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2010 New York Code
EDN - Education
Title 8 - THE PROFESSIONS
Article 137 - (6800 - 6828) PHARMACY
6805 - 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)  Citizenship  or immigration status: be a United States citizen or
  an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States;
    (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.

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