GENERAL INFORMATION - PHARMACIST APPLICATION FOR EXAM AND LICENSE
ALL APPLICANTS
1. Licensure requirements are subject to change as a result of new laws or rules, or from new policies and procedures adopted by
the Department of Commerce & Consumer Affairs ("Department") in cooperation with the Board of Pharmacy ("Board").
Applicants must meet current licensure requirements.
2. It is the responsibility of the applicant to arrange for submission of all required documentation for timely completion of the
application. The Department does NOT have an obligation to notify applicants of incomplete documentation. Applicants may
contact the Department periodically to monitor the status of their file with regard to the receipt of supporting documents.
3. Applications are kept for only two years after filing, after which the Board can discard applications. Therefore, applicants
must complete all licensure requirements within two years of filing the application with the Board. Licensure requirements also
include payment of all fees. If you are not licensed within one year of filing your application, you will be required to update
your application information, including license status verifications from the other state pharmacy boards.
4. License verification: If you are licensed, or ever held a license in another state/territory of the United States, and you are not
applying for a license via reciprocity or license transfer, you must have your license status verified by that licensing authority.
Use the attached form. Check with the licensing agency for any fees you may need to pay and also the amount of time for
that agency to process your license verification to our State.
5. Examination Forms: For exam information, please read the NAPLEX/MPJE Registration Bulletin which can be downloaded from
www.nabp.net. After the Board has determined you are eligible to sit for the exam(s), you will be mailed an approval notice
with instructions to register for the exam(s) online.
6. Postponement or withdrawal of exam: Refer to the NAPLEX/MPJE Registration Bulletin.
7. Results and Re-examination: Results will be mailed approximately within 10 days after taking the exam. If you fail an exam
and you wish to pursue licensure, you need to re-register for the exam failed.
8. License fees: These are separate from, and in addition to, the application and examination fees. You will be notified of
amount due after successfully passing the required exam(s).
$165.00 - Even-numbered years;
$ 70.00 - Odd-numbered years.
9. Hawaii Pharmacy laws and rules: Copies are available by submitting a written request to: Board of Pharmacy, P.O. Box 3469,
Honolulu, HI 96801. The MPJE is referenced, in part, to the following laws and rules:
a. Chapter 461, Hawaii Revised Statutes, HRS, Pharmacists and Pharmacies
b. Title 16, Chapter 95, Hawaii Administrative Rules, HAR, Pharmacists and Pharmacies
c. Chapter 328, HRS, Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics
d. Chapter 329, HRS, Uniform Controlled Substances Act
e. Chapter 436B, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Professional and Vocational Licensing Law
The laws and rules are also posted on our website at: http://cca.hawaii.gov/pvl/. Click on "Pharmacy and Pharmacist". Then
click on "Statute/Rule Chapter".
Other recommended references:
f. Title 23, Chapters 200 and 201, HAR, available at:
http://hawaii.gov/psd/administration/administrative-rules/PSD-Title23.pdf/view
g. Chapter 330, HRS, Sale of Poisons, available at:
http://www.capitol.hawaii/gov/hrscurrent/Vol06_Ch0321-0344/"
All candidates for licensure must be familiar with the current Federal and State laws, rules and regulations. Should there be
any conflict between the State laws, the stricter law will apply.
10. ″Certified″ Photocopies of documents: You may attach to your application certified copies of your pharmacy transcript,
FPGEC. A certified copy of a document must contain the statement, "I have reviewed the original document and attest that
this is a true and exact copy of the original" written by the notary public, and partially covered by the notary public's seal or
signature. Each page must be certified. In lieu of certified copies, you may submit:
a. The originals (be advised that the Board will not return any document to the applicant; because all submittals become
the property of the Department); or
b. Arrange to have the issuing institution send directly to the Board the documentation that is required for licensure.
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