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PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 17

PHARMACISTS

54-1723.  Qualifications for licensure by reciprocity. (1) To obtain a license as a pharmacist by reciprocity, an applicant for licensure shall:

(a)  Submit a written application in the form prescribed by the board of pharmacy;

(b)  Possess at the time of initial licensure as a pharmacist such other qualifications necessary to have been eligible for licensure at that time in this state;

(c)  Present to the board proof of initial licensure by examination and proof that such license and any other certificate granted to the applicant by any other state or states is not at the time of application suspended, revoked, canceled or otherwise restricted in a manner preventing the applicant from practicing as a pharmacist for any reason except nonrenewal or the failure to obtain required continuing education credits in any state where the applicant is licensed but not engaged in the practice of pharmacy; and

(d)  Pay the fees specified by the board of pharmacy for issuance of a license.

(2)  Eligibility. No applicant shall be eligible for licensure by reciprocity unless the state in which the applicant was initially licensed as a pharmacist also grants reciprocal licensure to pharmacists duly licensed by examination in this state, under like circumstances and conditions.

History:

[54-1723, added 1979, ch. 131, sec. 3, p. 416; am. 2005, ch. 218, sec. 1, p. 693; am. 2017, ch. 24, sec. 1, p. 43; am. 2018, ch. 37, sec. 6, p. 86; am. 2021, ch. 54, sec. 11, p. 169; am. 2024, ch. 69, sec. 14, p. 349.]