1. (a) Graduates of registered or accredited programs leading to the bachelor's degree in pharmacy shall have completed at least six months of full-time experience, or the equivalent thereof, as a pharmacy intern in an internship program which meets the following requirements:

   1. (1) Program requirement. The internship program shall be devoted to the preparing, compounding, preserving and dispensing of drugs, medicines and therapeutic devices and to the performance of the functions related thereto, such as the counseling of patients and the monitoring of drug regimens, under the supervision of a registered pharmacist.

   2. (2) Time requirement. The six months shall be completed in accordance with the following:

      1. (i) Any portion or all of the internship may be completed during periods subsequent to the successful completion of the first year of a professional education program in pharmacy and not concurrent with full-time enrollment in such a program.
      2. (ii) Any portion or all of the internship may be completed subsequent to the award of a degree in pharmacy which meets the requirement of section 63.1 of this Part.
      3. (iii) Part-time supervised practice completed pursuant to the provisions of subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of this paragraph may be granted proportionate credit. For the calculation of equivalencies, full-time shall be defined as 40 hours per week.
   3. (3) Preceptor pharmacist requirement. The registered pharmacist who supervises an intern shall be designated the preceptor pharmacist. Each preceptor pharmacist shall have practiced for at least one year immediately preceding assuming a preceptorship. The preceptor pharmacist shall have under his or her supervision not more than one full-time intern nor more than two part-time interns.
   4. (4) Additional requirement. In each pharmacy which will serve for the training of interns, one intern may be engaged for each 5,000 prescriptions and/or drug orders dispensed annually and for a major fraction thereof over a multiple of 5,000.
2. (b) Graduates of nonregistered and nonaccredited programs, including foreign programs in pharmacy, shall be authorized to begin an internship only after passing Part I of the pharmacist licensing examination. Thereafter, the applicant shall complete not less than 12 months of full- time experience, or the equivalent thereof, in an internship program which meets the requirements of paragraphs (a)(1), (3) and (4) of this section. Upon completion of the internship program, the applicant may be admitted to the practical portions (Parts II and III) of the examination.
3. (c) Graduates of registered or accredited programs leading to the Doctor of Pharmacy degree shall be considered to have completed the internship requirement.

For admission to the licensing examination: