1. A. The Board of Pharmacy is specifically granted the power to:

   1. 1. Revoke or suspend any certificate, license or permit issued pursuant to the Oklahoma Pharmacy Act or reprimand or place on probation any holder of a certificate, license, or permit who:

      1. a. violates any provision of the Oklahoma Pharmacy Act,
      2. b. violates any of the provisions of Sections 63-2-101 et seq. of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes or the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act,
      3. c. has been convicted of a felony,
      4. d. engages in the practice of pharmacy while incapacitated or abuses intoxicating liquors or other chemical substances,
      5. e. conducts himself in a manner likely to lower public esteem for the profession of pharmacy,
      6. f. has had his license placed on probation, suspended, or revoked or has been reprimanded by another State Board of Pharmacy,
      7. g. has been legally adjudged to be not mentally competent, or
      8. h. exercises conduct and habits inconsistent with the rules of professional conduct established by the Board; and
   2. 2. Levy administrative fines not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each count of which any holder of a certificate, license, or permit has been convicted in Board hearings.
2. B. The Board, upon a sworn complaint filed with its Director, and after giving at least ten (10) days' written notice by registered or certified mail of the filing of such complaint to the person accused therein of the date and place of a hearing thereon, to which notice shall be attached a statement of the charges contained in the complaint, is hereby authorized and empowered, if it finds that the allegations of the complaint are supported by the evidence rendered at the hearing to, by written order, revoke permanently or suspend for a designated period, the certificate, license or permit of the person charged in the complaint or reprimand or place on probation said person. The Board may, upon written application therefor and in the exercise of its official discretion, cancel said order. A person whose certificate, license or permit has been revoked or suspended or who has been reprimanded or placed on probation or fined may appeal such Board order pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act.

Laws 1961, HB 655, c. 8, § 26, emerg. eff. May 22, 1961; Amended by Laws 1976, SB 642, c. 83, § 5, emerg. eff. May 3, 1976; Amended by Laws 1981, SB 222, c. 75, § 4, emerg. eff. April 16, 1981; Amended by Laws 1982, SB 376, c. 172, § 5, emerg. eff. April 16, 1982; Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1213, c. 199, § 19, emerg. eff. May 24, 1993.