Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 73 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS (§§ 73-1-1 — 73-79-1) › Chapter 21 - PHARMACISTS (§§ 73-21-1 — 73-21-205) › MISSISSIPPI PHARMACY PRACTICE ACT (§§ 73-21-69 — 73-21-129) › Section 73-21-97 - [Repealed Effective 7/1/2025] Denial of renewal, suspension, revocation or restrictions on licenses, registrations or permits; grounds; warning or reprimand

(1)
The board may refuse to issue or renew, or may suspend, reprimand, revoke or restrict the license, registration or permit of any person upon one or more of the following grounds:
(a)
Unprofessional conduct as defined by the rules and regulations of the board;
(b)
Incapacity of a nature that prevents a pharmacist from engaging in the practice of pharmacy with reasonable skill, confidence and safety to the public;
(c)
Being found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction of one or more of the following:
(i)
A felony;
(ii)
Any act involving moral turpitude or gross immorality; or
(iii)
Violation of pharmacy or drug laws of this state or rules or regulations pertaining thereto, or of statutes, rules or regulations of any other state or the federal government;
(d)
Fraud or intentional misrepresentation by a licensee or permit holder in securing the issuance or renewal of a license or permit;
(e)
Engaging or aiding and abetting an individual to engage in the practice of pharmacy without a license;
(f)
Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or rules or regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter;
(g)
Failure to comply with lawful orders of the board;
(h)
Negligently or willfully acting in a manner inconsistent with the health or safety of the public;
(i)
Addiction to or dependence on alcohol or controlled substances or the unauthorized use or possession of controlled substances;
(j)
Misappropriation of any prescription drug;
(k)
Being found guilty by the licensing agency in another state of violating the statutes, rules or regulations of that jurisdiction;
(l)
The unlawful or unauthorized possession of a controlled substance;
(m)
Willful failure to submit drug monitoring information or willful submission of incorrect dispensing information as required by the Prescription Monitoring Program under Section
73-21-127
;
(n)
Failure to obtain the license, registration or permit required by this chapter; or
(o)
Repealed effective 7/1/2025
Violation(s) of the provisions of Sections
41-121-1
through
41-121-9
relating to deceptive advertisement by health care practitioners. This paragraph shall stand repealed on July 1, 2025.
(2)
In lieu of suspension, revocation or restriction of a license as provided for above, the board may warn or reprimand the offending pharmacist.
(3)
In addition to the grounds specified in subsection (1) of this section, the board shall be authorized to suspend the license, registration or permit of any person for being out of compliance with an order for support, as defined in Section
93-11-153
. The procedure for suspension of a license, registration or permit for being out of compliance with an order for support, and the procedure for the reissuance or reinstatement of a license, registration or permit suspended for that purpose, and the payment of any fees for the reissuance or reinstatement of a license, registration or permit suspended for that purpose, shall be governed by Section
93-11-157
or
93-11-163
, as the case may be. If there is any conflict between any provision of Section
93-11-157
or
93-11-163
and any provision of this chapter, the provisions of Section
93-11-157
or
93-11-163
, as the case may be, shall control.
Laws, 1983, ch. 414, § 14; Laws, 1991, ch. 527, § 14; Laws, 1992, ch. 531 § 4; Laws, 1993, ch. 416, § 15; Laws, 1994, ch. 513, § 4; Laws, 1996, ch. 507, § 48; reenacted without change, Laws, 1998, ch. 511, § 15; reenacted without change, Laws, 2002, ch. 501, § 15; reenacted without change, Laws, 2006, ch. 533, § 15; Laws, 2008, ch. 516, § 2; reenacted and amended, Laws, 2011, ch. 546, § 13; Laws, 2012, ch. 409, § 8, eff. 7/1/2012.
Reenacted and amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 419, HB 688,§ 14, eff. 7/1/2020.
Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 393, HB 686,§ 11, eff. 7/1/2020.
Reenacted by Laws, 2016, ch. 448, HB 462, 15, eff. 7/1/2016.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 419, HB 489, 11, eff. 7/1/2016.