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knok · 03-25-2008, 06:57 PM

I passed FPGEE since June 2003. At that time, there were many states that did not require a FPGEC certificate to work as an Intern, including CA. FL required only 500 Internship hours and no FPGEC certificate at all. Many states do not require the FPGEC certificate. Some of them waived FPGEC certificate for foreign graduates so that they could sit for NAPLEX and receive pharmacy licenses. Later on, many people could not pass TSE or TOEFL iBT, they moved to those states. Right now, there are many states that do not require the FPGEC certificate to work as an an Intern but not as many as a couple of years back.

However, at the end, you must get this certificate to take NAPLEX. It is complicated. I know that many people are licensed as Pharmacists in other states but they cannot move because of family reason.

One of my friends moved to FL. He has greencard. I talked to him yesterday that he was so busy with his horrible work schedules that he decided to send his two children back home to study in my home country because he was not satisfied with quality of school near where he worked, which is located in remote area here. He sent his children to a better quality school in my home country and has his extended family members take care of his children.

03-25-2008, 06:57 PM	#28 (permalink)
knok TestMagic Guru Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: USA Posts: 3,142	I passed FPGEE since June 2003. At that time, there were many states that did not require a FPGEC certificate to work as an Intern, including CA. FL required only 500 Internship hours and no FPGEC certificate at all. Many states do not require the FPGEC certificate. Some of them waived FPGEC certificate for foreign graduates so that they could sit for NAPLEX and receive pharmacy licenses. Later on, many people could not pass TSE or TOEFL iBT, they moved to those states. Right now, there are many states that do not require the FPGEC certificate to work as an an Intern but not as many as a couple of years back. However, at the end, you must get this certificate to take NAPLEX. It is complicated. I know that many people are licensed as Pharmacists in other states but they cannot move because of family reason. One of my friends moved to FL. He has greencard. I talked to him yesterday that he was so busy with his horrible work schedules that he decided to send his two children back home to study in my home country because he was not satisfied with quality of school near where he worked, which is located in remote area here. He sent his children to a better quality school in my home country and has his extended family members take care of his children. _ _ _ _ SIG _ _ _ _ "I see so much testing in the world, and see how badly most of it is done. I also see the faith many people put in tests and test results, and the consequences for people when test results are used to make decisions about their lives. --Liz Hamp-Lyons (2002)" click --> Petition to NABP - 10/2008 - Last edited by knok : 03-25-2008 at 08:23 PM.