22 Tex. Admin. Code § 283.10 - Requirements for Application for a Pharmacist License Which Has Expired
(a) Expired less than 90 days. If a person's
license has been expired for 90 days or less, the person may renew the license
by:
(1) paying to the board a renewal fee that
is equal to one and one-half times the renewal fee for the license as specified
in §
295.5 of this title (relating to
Pharmacist License Renewal Fees); and
(2) reporting completion of the required
number of contact hours of approved continuing education.
(b) Expired more than 90 days. If a person's
license has been expired for more than 90 days but less than one year, the
person may renew the license by:
(1) paying
to the board all unpaid renewal fees and a renewal fee that is equal to two
times the renewal fee for the license as specified in §
295.5 of this title; and
(2) reporting completion of the required
number of contact hours of approved continuing education.
(c) Expired for one year or more. If a
person's license to practice pharmacy in Texas has been expired for one year or
more, the person may not renew the license and shall apply for a new
license.
(d) Reexamination. The
board may issue a new license to a person if the person submits to
reexamination and complies with the requirements and procedures for obtaining
an original license as specified in §
283.7 of this title (relating to
Examination Requirements).
(e)
Alternatives to reexamination. In lieu of reexamination as specified in
subsection (d) of this section, the board may issue a license to a person whose
license has been expired for one year or more, if the person meets the
requirements of subsection (f) or (g) of this section and has not had a license
granted by any other state suspended, revoked, canceled, surrendered, or
otherwise restricted for any reason.
(f) Persons practicing pharmacy in another
state. Beginning January 1, 2002, the board may issue a license to a person who
was licensed as a pharmacist in Texas, moved to another state, is licensed in
the other state, and has been engaged in the practice of pharmacy in the other
state for the two years preceding the application if the person meets the
following requirements:
(1) makes application
for licensure to the board on a form prescribed by the board;
(2) submits to the board certification that
the applicant:
(A) is licensed as a
pharmacist in another state and that such license is in good
standing;
(B) has been continuously
employed as a pharmacist in that state for the two years preceding the
application; and
(C) has completed
a minimum of 30 contact hours of approved continuing education during the
preceding two license years;
(3) passes the Texas Pharmacy Jurisprudence
Examination with a grade of 75 (the passing grade may be used for the purpose
of licensure for a period of two years from the date of passing the
examination); and
(4) pays to the
board the examination fee set out in §
283.9 of this title (relating to
Fee Requirements for Licensure by Examination, Score Transfer and
Reciprocity).
(g)
Persons not practicing pharmacy. Beginning January 1, 2002, the board may issue
a license to a person who was licensed as a pharmacist in this state, but has
not practiced pharmacy for the two years preceding application for licensure
under the following conditions.
(1) The
person's Texas pharmacist license has been expired for less than 10 years, the
person shall:
(A) make application for
licensure to the board on a form prescribed by the board;
(B) pass the Texas Pharmacy Jurisprudence
Examination with a grade of 75 (the passing grade may be used for the purpose
of licensure for a period of two years from the date of passing the
examination);
(C) pay the
examination fee set out in §
283.9 of this title; and
(D) complete approved continuing education
and/or board-approved internship requirements according to the following
schedule:
(i) if the Texas pharmacist license
has been expired for more than one year but less than two years, the applicant
shall complete 15 contact hours of approved continuing education;
(ii) if the Texas pharmacist license has been
expired for more than two years but less than three years, the applicant shall
complete 30 contact hours of approved continuing education;
(iii) if the Texas pharmacist license has
been expired for more than three years but less than four years, the applicant
shall complete 45 contact hours of approved continuing education;
(iv) if the Texas pharmacist license has been
expired for more than four years but less than five years, the applicant shall
complete 45 contact hours of approved continuing education and 500 hours of
internship in a board-approved internship program;
(v) if the Texas pharmacist license has been
expired for more than five years but less than six years, the applicant shall
complete 45 contact hours of approved continuing education and 700 hours of
internship in a board-approved internship program;
(vi) if the Texas pharmacist license has been
expired for more than six years but less than seven years, the applicant shall
complete 45 contact hours of approved continuing education and 900 hours of
internship in a board-approved internship program;
(vii) if the Texas pharmacist license has
been expired for more than seven years but less than eight years, the applicant
shall complete 45 contact hours of approved continuing education and 1,100
hours of internship in a board-approved internship program;
(viii) if the Texas pharmacist license has
been expired for more than eight years but less than nine years, the applicant
shall complete 45 contact hours of approved continuing education and 1,300
hours of internship in a board-approved internship program; and
(ix) if the Texas pharmacist license has been
expired for more than nine years but less than 10 years, the applicant shall
complete 45 contact hours of approved continuing education and 1,500 hours of
internship in a board-approved internship program.
(2) Any hours of approved
continuing education earned within two years prior to the applicant
successfully passing the Texas Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination may be
applied towards the continuing education requirement.
(3) Any hours worked as a licensed pharmacist
in another state during the two years prior to the applicant successfully
passing the Texas Pharmacy Jurisprudence examination may be applied towards the
internship requirement.
(4) All
requirements for licensure shall be completed within two years from the date
the applicant successfully passes the Texas Pharmacy Jurisprudence
Examination.
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