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CA will cancel one's pharmacist license after three years of it being expired. If I don't plan on practicing pharmacy in CA for several years, but I am not quite ready to let it go yet, does it make sense to let it expire, and just renew it before the three years pass? It just seems more cost effective then renewing every two years, even with the delinquency fee they tack on to the renewal fee if I let my license expire. Is there any negative consequences to having an expired license (besides not being able to practice pharmacy while its expired)?
The other thing is I took the NAPLEX for my CA license first, and then transferred my NAPLEX score to another state within 12 months of taking the NAPLEX/graduating pharmacy school. So technically California is my original pharmacist license, but my other state license isn't a transfer license per se, just a NAPLEX score transfer, if that makes sense (I actually don't know if there is a difference or how transferring licenses works exactly). I heard something about how if I lose my original pharmacist license, I won't be able to apply for license reciprocity with my other state license, i.e. I can only use my original license to apply for a license transfer in other states. Am I tracking this correctly at all?
Thanks for your help, SDNers.
The other thing is I took the NAPLEX for my CA license first, and then transferred my NAPLEX score to another state within 12 months of taking the NAPLEX/graduating pharmacy school. So technically California is my original pharmacist license, but my other state license isn't a transfer license per se, just a NAPLEX score transfer, if that makes sense (I actually don't know if there is a difference or how transferring licenses works exactly). I heard something about how if I lose my original pharmacist license, I won't be able to apply for license reciprocity with my other state license, i.e. I can only use my original license to apply for a license transfer in other states. Am I tracking this correctly at all?
Thanks for your help, SDNers.
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