Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 657 - Pharmacy Board › Chapter 2 - Pharmacist Licenses › Rule 657-2.13 - Active and Inactive License Status

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Active license.
Active
			 license status applies to a pharmacist who has submitted the renewal
			 application and nonrefundable fee and has met Iowa requirements for CPE or has
			 completed a CPD portfolio pursuant to rule
			 657-2.17 (272C). Active license
			 status also applies to a pharmacist who has submitted the renewal application
			 and fee and who is a resident of another state, is licensed to practice
			 pharmacy in that state, and has met the continuing education requirements of
			 that state. A pharmacist who meets the continuing education requirements of
			 another state shall provide documentation on the renewal application of the
			 pharmacist's license status in that state.
(2)
Inactive license.
Failure of a pharmacist to comply with the CPE or CPD requirements during the
			 renewal period shall result in the issuance of a renewal card marked "inactive"
			 upon submission of the renewal application and nonrefundable fee. Reactivation
			 of an inactive pharmacist license shall be accomplished by the appropriate
			 method described below. Internship, in each instance where internship is
			 mentioned below, shall be in a pharmacy approved by the board. The pharmacist
			 may be required to obtain a pharmacist-intern registration, including payment
			 of the appropriate nonrefundable registration fee, and be issued an intern
			 registration certificate.
a. An inactive
			 pharmacist who wishes to become active and who has been actively practicing
			 pharmacy during the last five years in any state or states which required
			 continuing education during that five-year period shall submit proof of
			 continued licensure in good standing in the state or states of such
			 practice.
b. An inactive pharmacist
			 who wishes to become active and who has been actively practicing pharmacy
			 during the last five years in a state which does not require continuing
			 education shall submit proof of continued licensure in good standing in the
			 state or states of such practice. The pharmacist shall also complete one of the
			 following options:
(1) Take and successfully
			 pass the MPJE, Iowa Edition, as provided in subrule 2.4(1);
(2) Complete 160 hours of internship for each
			 year the pharmacist was on inactive status (not to exceed 1,000
			 hours);
(3) Obtain one and one-half
			 times the number of CPE credits required under subrule 2.12(1) for each renewal
			 period the pharmacist was inactive; or
(4) Complete a CPD portfolio pursuant to rule
			 657-2.17 (272C) identifying a
			 minimum of 45 learning outcomes for each renewal period the pharmacist was
			 inactive.
c. An inactive
			 pharmacist who wishes to become active and who has not been actively practicing
			 pharmacy during the past five years, and whose license has been inactive for
			 not more than five years, shall complete one of the following options:
(1) Successfully pass all components of the
			 licensure examination as required in subrule 2.4(1);
(2) Complete 160 hours of internship for each
			 year the pharmacist was on inactive status;
(3) Obtain one and one-half times the number
			 of CPE credits required under subrule 2.12(1) for each renewal period the
			 pharmacist was inactive; or
(4)
			 Complete a CPD portfolio pursuant to rule
			 657-2.17 (272C) identifying a
			 minimum of 45 learning outcomes for each renewal period the pharmacist was
			 inactive.
d. An inactive
			 pharmacist who wishes to become active and who has not been actively practicing
			 pharmacy for more than five years shall petition the board for reactivation of
			 the license to practice pharmacy under one or more of the following options:
(1) Successfully pass all components of the
			 licensure examination as required in subrule 2.4(1);
(2) Complete 160 hours of internship for each
			 year the pharmacist was on inactive status (not to exceed 1,000
			 hours);
(3) Obtain one and one-half
			 times the number of CPE credits required under subrule 2.12(1) for each renewal
			 period the pharmacist was inactive; or
(4) Complete a CPD portfolio pursuant to rule
			 657-2.17 (272C) identifying a
			 minimum of 45 learning outcomes for each renewal period the pharmacist was
			 inactive.