Licensure of Pharmacists
IMPORTANT: READ AND PRINT Board of Pharmacy instructions and user manual PRIOR TO STARTING ONLINE PROCESS
NEw Application Information and Links
- Pharmacist Application by NAPLEX or Score Transfer Instructions and User Manual
- Reciprocating Pharmacist User Guide and New Application Instructions
- Graduate of a College of Pharmacy Outside of United States, Foreign Pharmacy Graduate User guide and New Application Instructions
- Online Link for New Pharmacist Application by NAPLEX or Score Transfer, Reciprocating Pharmacist, or Foreign Pharmacy Graduate
Renewal Application Information and Links
- Pharmacist Renewal Application Instructions and User Guide
- Online Link for Pharmacist Renewal Application
Pharmacist Renewals Due Annually prior to September 30
- Application for Reinstatement of Pharmacist (paper application)
- Change of Name or Employer Form
- Application for Authorization to Administer Immunizations
- Registration by License Transfer (Reciprocity)
Pharmacists Registration by Reciprocity as defined in SDCL 36-11-19 and ARSD 20:51:04. Official application form and information is found at the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy website, https://nabp.pharmacy/. Fees to reciprocate: $350 to NABP; $150 to SD Board of Pharmacy; $35 for initial certification.
Foreign Pharmacists -
Applicants who graduated from Colleges of Pharmacy outside the United States
ARSD 20:51:01:10 — Obtain the Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Examination Committee (FPGEC) Certification from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. For more information on this certification see https://nabp.pharmacy/. This certification includes:
- the Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Examination (FPGEE)
- the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
- the Test of Spoken English (TSE)
ARSD 20:51:01:03 — When the South Dakota Board of Pharmacy has received verification from National Association of Boards of Pharmacy that the FPGEC has been successfully completed you will be required to provide the following for application to take the NAPLEX examination: .
- Verification of internship in the United States
- You may apply for internship in South Dakota after successfully completing the FPGEC.
- A transcript showing graduation from a college of pharmacy located outside the United States
- A government-issued form of photo identification.
- A photo (passport size) with your signature in ink on the back
- A completed Application for Registration as a Pharmacist by NAPLEX Examination or NAPLEX Score Transfer with the $35 initial certification fee (payable to the South Dakota Board of Pharmacy)
- NAPLEX Application materials (the Registration Bulletin may be obtained at NABP's web site https://nabp.pharmacy/)
- The applicant must also successfully complete the Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination (MPJE), South Dakota edition. A total scaled score of not less than 75 is required to pass this examination.