Pharmacist licensure

Which law exam does your jurisdiction require?

All 54 US pharmacy boards, sorted into the four things that can actually be true. Every classification here was taken from a named source rather than inferred — select a jurisdiction to see the wording it came from.

Verified 24 September 2026

Territories

Four things that can be true

Select any jurisdiction to see which one applies, the wording it was verified from, and the date it was checked.

UUniform MPJE. Federal law plus the state-law principles common across jurisdictions. Your own state's rules are not on this exam, but you are still held to them.
MState-specific MPJE. The MPJE edition written for that jurisdiction. Its own pharmacy law is on the exam.
OBoard's own exam. NABP does not administer it, and MPJE preparation will not cover it.
–No law exam. None required for initial licensure.

A gold dot marks a jurisdiction whose sources disagree or whose law is mid-change. There are six.

Six that need a second look

These are the jurisdictions where the sources contradict each other, the law is mid-change, or the exam is not the whole requirement. They are colored like the rest and carry a gold dot.

Pharmacy law exam required for initial pharmacist licensure, by jurisdiction. Verified 24 September 2026.
JurisdictionLaw examNotesGuideVerified from
AlabamaState-specific MPJEVerify with the board—source
AlaskaNo law exam—source
ArizonaUniform MPJE1 April 2026—source
ArkansasBoard's own exam—source
CaliforniaBoard's own exam—source
ColoradoState-specific MPJE—source
ConnecticutState-specific MPJE—source
DelawareState-specific MPJE—source
District of ColumbiaState-specific MPJEDistrict of Columbia guidesource
FloridaUniform MPJE1 June 2026—source
GeorgiaState-specific MPJEGeorgia guidesource
GuamState-specific MPJEVerify with the board—source
HawaiiState-specific MPJE—source
IdahoNo law exam—source
IllinoisState-specific MPJEVerify with the board—source
IndianaNo law exam—source
IowaUniform MPJE1 April 2026—source
KansasUniform MPJE1 April 2026—source
KentuckyState-specific MPJE—source
LouisianaState-specific MPJE—source
MaineState-specific MPJE—source
MarylandUniform MPJE1 June 2026—source
MassachusettsState-specific MPJE—source
MichiganNo law exam—source
MinnesotaState-specific MPJE—source
MississippiState-specific MPJE—source
MissouriState-specific MPJE—source
MontanaUniform MPJE1 June 2026—source
NebraskaUniform MPJE1 June 2026—source
NevadaBoard's own exam—source
New HampshireState-specific MPJEVerify with the board—source
New JerseyState-specific MPJEVerify with the boardNew Jersey guidesource
New MexicoState-specific MPJE—source
New YorkState-specific MPJENew York guidesource
North CarolinaUniform MPJE1 April 2026—source
North DakotaState-specific MPJEVerify with the board—source
OhioUniform MPJE1 April 2026—source
OklahomaState-specific MPJE—source
OregonState-specific MPJE—source
PennsylvaniaState-specific MPJE—source
Puerto RicoBoard's own exam—source
Rhode IslandUniform MPJE1 April 2026—source
South CarolinaState-specific MPJE—source
South DakotaState-specific MPJE—source
TennesseeState-specific MPJE—source
TexasState-specific MPJETexas guidesource
UtahState-specific MPJE—source
VermontNo law exam—source
Virgin IslandsNo law exam—source
VirginiaUniform MPJE1 September 2026—source
WashingtonUniform MPJE2 July 2026—source
West VirginiaUniform MPJE1 June 2026—source
WisconsinState-specific MPJE—source
WyomingState-specific MPJE—source

Method. The 13 Uniform MPJE jurisdictions and their start dates come from NABP's participating-states table. The four own-exam and six no-exam jurisdictions come from NABP's own exclusion lists. The state-specific MPJE jurisdictions were each checked against that board's own website, rule or application packet rather than derived by subtraction.

NABP's summary page reports 45 boards requiring an NABP-administered law exam. That figure does not reconcile with the lists on the same page, which leave 44. Treat the headline number with care and go by the jurisdiction, not the total.

New Hampshire is the one open disagreement on this page. NABP moved it to the no-exam list in September 2026. New Hampshire does not support that: the rule imposing the NH MPJE expired on 29 January 2026 without being readopted, but the board's draft replacement puts the requirement back in so many words, and OPLC still publishes NH MPJE study materials for candidates. There is a gap in the rule text, not a decision to drop the exam. This page counts New Hampshire as an MPJE jurisdiction for that reason. If you are licensing in New Hampshire, assume the exam and confirm with OPLC.

None of this is legal advice, and your board of pharmacy is the authority on your licensure. Confirm with them before you register for anything.