handbook (PDF)
  For exams taken on or after June 1, 2007
• California Specific Examination CPJE Content Outline (PDF)
  For CPJE Exams given on and after April 1, 2006
• Sample CPJE Test Questions(PDF)
• More Sample CPJE Questions (PDF)

Examination

• Pharmacist Licensure Examination Flowchart (PDF)
• NAPLEX Examination Information
• Determining the Passing Scores for the California Pharmacist Licensure Examinations (PDF)
• Resource for Candidates: List of Schools Offering 16 Semester Units of Remedial Pharmacy Education (PDF)

Watch for More Information to Come Soon!