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If anybody has been able to get internship with retail or hospital in Illinois, please let us know. I went through all the paperwork, now have the Illinois techncian license but so far have failed to find an internship here and it is very frustrating. Any reply would be greatly appreciated.

Hello Aussiepharmer, I am 101% sure that the Illinois state board does not require a five year degree now, people who have a four year degree will have to complete 1200 hours of internship ( and for Mariagpl, clinical instruction course with a pharmacist and internship is the one and the same thing, they don't offer a separate clinical instruction course ). The number of hours vary depending upon whether you have a four or five year degree, people with five year may only have to do 400 hours of internship or none at all depending upon their coursework. For FPGEC you would still need a five year degree, in your case I think you should call NABP and ask if your internship and/or prepharmacy would be considered as additional years or not. Different states have different rules and they keep changing them too. Enjoy -

PTS I am not sure about the SSN part, you would I guess need an H-1B (sponsored by the hiring pharmacy) to be able to work. About the pharmacist licensure application you dont have to send the money for NAPLEX and MPJEE with initial application, you need to send only $75 along with supporting documents. Also even after getting the pharm tech licence you have to wait for the board to approve your initial pharmacist licensure application in order to be able to complete your work hours. Without the board approval you would be using tech license only as a tech and not as an intern.

Hello people, I also called the IDFPR just now to inquire as to what steps need to be taken in order to do internship in Illinois. Since these guidelines are new and complicated (so I believe), and somebody reads them from somewhere I feel the Board people are themselves a little confused. :rolleyes: Anyways, this is the exact information what I have from the IDFPR: 1. YES, they have changed rules recently. NO, they don't need the 5 year degree thing. 2. First thing is to send the 4 page pharmacist application along with your FPGEC and ECE certificate. (Since I took FPGEE in '05, I didn't go through ECE, the confusing thing was that IDFPR guy said that I should get ECE certificate through NABP). Mariagpl is right they said they will send samples of clinical course thet you need to complete with a pharmacist after the appproval of your application. 3. Second step which you should take simultaneously along with pharmacist application is to send an application for the pharmacy tech (to complete the 1200 work hours) because the board doesn't issue a separate intern license. 4. Finally you need to get an approval from IDFPR on completion of the 1200 work hours to take the NAPLEX and MPJE. Hmm.... a little complicated but if somebody learns something different or new about licensing in IL, please shed some light. Kindly share the complete information.

Well I heard from one of the cvs recruiters and they asked me to wait until the end of this year because according to them they have a large volume of applications for this year........:((

Hello Ishita, next step would be taking your TOEFLiBT as soon as you can and then wait for your FPGEC certificate, this process would take atleast 2-3 months if you take your TOEFL right away. Remember that you need to find an internship before april so that your H-1 can be filed on time... You can start applying for internships but IL has this weird rule that they need a five year pharmacy degree......I am going through the same..so have to look for internships in nearby states if you cannot move out of IL...