The board may suspend or revoke, in accordance with chapter 1-26, any pharmacy license issued under this chapter on the following grounds:
- (1) The license was obtained by false representations made in the application therefor;
- (2) The pharmacy for which the license was issued was kept open for the transaction of business without a pharmacist-in-charge;
- (3) Conviction of a violation of any law of this state or of the United States pertaining to the drug business or for the aiding or abetting in the violation of the law;
- (4) The active management of the pharmacy was changed without the change in designation of the pharmacist-in-charge, as provided in § 36-11-37;
- (5) The location of the pharmacy was changed without the change being reported as provided in § 36-11-39;
- (6) The pharmacy was kept open for the transaction of business after the pharmacist owner ceased to be in active management of the pharmacy, without a change in designation of the pharmacist-in-charge, as provided in § 36-11-37;
- (7) The minimum requirements of this chapter and the board are no longer met; or
- (8) The majority ownership of the pharmacy changed without the change being reported as provided in § 36-11-35. A pharmacy license may not be suspended or revoked except by a vote of three or more members of the board.
Source: SDC 1939, § 27.1016; SL 1967, ch 102 , § 16; SL 2025, ch 154 , § 29; SL 2026, ch 158 , § 9.