PURPOSE: This rule defines terms used and general requirements governing board licensing activities as used in Chapter 7.
(1) Definitions.
- (A) ACPE—Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.
- (B) Accredited school/college of pharmacy—a school or college of pharmacy accredited by ACPE.
- (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. An application shall be deemed invalid if the applicant fails to submit all information required to complete the application within six (6) months after the application is received by the board.
- (3) No duplicate license or registration shall be issued except upon the return of the original or upon an affidavit from the licensee that the certificate has been lost, stolen, or destroyed. The duplicate certificate, license, or registration fee shall accompany the affidavit.
- (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.
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.
*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.