The board may not issue a wholesale distributor license to an applicant, unless the board or a nationally recognized accreditation program approved by the board:

1. (1) Conducts a physical inspection of the facility at the address provided by the applicant as required in subdivision 36-11A-28(1); and

2. (2) Determines that the designated representative meets the following qualifications:

   1. (a) Is at least twenty-one years of age;
   2. (b) Has been employed full time for at least three years in a pharmacy or with a wholesale distributor in a capacity related to the dispensing and distribution of, and recordkeeping relating to, prescription drugs;
   3. (c) Is employed by the applicant full time in a managerial level position;
   4. (d) Is actively involved in and aware of the actual daily operation of the wholesale distributor;
   5. (e) Is physically present at the facility of the applicant during regular business hours, except when the absence of the designated representative is authorized, including sick leave and vacation leave;
   6. (f) Is serving in the capacity of a designated representative for only one applicant at a time, except where more than one licensed wholesale distributor is co-located in the same facility and such wholesale distributors are members of an affiliated group, as defined in Section 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code;
   7. (g) Does not have any convictions under any federal, state, or local laws relating to wholesale or retail prescription drug distribution or distribution of controlled substances; and
   8. (h) Does not have any felony convictions under federal or state laws.

Source: SL 2007, ch 215 , § 11.