2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 20 - Pharmacy (§§ 407 — 412c) › Subchapter IV - Regulations of the Pharmacist and the Phamacy Technician (§§ 409 — 409n) › § 409m - License or certificate—Denial, suspension, cancellation, or revocation

(a) Denial. — The Board shall deny a pharmacist license or a pharmacy technician certificate, as the case may be, to any person who:
(1) Attempts to obtain said license or certificate through fraud or deceit.
(2) Does not meet the requirements established in this chapter to obtain such license or certificate.
(3) Is found to be mentally unfit by a competent court.
(4) Is addicted to controlled substances or alcoholic beverages; Provided, That once he/she submits evidence that he/she is rehabilitated, the Board may reconsider the denial.
(5) Has been convicted during the last ten (10) years of any crime which implies moral turpitude or which alters or is substantially related to the qualifications, functions and duties of the pharmacy profession or the pharmacy technician occupation.
(6) His/her conduct or physical condition constitutes a hazard to public health.
(b) Suspension, cancellation, or revocation. — The Board may suspend, cancel or revoke the license of a pharmacist or the certificate of a pharmacy technician on the following grounds:
(1) He/she has obtained his/her license, certificate or recertification by fraud or deceit.
(2) He/she is addicted to controlled substances or alcoholic beverages; Provided, That the Board may require the pharmacist or pharmacy technician to participate in a treatment or rehabilitation program, after which his/her license may be reinstated after it has been ascertained that he/she has overcome his/her condition.
(3) He/she has been convicted for a violation of the Puerto Rico Controlled Substances Act or the Federal Controlled Substances Act, or for any other crime which implies moral turpitude or which affects or is substantially related to the qualifications, functions and duties of the pharmacist profession or the pharmacy technician occupation.
(4) He/she is found to be mentally unfit by a competent court.
(5) He/she has rendered a false testimony to benefit a candidate for a pharmacist license or a pharmacy technician certificate or in any investigation conducted by the Board or the Secretary of Health.
(6) He/she has altered or forged any document or material with the malicious intent to deceive the members of the Board.
(7) He/she has allowed, fostered or aided a person to practice as a pharmacist or a pharmacy technician fully aware of the fact that said person does not hold a license or a certificate as such.
(8) He/she does not comply with the provisions of the laws and the ethic codes that regulate the practice of the pharmacy profession and the manufacture, distribution and dispensation of medications.
(9) He/she has demonstrated a pattern of crass incompetence in the practice of the profession or the occupation which places the health, safety and welfare of consumers at risk.
(10) His/her conduct or physical condition constitutes a hazard to public health.
History —Sept. 3, 2004, No. 247, § 4.14.