A DEA number (DEA Registration Number) is an identifier assigned to a health care provider (such as a physician, optometrist, ], dentist, or veterinarian) by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration allowing them to write prescriptions for controlled substances.
After completion of Pharm D(PB) and after successfully passing entrance exam by CPC, will the indian pharmacist is supposed to appear for entrance exam FPGEE /NAPLEX, so as a DEA number is issued to him by USDEA?
Directly quoting from FPGEC BULLETIN 2011
Qualifications for FPGEC Certification Program
As a candidate for the FPGEC Certification Program,
you must have graduated from a recognized or accredited
school of pharmacy of a foreign country or jurisdiction. The
FPGEC requires that if you graduated prior to January 1,
2003, you must have completed at least a four-year pharmacy
curriculum at the time of graduation to be considered for
FPGEC Certification. However, if you graduated on or after
January 1, 2003, you must have completed at least a five-year
pharmacy curriculum at the time of graduation. Coursework
and internships completed after graduation will not be
considered in determining the minimum required curriculum
length. "(Post-baccalaureate degrees will not be considered
except under limited circumstances where the degree obtained
and coursework completed to obtain the degree satisfactorily
show that the candidate obtained experience in patient care
in a clinical pharmacy practice setting. Consideration of postbaccalaureate
degrees and whether they may be applicable
to determine the minimum required curriculum length will
be made on a case-by-case basis at the sole discretion of
the FPGEC.)" The change from a four-year to a five-year
educational curriculum requirement has enabled the FPGEC
Certification Program to be consistent with the revised
standards of US pharmacy school curriculum.
As the candidate, you must also provide documentation
that you are licensed and/or registered for the unrestricted
practice of pharmacy in a foreign country or jurisdiction.
Please refer to page 19 for complete details on providing
documentation.
You must submit a completed application form, fees,
and supporting documentation in accordance with the
procedures established by the FPGEC and as described in
this Application Bulletin before you will be considered for
approval to sit for the FPGEE. It is your responsibility to
provide all required materials. There is no deadline to apply
for the FPGEE. For more details on the FPGEE see page 22.
