1. (a) A license to practice pharmacy issued under the provisions of section 20-590 or under the provisions of section 20-591 or 20-592 and a license to practice pharmacy renewed pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall be evidenced by a certificate issued by the department upon authorization of the commission.
2. (b) A license to practice pharmacy shall expire biennially and may be renewed upon completion of an application on a form approved by the department, payment of one hundred twenty dollars and completion of continuing professional education, as required by sections 20-599 and 20-600.
3. (c) The commission shall not grant a renewal license to an applicant who has not held a license authorized by the commission within five years of the date of application unless the applicant has passed an examination satisfactory to the commission and has paid the fee required in subsection (b) of this section.
4. (d) In addition to the certificate of license to practice pharmacy issued under subsection (a) of this section, the department may issue a document suitable for display indicating that the individual has been issued a certificate of license to practice pharmacy.

See Sec. 21a-4(c) re fines for late license renewals.

(1949 Rev., S. 4471; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 55; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 62; 1972, P.A. 223, S. 9; P.A. 79-224, S. 3; P.A. 81-361, S. 5, 39; P.A. 89-251, S. 99, 203; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 49, 89; P.A. 94-36, S. 8, 42; P.A. 95-264, S. 18; P.A. 99-175, S. 21; P.A. 11-121, S. 3.)

History: 1959 act increased license fees for pharmacists from $15 to $25 and renewal fees from $2 to $5 and doubled fees for pharmacists licensed in another state admitted to practice in this state; 1971 act increased fees for pharmacists and pharmacists licensed in another state from $25 and $50 respectively to $150 for both, for renewal from $5 to $100 and for renewal not within six months of expiration from $10 to $125; 1972 act reduced pharmacists' fees to $50 and annual renewal to $15; P.A. 79-224 required payment of fees to state treasurer rather than commission treasurer and introduced intermediate renewal penalty of $50 for failure to renew within 30 days of expiration; P.A. 81-361 amended section to provide that certificates of licensure are to be issued by the department instead of the commission and that application fees are nonrefundable; P.A. 89-251 increased fee for a pharmacist's license from $50 to $100, increased fee for renewal from $15 to $30 and increased fee for licensure from another jurisdiction from $50 to $100; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16 replaced $30 renewal fee with professional service fee class established pursuant to Sec. 33-182l; (Revisor's note: In 1995 the term “pharmacy commission” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “commission of pharmacy” for consistency with Sec. 20-163); P.A. 94-36 deleted provision allowing license renewal late fees, effective January 1, 1995; P.A. 95-264 replaced existing provisions re licensure with new provisions concerning license certificates, their expiration, renewal and fee and the issuance of a display document by the department; Sec. 20-172 transferred to Sec. 20-593 in 1997; P.A. 99-175 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (d); P.A. 11-121 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing annual license expiration with biennial license expiration and by replacing “the fee set forth in section 20-601” with “one hundred twenty dollars” and amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “fee required in section 20-601” with “fee required in subsection (b) of this section”, effective January 1, 2012.