Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 070 - Board of Pharmacy › Rule 070.00.98-006 - Section II - Board of Pharmacy Regulations

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
SECTION II
BOARD OF PHARMACY
		  REGULATIONS
01 -
GENERAL
		  OPERATIONS
01-00-0001
		  -DESCRIPTION OF THE BOARD
The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall consist of six
			 pharmacist members as provided by Arkansas Code
			 17-92-201(a)(1)
			 and
			 17-92-201(d)
			 plus a consumer member and a senior citizen consumer member as provided by
			 Arkansas Code
			 17-92-201(a)(2).
			 The qualifications, powers, and duties of the Board shall be those enumerated
			 by the provisions of A.C.A.
			 17-92-201
			 through
			 17-92-208.
			 (10/9/80, amended 6/20/91).
01-00-0002 -LOCATION OF BOARD OFFICES
The office of the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall be
			 located at 101 East Capitol, Suite 218, Little Rock, Arkansas. All
			 communications thereto may be addressed to Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy,
			 101 East Capitol, Suite 218, Little Rock, AR 72201. (10/9/89).
01-00-0003 -REQUESTS FOR
		  INFORMATION
Any person or persons seeking information respecting the Arkansas
			 State Board of Pharmacy or desiring to submit complaints or charges thereto or
			 make request thereof shall do so by filing with the Board an instrument in
			 writing, signed by the writer and containing a return address. Communications
			 need not be typed but should be legible. (10/9/80).
01-00-0004 -LICENSEES GOVERNED BY PHARMACY
		  PRACTICE ACT
Except wherein items of practice and procedure are specifically
			 set out in these Regulations, the practice and procedure before the Arkansas
			 State Board of Pharmacy shall be governed by the provisions of the Pharmacy
			 Practice Act. (10/9/80).
01-00-0005 -CERTIFICATES OF
		  LICENSURE--EXPIRATION
AH certificates of licensure issued by the Arkansas State Board
			 of Pharmacy shall expire on the 31st day of
			 December, following the date of issuance of the same. Every licensed pharmacist
			 engaged in the active practice of pharmacy shall pay to the Board of Pharmacy
			 annually, between January 1st and January 31st a minimum renewal fee as defined
			 in Regulation 01-00-0007. If the renewal fee for any pharmacist certificate be
			 unpaid by the first day of February of any year, the holder that if the renewal
			 be unpaid by April 1st of any year, such certificate shall be null and void,
			 and the thereof must pay a penalty as defined in Regulation 01-00-0007 for each
			 month thereafter, provided, holder thereof must be reinstated as a licensed
			 pharmacist by satisfying the State Board of Pharmacy that he is of the same
			 moral character and temperate habits as was required at the time of the
			 original registration, and satisfy the Board of Pharmacy that he is competent
			 and qualified to compound and fill prescriptions, and must pay a reinstatement
			 fee as defined in Regulation 01-00-0007 for each delinquent year up to a
			 maximum as defined in regulation 58 plus the current year's renewal
			 fee.10/09/80 (Revised 10/14/81, Act of 1985, 6/20/91, and 8/23/96).
