2006 New York Code - Requirements For A Professional License.

 
    § 6805. Requirements  for  a professional license. 1. To qualify for a
  pharmacist's  license,  an  applicant  shall   fulfill   the   following
  requirements:
    (1) Application: file an application with the department;
    (2)  Education:  have received an education, including a bachelor's or
  equivalent degree in pharmacy, in  accordance  with  the  commissioner's
  regulations;
    (3)  Experience:  have  experience  satisfactory  to  the board and in
  accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
    (4) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and  in
  accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
    (5) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;
    * (6)  (a)  Citizenship  or  immigration  status:  be  a United States
  citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for  permanent  residence  in  the
  United  States;  provided, however that the board of regents may grant a
  one-time three-year waiver for a  pharmacist  who  otherwise  meets  the
  requirements  of  this  article  and  provided further that the board of
  regents may grant an extension of such three-year  waiver  of  not  more
  than one year; and
    (b)  Notwithstanding  subparagraph (a) of this paragraph, the board of
  regents may grant an additional extension of not more than one year to a
  pharmacist  who  otherwise  meets  the  requirements  of  this  article,
  provided that no such extension shall remain in effect after June first,
  two thousand six.
    * NB Effective until October 1, 2006
    * (6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or
  an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States;
    * NB Effective October 1, 2006
    (7)  Character:  be  of  good  moral  character  as  determined by the
  department; and
    (8) Fees: pay a  fee  of  one  hundred  seventy-five  dollars  to  the
  department  for  admission to a department conducted examination and for
  an  initial  license,  a   fee   of   eighty-five   dollars   for   each
  re-examination,  a  fee  of  one  hundred fifteen dollars for an initial
  license for persons not requiring admission to  a  department  conducted
  examination,  and  a  fee  of  one  hundred  fifty-five dollars for each
  triennial registration period.
    2. On or before April first, nineteen hundred seventy-two, any  person
  who  holds  a  valid  license  as  "druggist"  in  this state shall make
  application and on the payment  of  fees  specified  in  this  title  be
  licensed  by  the department as a pharmacist. Such person shall have all
  of the rights, privileges, duties and responsibilities of a pharmacist.