Mo. Code Regs. tit. 20 § 2220-7.010

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 24, December 16, 2024

Section 20 CSR 2220-7.010 - General Licensing Rules

PURPOSE: This amendment modernizes rule language, modifies the definition of an accredited pharmacy school/college, and revises the timeframes for submitting a completed license application.

(1) Definitions.

(A) ACPE-Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.

(B) Accredited school/college of pharmacy-a school or college of pharmacy accredited by ACPE and located in a U.S. state or territory.

(C) Approved school/college of pharmacy-a Missouri school or college of pharmacy whose curriculum, physical equipment, course of instruction, and teaching personnel conform to ACPE standards and specifications and that has been recognized by the board as an approved school/college for pharmacy practice experience pursuant to 20 CSR 2220-7.027.

(D) Board-the Missouri State Board of Pharmacy.

(E) Foreign school/college-a school/college of pharmacy that is not located in the United States or a United States territory.

(F) MPJE-Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination.

(G) NABP-National Association of Boards of Pharmacy.

(H) NAPLEX-North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination.

(2) An application shall not be considered filed if it has to be returned to the applicant for an incorrect or missing fee, an incomplete or missing college affidavit, or an incomplete or missing signature or notarization. In this instance, the application will be returned to the applicant and will not be deemed filed until it has been returned with all corrections made. A pharmacist license application shall be deemed invalid if the applicant fails to submit or make available via NABP all information required to complete the application within ninety (90) days after the application is received by the board, with the exception of NAPLEX or MPJE examination scores.

(3) No duplicate license, certificate, or registration shall be issued until the duplicate license fee has been paid and the most recent license, registration, or certificate has been returned to the board office or the licensee/registrant/certificate holder submits an attestation under penalty of perjury that the license, certificate, or registration has been lost, stolen, or destroyed.

(4) Except as otherwise provided, all licensing and registration fees required by the rules of the board are nonrefundable.

(5) A copy of proof of licensure/registration from the board's official website may be used as proof of licensure by an applicant until a hard copy license/registration has been received from the board.

(6) Failure to receive a renewal notice or application from the board shall not excuse the licensee/registrant from any renewal requirements established by Chapter 338, RSMo, or by rule of the board.

(7) Except as otherwise determined by the board, a pharmacist applicant shall be eligible for a temporary authorization letter to practice pharmacy pending final board approval of the applicant's pharmacist license if the applicant has submitted a complete pharmacist application to the board and has successfully passed all required examinations (NAPLEX and/or MPJE).

(A) Applicants not eligible for a temporary authorization letter may apply for a technician registration pursuant to the rules of the board. Applicants working as a technician shall be under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist at all times when any functions related to section 338.010, RSMo, are performed and shall comply with all Missouri requirements for pharmacy technicians.

(B) Applicants required to apply for a technician registration will not be required to provide fingerprints if all fingerprinting requirements have previously been fulfilled and the fingerprints were submitted less than six (6) months before the board's receipt of the application for technician registration.

20 CSR 2220-7.010

AUTHORITY: sections 338.020, 338.040, 338.070, and 338.280, RSMo 2000, and sections 338.030, 338.043, and 338.140, RSMo Supp. 2012.* Original rule filed Jan. 10, 2013, effective Aug. 30, 2013.

Amended by Missouri Register October 17, 2022/Volume 47, Number 20, effective 11/30/2022

*Original authority: 338.020, RSMo 1939, amended 1947, 1949, 1981, 1990; 338.040, RSMo 1939, amended 1961, 1969, 1981, 1990; 338.070, RSMo 1939, amended 1947, 1953, 1961, 1969, 1981, 1985, 1997; 338.280, RSMo 1951, amended 1971, 1981; 338.030, RSMo 1939, amended 1949, 1951, 1981, 1990, 2001; 338.043, RSMo 1990, amended 1997, 2001; and 338.140, RSMo 1939, amended 1981, 1989, 1997, 2011.