01-00-0006 -BOARD OF PHARMACY
		  MEETING REQUIREMENTS
The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall meet the second
			 Tuesday in February, the second Tuesday in June, and the second Tuesday in
			 October of each year-unless changed and announced in advance by the Board of
			 Pharmacy. Examination of candidates for licensure to practice pharmacy shall be
			 on dates, time, and place as determined by the Board of Pharmacy. 10/09/80
			 (Revised 6/20/91)
01-00-0007 -FEES CHARGED BY THE BOARD OF
		  PHARMACY
The fees charged by the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy for the
			 various examinations, permits, licenses, certificates, and books issued by the
			 board shall be as follows:
(1) The fee
		  for examination to become a licensed pharmacist shall be twenty-five dollars
		  ($25.00) plus the actual cost of the examination;
(2) The fee for a license as a licensed
		  pharmacist from another state by reciprocity (license transfer) shall be
		  two-hundred dollars ($200.00);
(3)
		  The fee for the initial license and renewal of a license as a licensed
		  pharmacist shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00);
(4) The fee for issuance of a permit for the
		  first time to operate a pharmacy or drugstore shall be three-hundred dollars
		  ($300.00); the fee for annual renewal of a permit to operate a pharmacy or
		  drugstore shall be one-hundred fifty dollars ($150.00);
(5) When there is a change of ownership, a
		  new permit must be obtained, and the fee shall be one-hundred fifty dollars
		  ($150.00);
(6) The fee for issuance
		  of a permit for the first time to operate an out-of-state pharmacy or drugstore
		  shall be three hundred dollars ($300.00). The fee for annual renewal of a
		  permit to operate an out-of-state pharmacy or drugstore shall be one hundred
		  fifty dollars ($150.00). When there is a change in ownership in an out-of-state
		  pharmacy or dug store, a new permit must be obtained, and the fee shall be one
		  hundred fifty dollars ($150.00);
(7) The fee for a certificate as a licensed
		  pharmacist shall be ten dollars ($10.00);
(8) The fee for certifying grades in
		  connection with an application for reciprocity (license transfer) shall be ten
		  dollars ($10.00);
(9) The fee for
		  issuance of, and annual renewal of, a license as a wholesale dealer under the
		  Arkansas Prophylactic Law, § 20-63-101 et seq., shall be thirty-five
		  dollars ($35.00);
(10) The fee for
		  issuance of a hospital pharmaceutical service permit shall be three-hundred
		  dollars ($300.00), and the fee for the annual renewal of a hospital
		  pharmaceutical service permit shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150.). When
		  there is a change of ownership of a hospital pharmacy, a new permit must be
		  obtained and the fee shall be $150.00;
(11) The fee for issuance of, and the annual
		  renewal of, an institutional pharmaceutical services permit shall be
		  thirty-five dollars ($35.00);
(12)
		  The fee for issuance of, the annual renewal of, and the reinstatement of a
		  nursing home pharmacy consultant permit shall be thirty-five dollars
		  ($35.00);
(13) The fee for intern
		  registration shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00) per year;
(14) The fee for change of pharmacist in
		  charge of any pharmacy, or change of consultant pharmacist in charge of any
		  institution shall be thirty-five dollars ($35.00);
(15) The fee for reinstatement of a
		  pharmacist licensure shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for each delinquent
		  year up to a maximum of three-hundred dollars ($300.00);
(16) The fee for the Board of Pharmacy law
		  book shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) except to interns on initial
		  licensure, and applicants for reciprocity, on a one-time basis. A copy of each
		  edition as revised shall be provided free to each pharmacy permit
		  holder;
(17) The fee for a change
		  of location inspection shall be one-hundred dollars ($100.00);
(18) The penalty for late payment of renewal
		  of any permit, license, registration or certificate shall be twenty dollars
		  ($20.00) per month beginning the first day of the second month after
		  expiration, provided that if the renewal is not paid by the first day of the
		  fourth month after expiration, the license shall be null and void;
(19) The fee for issuance of a Wholesale
		  Distributor of Legend Drugs and/or Controlled Substances permit shall be
		  three-hundred dollars ($300.00), and annual renewal shall be one-hundred fifty
		  dollars ($150.00), provided that if the renewal is unpaid by December 31, of
		  any year, the permit will expire. When there is a change in ownership of a
		  wholesale distributor of legend drugs and/or controlled substances, a new
		  permit must be obtained and the fee shall be one hundred fifty dollars
		  ($150.00);
(20) The fee for
		  issuance of a permit to sell, rent, offer to sell, or rent directly to patients
		  in this state any home medical equipment, legend devices, and/or medical gas
		  shall be two-hundred fifty dollars ($250), and annual renewal fee or change
		  ownership fee shall be one-hundred twenty-five dollars ($125);
(21) The fee for issuance of a temporary
		  permit for pharmacist on active duty in a branch of the armed forces shall be
		  $25 and shall be administered as defined in regulation # 02-03-0001.
(22) The registration fee for a pharmacy
		  technician (pharmacist assistant) certified and/or registered shall be
		  thirty-five ($35.00) The reinstatement fee for a pharmacist's assistant
		  certified and/or registered shall be thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per year and
		  shall not exceed one hundred forty dollars ($140.00);
(23) The fee for registration as a preceptor
		  shall be $20 every two years and shall expire on June 1 every other year.
All fees for examination for license shall be payable with the
			 application and shall not be subject to refund. All other fees are only
			 refundable if it is determined that there has been an overpayment. 8/23/96
			 (Revised 6/19/97)