1. (a) If the applicant has demonstrated that all eligibility criteria specified in applicable law for initial licensure have been met and that none of the grounds for denying initial licensure specified in Plc 311.03 apply, the licensing bureau shall approve the application and issue an initial license to the applicant at the applicant’s designated email address, subject to (b), below.
2. (b) Any application for a pharmacy license shall be subject to the inspection and licensing issuance or denial described in Ph 305.02, “Site Inspection for Pharmacy Permit”, or successor rule in Ph 300 relative to processing applications for initial licensure of pharmaceutical entities, but shall remain subject to this chapter for all other licensing matters.
3. (c) If the applicant has not demonstrated that all eligibility criteria specified in applicable law for full initial licensure have been met but applicable law provides for conditional initial licensure and the applicant has demonstrated that all eligibility criteria for conditional initial licensure have been met and that none of the grounds for denying initial licensure specified in Plc 311.03 apply, the licensing bureau shall approve the application and issue a conditional initial license to the applicant at the applicant’s designated email address.

4. (d) If the applicant has not demonstrated that all eligibility criteria specified in applicable law have been met for full initial licensure or for conditional initial licensure, or if any of the grounds for denying initial licensure specified in Plc 311.03 apply, the licensing bureau shall:

   1. (1) Issue a denial of the application; and
   2. (2) Inform the applicant by email sent to the applicant’s designated email address of the reason(s) for the denial and that the denial shall become final if the applicant does not file a petition for a hearing in accordance with Plc 304.10 within 30 calendar days of receiving the denial, provided that if the last day of the period is not a working day, the deadline shall extend to 4:00 p.m. of the first working day following.
5. (e) For purposes of determining the date the denial was received, a denial sent to the applicant’s designated email address shall be presumed to be received not later than one calendar day after the date the licensing bureau sent the denial.
6. (f) If the applicant does not file a petition for a hearing within the time period specified in the notice issued pursuant to (d), above, the denial shall become final.
7. (g) If the application is denied, no application-related fees shall be refunded.

Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for Plc 300) #13606, eff 5-1-23; ss by #13955, eff 5-3-24 (see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Plc 300); ss by #14134, INTERIM, eff 12-1-24, EXPIRES: 5-30-25 (Remains in effect per RSA 541-A:14-a); ss by #14305, eff 8-19-25, EXPIRES: 8-19-35