STATE
APPROACHES TO NAPLEX/MPJE
TESTI~~MPT~
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State
C
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on NAPLEXlMPJE Testing
Attem~ts'
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If
yes b:t
statute
rule, g;oli£Y?
If no, wh:i not?-
If
~es
or
no, reguire remedial measures after certain number
of
failures?
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Alabama
Yes,4
attempt
limit
I
~tute
Yes.
After
second and
third
unsuccessful
attempts,
remedial measures
required
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Arizona
Yes,S
attempt
limit
Poliey
Yes.
After
three
failures.
must
petition
for
additional
attempts.
California
Yes,
4
attempt
limit
Statute
Yes,
16 units
of
continuing education from a school
of
pharmacy
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Delaware
No
Sta
tute
sil
en
t; no rule
Yes.
After
three
failures,
ad
ditIonal
tr
aining at Board
disc.
retion
District
of
Columbia
No
Board presently considering a rule
No.
But
under
consideration
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Florida
No
No
au
th
ori
ty
to
lim
it
under
s
tate
law
No
Hawaii No
Board
presently
cons
i
der
i
ng
a limit No.
But
under
consi
deration.
Idaho
No
Not
yet
had
a candidate exhaust NABP
No.
But
rule change
underway
to
require
30 hours
of
CE
prior
to
each
five-attempt
limit
attempt
beyond three.
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Iowa
Yes/No, 2
attempt
limit
Statute.
Two-attempt
limit,
but
Statute
prescribes
no
maximum
Yes.
Decided case-by-case
upon
petition
.
may
petition
Board
for
more.
allowable
attempts
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Kentucky
No
No
statute
or
rule
places
limits
No
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louisiana
Yes,S
attempt
limit
-
Po
lley
(supporting
NABP
limit)
Y
es.
Rule specifie,s a one-year
wait
pr
i
or
to
a
fourth
attempt.
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No
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Statue and rules
silent
Board has
not
taken up
the
issue
No. Board
may
recommend,
but
cannot
require, a refresher course.
Massachusetts
Yes/No, 5
attempt
limit
Poliey
(supporting
NABP
limit)
Yes.
May
petitio
n
for
one
additional
attempt
and
explain
what
the
May
petition
for
one
more a
tt
emp
t
candida
te
will
do
di
ffe
rentl
y_
Mississippi
Yes
Rule
Yes.
May
petition
for
an
additional
attempt;
board
may
condition
on
remediiJtion
Missouri
No
No
statute
or
rule places limits. Board
Yes.
After
third
failure,
must
meet
with
the
board, which
may
impose
----
members
have
begun
to
discuss. addi
tional
study/training
requi
rements.
New
H
amp
shire
Yes/No
-
Poliey
(supporting
NABP
limit)
Yes.
Upon
petition
for
more
attempts,
Board
may
place conditions.
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May
petition
Board
for
more
attempts
New
Jersey
No
No
statutory
authority
to
limit
Yes.
After
five failures, Bo
ard
may
require
add
itional
coursew
ork
or
training.
May
also
lengthen
time
between
attempts.
New
Mexico
Yes,S
attempt
limit
Rule
I
No
.
I
North
Dakota
Yes,S
attempt
limit
Poliey
I
No.
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Oh
io
Yes/No, 3
attempt
limit
Rule.
May
petition
for
more
attempts.
No.
Oklahoma
Yes/No, 3
att
e
mpt
lim
it
R
ule
.
May
petillon
for
more
a
ttem
pts.
Yes.
Conditions
considered on a case-by-case
ba
sis
.
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South Carolina
Yes/No, 5
attempt
limit
Policy.
May
petition
for
one
more
attempt.
Yes.
Remedial
training
by candidate's college
of
pharmacy.
So
uth
O. kota
Yes
, S
attempt
limit
No
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H
as
not
been
an issue in
SO.
No.
Tennessee
No
Yes.
After
three
failures, Board
may
requ
ire remedial
study
as
a
condition
of
further
attempts.
Considering
rule
to
limit
candidates
to
!~
ree
attempts
in
one year,
with
an available appeal
to
Board for
another
attempt
one year
from
date
of
last test.
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Ye
s/
No
.5
a
ttempt
limit Rule.
May
petition for another
attempL
Yes
. If petiti
on
for additional attempt granted, candidate must take
Texas
a course of r
em
edial study.
State
I
Cap
on
NAPlEX/MPJE
Testing
Attempts'
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If
yes.
by statute. rule. policy?
If
no why not?
If
yes
or
~o,
require "emedial
~easures
ah:.er
certain number of failures?
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Utah
V.,/No
Rul
e. Aft
er
two failures, must petition No. Board cannot mandate remedial measures, but does try to
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i Board for additional attempts (no hard cap).
assist
candidates who petition after two failures.
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nia
No
No
statute-- or rule-based limit.
Yes
. After third failure, candidate must obtain
add
itional 1,000 hours
Board may reconsider.
of
practical experience.
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Washington
Yes
, 3 attempt limit
on
MPJE
Rule
(MPJE);
Poli
cy
(NA
PLE
X)
Yes
. After three MP
JE
failures, can
di
date must complete law course.
5 attempt limit on
NAPLEX
After
NAPLEX
failures, Board may require remedial program.
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Wyoming
Yes,S atte
mpt
limit Rule
I
Y~s
.
H
as
n
ot
happened
in
a number
of
years. A refresher cou
rse
would
Ibe required.
1217/2016
State
of
Utah Mail - Re: information
Here
is
a table
with
data
from
2012 until
the
end
of
October 2016. The table
is
broken
down
by
attempt
number
for
each exam . Let me
know
if
you have any questions?
2012
-
2016
oct
Attempt #
PR
N
MPJE
90.16%
1270
1
91.58%
1152
2
76.84%
95
3
73.68%
19
4
50.00% 2
5
100.00% 2
NAP
lEX
90.01%
731
1
92.27% 673
2
69.05% 42
3
77.78%
9
4
25.00% 4
5 0.00%
2
6 0.00% 1
Cordially,
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