The board shall review the application for compliance with the pharmacy law and rules and shall issue a license upon a determination that operation of the retail pharmacy will be in the best interest of the public health and welfare.
Following review of the application the board may approve the application, preliminarily deny the application, approve the application with conditions, direct the applicant to resubmit the application with specific modifications, request further information from the applicant, or investigate any of the information contained in the application. A denial shall identify the specific deficiencies in the application that resulted in the denial.
02-392 C.M.R. ch. 2, § 8-4