Section 12 AAC 52.310 - Reinstatement of a lapsed pharmacist or pharmacy technician license(a) If a pharmacist's or pharmacy technician's license has lapsed for any reason, that pharmacist or pharmacy technician may not practice pharmacy until the board reinstates the license.(b) The board will reinstate a pharmacist or pharmacy technician license that has been lapsed less than two years if the applicant submits (1) a completed renewal application;(2) any applicable license renewal fees required under 12 AAC 02.310; and(3) documentation that the applicant has completed all continuing education requirements under 12 AAC 52.320 - 12 AAC 52.350 within the immediate two years before applying for reinstatement.(c) The board will reinstate a pharmacist license that has been lapsed more than two years but less than five years if the applicant (1) submits a completed application for reinstatement on a form provided by the department;(2) pays any applicable license renewal fees required under 12 AAC 02.310 for the entire period the license has been lapsed;(3) submits documentation that the applicant has completed all continuing education requirements under 12 AAC 52.320-12 AAC 52.350 within the immediate two years before applying for reinstatement;(4) qualifies by (A) retaking and passing the examination required under 12 AAC 52.090(a); or(B) providing verification that the applicant has continually practiced pharmacy in another state under a license issued by the authority of that state for the period that the license has been lapsed; for purposes of AS 08.80.147 and this subparagraph, an applicant has continually practiced pharmacy if the pharmacist has actively practiced pharmacy in the other state for at least six months during each year that the license in the state was lapsed; and(5) submits a verification issued directly to the board by each licensing jurisdiction where the applicant holds, or has ever held, a license as a pharmacist during the time period in which the applicant's license was lapsed in the state that the applicant's license in the other jurisdiction was not suspended, revoked, or otherwise restricted except for failure to apply for renewal or failure to obtain the required continuing education requirements.(e) The board will not reinstate a pharmacy technician license that has been lapsed for two years or more.(f) The board will not reinstate a pharmacist license that has been lapsed for five years or more.Eff. 1/16/98, Register 145; am 5/5/2000, Register 154; am 8/21/2002, Register 163; am 2/11/2004, Register 169; am 5/26/2006, Register 178; am 9/17/2011, Register 199; am 8/1/2014, Register 211, October 2014; am 1/19/2024, Register 249, April 2024; am 5/19/2024, Register 250, July 2024Authority:AS 08.01.100
AS 08.80.005
AS 08.80.030
AS 08.80.147
AS 08.80.165