Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 070 - Board of Pharmacy › Rule 070.00.91-001 - Changes in Board of Pharmacy Regulations

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
CHANGES IN BOARD OF PHARMACY
			 REGULATIONS
1. The
		  Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall consist of six pharmacist members as
		  provided by Arkansas Stats.
		  17-97-201(a)
		  (1) and 17-91-201(d) plus a consumer member
		  and a senior Citizen consumer member as provided by Arkansas Stats.
		  17-91-201(a)(2). The qualifications, powers, and duties of the Board shall be
		  those enumerated by the provisions of Arkansas Stats. 17-91-201 through
		  17-91-208. ( 10-9-80, Revised 6/20/91)
5. Any person, corporation or partnership
		  operating a pharmacy in this state desiring to continue such operation must pay
		  a fee for a permit as established by law and/or regulation. If said fee is not
		  paid on or before February 1st of any year, a penalty of $20 shall be levied
		  for each month the pharmacy permit fee is delinquent. If said permit fee is
		  unpaid by April 1st of any year, the licensed pharmacy shall be expunged from
		  the records of the State Board of Pharmacy, and the owner and/or pharmacist in
		  charge thereof shall, within thirty days, remove all drug signs and legally
		  dispose of all prescription legend drugs. (10/9/80, amended 6/13/85, amended
		  6/20/91)
6. No owner or owners of a
		  drugstore, apothecary, pharmacy, etc., should allow any of its employees to
		  profess to the public in any manner that they are a licensed pharmacist when
		  they are not licensed. (10/9/80, amended 6/20/91)
9. A., F. 4. k. 3. add:
Each hospital pharmacy shall have available for personal and
			 patient use a current copy of the U.S.P. DI 3 book set including "Drug
			 Information for the Healthcare Professional" (2 volumes) and "Advice for the
			 Patient" (1 volume), or the two volume set "Facts and Comparisons" (1 volume)
			 and Patient Drug Facts" (1 volume).
12.
A.
		  Satisfactory proof of graduation and receipt of the first professional
		  undergraduate degree from a college of pharmacy which has been approved by the
		  Board of Pharmacy; or satisfactory proof of graduation from a foreign college
		  of pharmacy, completion of a trans-script verification program, successful
		  completion of a college of pharmacy equivalency exam program equivalent to
		  graduation from a Board of Pharmacy approved College of Pharmacy, and a minimum
		  score of 550 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) within two
		  years of the completion of the College of pharmacy equivalency exam.
B. Applicants will apply to the Board of
		  Pharmacy for an application blank which must be completed and returned to the
		  Board of Pharmacy office together with the fee of $25 plus cost of the exam as
		  determined by the Board, not less than 30 days before the examination is
		  scheduled.
D. Examination will be
		  held at the time and place set by the Board of pharmacy, and each applicant
		  will be notified in advance.
Upon the receipt of certification of the requirements as defined
			 in section A. of this regulation, and receipt of an application for examination
			 for licensure by the Board of Pharmacy, such applicant may practice pharmacy in
			 the State of Arkansas temporarily until such time as the first meeting of the
			 Board of Pharmacy for examination for licensure as a pharmacist.
The granting of the temporary permission to practice pharmacy
			 upon such certification, shall in no way entitle the recipient thereof to any
			 rights of tenure or permanent license and is purely discretionary and gratuity
			 by the Board.
E. The test
		  or tests shall be graded and reported, and a reported score of 75 or above is
		  considered passing.