(a) The board by rule shall establish:
- (1) procedures to be followed for renewal of a pharmacy license;
- (2) the fees to be paid for renewal of a pharmacy license; and
- (3) the standards in each classification that each pharmacy and the pharmacy's employees involved in the practice of pharmacy must meet to qualify for relicensing as a pharmacy.
(b) A pharmacy license may be renewed by:
- (1) payment of a renewal fee set by the board; and
- (2) filing with the board a completed application for a license renewal certificate given under oath before the expiration date of the license or license renewal certificate.
- (c) A pharmacy whose license has been expired for 90 days or less may renew the expired license by paying to the board a renewal fee that is equal to one and one-half times the normally required renewal fee for the license.
- (d) A pharmacy whose license has been expired for more than 90 days but less than one year may renew the expired license by paying to the board a renewal fee that is equal to two times the normally required renewal fee for the license.
- (e) If a pharmacy's license has been expired for one year or more, the pharmacy may not renew the license. The pharmacy may obtain a new license by complying with the requirements and procedures for obtaining an original license.
- (f) A pharmacy may not renew a license under this section if the pharmacy's license to operate in another state has been suspended, revoked, canceled, or subject to an action that prohibits the pharmacy from operating in that state.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1345 (S.B. 410), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 583 (S.B. 869), Sec. 11, eff. June 14, 2013.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 965 (S.B. 683), Sec. 7(1), eff. September 1, 2019.