Section 1330.310  Graduates of Programs Outside the United States

Applicants who are graduates of a first professional degree program in pharmacy located outside the United States or its territories that is not approved pursuant to the provisions of Section 1330.300 shall submit proof of:

a)         Submission of a Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Examination Committee (FPGEC) Certificate;

b)         Passage of the preliminary diagnostic examination (Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Exam (FPGEE)) designed to determine equivalence of education to programs approved pursuant to Section 1330.300;

c)         The minimum acceptable scores are 550 for the paper TOEFL and 50 for the paper TSE, or 213 for the computer-based TOEFL and TSE combination, or 88 for the Internet-based TOEFL iBT with a minimum score of 26 on the speaking module;

d)         Passage of the Test of Spoken English (TSE) examination with a score of 50; and

e)         Either:

1)         Completion of a course of clinical instruction totaling 1,200 clinical hours approved by the Board as required by Section 7 of the Act.  The course of clinical instruction shall be conducted under the supervision of a pharmacist registered in the State of Illinois.  The applicant shall obtain prior approval of the Board before enrolling in the course of clinical instruction.  In approving a course of clinical instruction, the Board shall consider, but not be limited to, whether the course:

A)        Enhances development of effective communication skills by enabling consultation among the applicant, the prescriber and the patient;

B)        Promotes development of medical data retrieval skills through exposure to patient medical charts, patient medication profiles and other similar sources of patient information;

C)        Promotes development of the applicant's ability to research and analyze drug information literature; and

D)        Promotes development of the applicant's ability to interpret laboratory test and physical examination results; or

2)         Have been licensed in a U.S. jurisdiction or territory for at least 1 year with no disciplinary actions or encumbrances on their license or pending license.