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Pharmacist License Information
If you have any questions about pharmacist licensing, please email Alyssha Vargas, Licensing and Exams Coordinator.
Attention Pharmacists: Your license will be processed after we receive your final score from NABP and complete a substantive review. Please create an online profile to verify that a license number has been issued. You may print a copy of your license from your profile once you see a license number.
Please do not reapply - there are no refunds.
WATCH VIDEO: Applying for a Full Exam/Score Transfer Pharmacist License
Full ExamFull Exam applicants will be taking both the Naplex exam and the Arizona MPJE exam for Arizona. It is not necessary to take these exams in Arizona.
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APPLY: Full Exam Pharmacist online application
Score TransferScore Transfer applicants will have selected to transfer the score of the Naplex exam taken in their home state to Arizona and will only take the Arizona MPJE exam. You must have selected Arizona as score transfer state at the time of Naplex registration or within 90 days of taking the exam. If you did not select Arizona as a score transfer state you must apply by reciprocity.
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APPLY: Score Transfer Pharmacist online application
ReciprocityThis application is for Pharmacists who have a primary license earned by Naplex exam in another state. It is also for recent graduate Pharmacists who did not score transfer their Naplex score to Arizona within the 90 day transfer period.
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APPLY: Reciprocity Pharmacist online application
License Type | Initial Application | Renewal Application |
Pharmacist (Exam/Score Transfer) | $250.00 | $180.00 |
Pharmacist (Reciprocity) | $500.00 | $180.00 |
Other Documents | ||
Duplicate - license, permit or certificate | $10.00 |
• Fingerprint clearance cards are not required for renewal |
Pharmacists will need to log in through their profile to renew their license online. Creating a profile is free.
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CE Requirements
Pharmacists may also submit a hard copy renewal form with a check or money order by postal mail or at the Board office.
Submitting a hard copy renewal form can take 3-4 weeks for processing.
Pharmacist renewal form
The Arizona State Board of Pharmacy no longer provides hardcopy verifications of licensure, however we are still able to offer this service via our website.
Use the options below to verify applications, licenses, and permits:
**Please note printing of this verification is not a license
Click here to verify the status of an application
Click here to verify a license
Click here to verify a permit
When verifying your application status should a "no records found" message appear, please try your search using the license/permit tab.
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 32-3214(C), a person may obtain additional public records related to any licensee or certificate holder, including dismissed complaints and nondisciplinary actions and orders, by contacting the Board directly. Please click here to submit a public records request.
NOTE: to expedite the application process as well as be more environmentally friendly, we ask that you please apply for any needed licenses online if at all possible (this does not apply to licenses with expiration dates prior to 10/31/2019 – these cannot be done online). If you require a hardcopy version of any applications not listed below, please email our staff.
License Specific Forms | Last Revision |
Immunization application | 08.01.2020 |
Renewal application | 08.28.2020 |
Miscellaneous License Forms | |
Discipline Acknowledgement | 12.03.2019 |
Duplicate / Replacement Request | 05.08.2017 |
Documentation of Eligibility form for Licensure or Renewal | 10.22.2015 |
Fee Waiver Request | 10.26.2017 |
Name Change Request | 11.29.2017 |
NAPLEX / MPJE Petition form | 04.12.2019 |
Request for License / Permit data | 12.24.2019 |
Termination of Employment | 10.22.2015 |
Below are some of the more common statutes & rules associated with pharmacist licenses.
For questions or additional information, please contact the Board office.
Statutes | Description |
A.R.S. § 32-1922 | Qualifications of applicant; reciprocity; preliminary equivalency examination; honorary certificate; fee |
A.R.S. § 32-1924 | Licenses; fees; rules; signatures; online profiles |
A.R.S. § 32-1925 | Renewal of license of pharmacists, interns and pharmacy technicians; fees; expiration dates; penalty for failure to renew; continuing education |
A.R.S. § 32-1926 | Notice of change of information required |
A.R.S. § 32-1927 | Pharmacists; pharmacy interns; disciplinary action |
Rules | |
A.A.C. R4-23-201 | General |
A.A.C. R4-23-202 | Licensure by Examination |
A.A.C. R4-23-203 | Licensure by Reciprocity |
A.A.C. R4-23-204 | Continuing Education Requirements |
A.A.C. R4-23-205 | Fees |
A.A.C. R4-23-401 | Time-frames for Board Approvals and Special Requests |
A.A.C. R4-23-402 | Pharmacist, Graduate Intern, and Pharmacy Intern |