Section 1140-01-.03 - APPLICATION FOR A PHARMACIST LICENSE(1) An applicant for a license to engage in the practice of pharmacy shall submit the following to the Board office at time of application: (a) A completed application on a form approved by the Board;(b) Application and registration fees established in rule 1140-01-.10; and(c) The result of a criminal background check, which the applicant shall pay for and cause to be submitted to the Board's administrative office directly from the vendor identified in the Board's licensure application materials.(d) Any application submitted which lacks required information or reflects a failure to meet any of the requirements for licensure will be returned to the applicant with written notification of the information that is lacking or the reason(s) the application does not meet the requirements for licensure and will be held in "pending" status until satisfactorily completed within a reasonable period of time, not to exceed sixty (60) days from date of written notification.(2) For the purpose of T.C.A. § 63-10-306(d), a "recognized" college or school of pharmacy is a college or school of pharmacy which meets the minimum standards of the ACPE and appears in the ACPE annual "Directory of Accredited Professional Programs of Colleges and Schools of Pharmacy."(3) No applicant shall be eligible for a license if the applicant has engaged in conduct or suffers a condition which would constitute grounds for revocation or suspension of a license under T.C.A. § 63-10-305, unless the applicant can show cause why a license should be issued.(4) No license shall be issued to a reciprocal applicant from a state which denies reciprocal privileges to a pharmacist currently licensed and in good standing in Tennessee.(5) It shall be unlawful for any person to procure or attempt to procure a license or certificate of registration for such person or for any other person by making any false representations.(6) An applicant initially licensed in another state and who wishes to obtain a Tennessee license may, in the discretion of the board, transfer to Tennessee the applicant's score on NAPLEX taken in another state. Provided, however, if the applicant has been licensed for twelve (12) or more months in another state, then the applicant shall apply for a license in Tennessee by reciprocity. No license shall be issued to a score transfer applicant from a state which denies score transfer privileges to a pharmacist currently licensed and in good standing in Tennessee.(7) Upon request, the Board may waive selected portions of these requirements so long as any waiver granted is consistent with the Board's authority under Tenn. Code Ann. Title 63, Chapters 1 and 10, and Tenn. Code Ann. Title 4, Chapter 5.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1140-01-.03
Original rule certified June 7, 1974. Repeal and new rule filed February 7, 1983; effective March 9, 1983. Amendment filed December 17, 1984; effective March 16, 1985. Amendment filed October 30, 1991; effective December 14, 1991. Repeal and new rule filed May 11, 1998; effective July 25, 1998. Amendment filed January 4, 2012; effective April 3, 2012. Amendments filed November 22, 2016; effective 2/20/2017.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 63-1-116, 63-10-101, 63-10-102(a), 63-10-202, 63-10-204, 63-10-304, 63-10-306, 63-10-308, 63-10-404(2), (13), (17), and (26), 63-10-404(2), (13), (17), and (26), 63-10-504(b)(1), 63-10-506, and 63-10-508.