Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.052 — MO Code / Chapter 338 / Section 338.052
338.052 Criminal background check, fingerprint submission.
Status: in_force

338.052. Criminal background check, fingerprint submission. — 1. The board of pharmacy may require that fingerprint submissions be made as part of an application seeking a license to practice pharmacy as a pharmacist, a certificate of registration as a pharmacy technician, a license as an intern pharmacist, a license as a wholesale drug distributor, a license as a third-party logistics provider, a temporary license as a pharmacist, a permit for the practice of pharmacy to be conducted at a pharmacy, and a license as a drug outsourcer, as provided in sections 338.010 , 338.013 , 338.035 , 338.043 , 338.050 , 338.210 , and 338.330 , and a manager-in-charge, wholesale drug distributor facility manager, third-party logistics provider facility manager, wholesale drug distributor facility owner, or third-party logistics provider facility owner, as such terms are defined in subsection 4 of this section.

2. If the board of pharmacy requires that fingerprint submissions be made as part of such application, the board of pharmacy shall require applicants to submit the fingerprints to the Missouri state highway patrol for the purpose of conducting a state and federal fingerprint-based criminal history background check.

3. The fingerprints and any required fees shall be sent to the Missouri state highway patrol's central repository. The fingerprints shall be used for searching the state criminal records repository and shall also be forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a federal criminal records search under section 43.540 . The Missouri state highway patrol shall notify the board of pharmacy of any criminal history record information or lack of criminal history record information discovered on the individual. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 610.120 to the contrary, all records related to any criminal history information discovered shall be accessible and available to the board of pharmacy.

4. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:

(1) "Manager-in-charge" , a person who directly supervises a licensed wholesale drug distributor or a third-party logistics provider, as such terms are defined in section 338.330 , and whose fingerprints are required by federal or state law for licensure of a wholesale drug distributor facility or third-party logistics provider facility;

(2) "Third-party logistics provider facility manager" , a person who is a manager and direct supervisor of a licensed third-party logistics provider, as such term is defined in section 338.330 , and whose fingerprints are required by federal or state law for licensure of a third-party logistics provider facility;

(3) "Third-party logistics provider facility owner" , a person who is an owner with greater than ten percent ownership interest of a licensed third-party logistics provider, as such term is defined in section 338.330 , and whose fingerprints are required by federal or state law for licensure of a third-party logistics provider facility;

(4) "Wholesale drug distributor facility manager" , a person who is a manager of a wholesale drug distributor, as such term is defined in section 338.330 , and whose fingerprints are required by federal or state law for licensure of a wholesale drug distributor facility;

(5) "Wholesale drug distributor facility owner" , a person who is an owner with greater than ten percent ownership interest of a licensed wholesale drug distributor, as such term is defined in section 338.330 , and whose fingerprints are required by federal or state law for licensure of a wholesale drug distributor facility.

(L. 2025 S.B. 71 merged with S.B. 81 & 174)