1. (a) Preceptors shall be pharmacists whose license to practice pharmacy in Texas is current and not on inactive status with the board.
2. (b) Preceptors are required to be approved and certified by the board. A preceptor shall publicly display the preceptor certificate with his/her license to practice pharmacy and the license renewal certificate.

3. (c) For certification as a preceptor a pharmacist must:

   1. (1) have at least:

      1. (A) one year of experience in the type of internship practice setting; or
      2. (B) six months of residency training if the pharmacy resident is in a program accredited by the American Society of Health System Pharmacists;

   2. (2) have completed:

      1. (A) for initial certification, three hours of preceptor training developed by a Texas college of pharmacy and provided by an ACPE approved provider within the previous two years; or
      2. (B) to continue certification, three hours of preceptor training developed by a Texas college of pharmacy and provided by an ACPE approved provider within the preceptor pharmacist's current license renewal period; and
   3. (3) meet the requirements of subsection (f) of this section.
4. (d) Beginning July 1, 2002, approval and certification as a preceptor shall coincide with the preceptor pharmacist's license renewal period. For preceptors whose preceptor certification expires on or after July 1, 2002, the Board shall extend their preceptor expiration date to the next expiration date of the preceptor pharmacist's license.
5. (e) A preceptor may supervise only one pharmacist-intern at any given time. Texas Colleges of Pharmacy may request a different preceptor to pharmacist-intern ratio during the board's annual review and approval of their college based, structured internship program. Any such ratio shall apply only to the internship experience acquired as a part of the college based, structured internship program.
6. (f) No pharmacist may serve as a preceptor if his or her license to practice pharmacy has been the subject of an order of the board imposing any penalty set out in the Act, §565.051, during the period he or she is serving as a preceptor or within the three-year period immediately preceding application for approval as a preceptor. Provided, however, a pharmacist who has been the subject of such an order of the board may petition the board, in writing, for approval to act as a preceptor.

Source Note:The provisions of this §283.6 adopted to be effective February 17, 1988, 13 TexReg 610; amended to be effective February 1, 1996, 21 TexReg 110; amended to be effective January 12, 1998, 23 TexReg 134; amended to be effective October 4, 1998, 23 TexReg 9745; amended to be effective June 20, 2001, 26 TexReg 4478; amended to be effective June 13, 2002, 27 TexReg 4947.