Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 338

Pharmacists and Pharmacies

←338.059

Section 338.060.1

338.065→

August 28, 2015

Renewal of license or permit--late renewal or failure to renew, effect--continuing education requirements--inactive license issued when--changed to active, procedure.

338.060. 1. Every licensed pharmacist or permit holder who desires to

continue in the practice of this profession shall, within thirty days before

the license expiration date, file an application for the renewal, which

application shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed in sections 338.010 to

338.198.



2. If any pharmacist fails, after the expiration of the pharmacist's

license, to make application to the board for its renewal, the pharmacist's

name shall be removed from the register of licensed pharmacists, and such

person, in order to again become registered as a licensed pharmacist, shall be

required to pay all delinquent fees. Any pharmacist who fails to renew the

pharmacist's license within two years of its expiration and then desires to be

preregistered shall be treated in the same manner as a person who has never

been licensed. Any registered pharmacist whose certificate of registration

has expired while the pharmacist has been engaged in active duty with the

United States Army, United States Navy, United States Air Force, the Marine

Corps, Coast Guard, or any other branch of the armed services or the state

militia called into the service or training of the United States of America,

or in training or education under the supervision of the United States

preliminary to induction into the military services may have the pharmacist's

certificate of registration renewed without paying any lapse, renewal or

registration fee or without passing any examination, if within one year after

the termination of such service, training or education, other than by

dishonorable discharge, the pharmacist furnishes the board with an affidavit

to the effect that the pharmacist has been so engaged and that the

pharmacist's service, training or education has terminated.



3. Except as provided in subsection 5 of this section, when applying for

a renewal of the license as required by the provisions of this section, each

licensed pharmacist shall submit proof of the completion of at least fifteen

hours of board-approved continuing education courses during each twelve-month

period immediately preceding the date of the application for renewal of the

license. The board shall prescribe the form to be completed. No license

shall be renewed unless the holder thereof has complied with the provisions of

this subsection.



4. The proof of completion of such continuing education shall be in such

form as the board may require. The approved courses shall include those

offered by correspondence, but the board shall approve all courses of

instruction which may be used to satisfy the education requirements of

subsection 3 of this section.



5. Each licensed pharmacist may, instead of submitting proof of the

completion of the required continuing education courses, apply for an inactive

license at the time the pharmacist makes application for the renewal of the

pharmacist's license and pay the required renewal fee. An inactive license

shall then be issued, and may be renewed biennially. While the inactive

license is in effect the pharmacist shall not practice pharmacy. The inactive

license may be changed to a regular license without other examination whenever

the pharmacist submits proof of the completion of continuing education courses

for the total amount of such courses not completed since the pharmacist was

last licensed on an active basis.



(RSMo 1939 § 10009, A.L. 1943 p. 521, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 277, A. 1949

H.B. 2075, A.L. 1951 p. 737, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1984 S.B. 478,

A.L. 1997 S.B. 141, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343)



Prior revisions: 1929 § 13145; 1919 § 4717; 1909 § 5769







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