Section 20-594 - (Formerly Sec. 20-168). Pharmacy license; application; information required; issuance or renewal of license; expiration. Transfer of pharmacy to new location. Report re administrative or legal action(a) Except as limited by section 20-596, a pharmacist, health care institution or any other person may apply to the commission for a pharmacy license or for renewal of a pharmacy license.(b) The applicant shall disclose on the application the name and address of the applicant and the owner of the pharmacy, the name and street and mailing address of the pharmacy and the name, address and license number of the pharmacist who manages the pharmacy. The commissioner may, by regulation adopted with the advice and assistance of the commission, in accordance with chapter 54, require such other information on the application as is necessary for the department to carry out the department's duties under sections 20-570 to 20-630, inclusive.(c) The department shall, after receipt of an application under this section, (1) issue, on authorization of the commission, a pharmacy license to an applicant for a new pharmacy on payment of the fee required in section 20-601 and on satisfactory evidence to the commission that the pharmacy will be managed by a pharmacist and will be operated in accordance with the general statutes and the regulations adopted by the commissioner in accordance with chapter 54, and (2) issue a renewal of a pharmacy license to an applicant on payment of the fee required in section 20-601.(d) Pharmacy licenses shall expire annually. Pharmacy licenses may be renewed on application and payment of the fee required in section 20-601 for a period not to exceed one year.(e) When a pharmacy is transferred to a new location the pharmacy license for such pharmacy shall terminate. A pharmacy license that has been terminated under this subsection may be renewed under the provisions of subsection (d) of this section and on satisfactory evidence to the commission that the pharmacy will be managed by a pharmacist and will be operated in accordance with the general statutes and the regulations adopted by the commissioner in accordance with chapter 54.(f) Each pharmacy licensed pursuant to this section shall report to the department any administrative or legal action commenced against such pharmacy by any state or federal regulatory agency or accreditation entity not later than ten business days after receiving notice of the commencement of such action.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-594
(1949 Rev., S. 4467; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 54; 1967, P.A. 109, S. 4; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 61; 1972, P.A. 223, S. 8; P.A. 77-614, S. 201, 610; P.A. 81-361, S. 1, 39; P.A. 89-251, S. 96, 203; P.A. 94-36 , S. 6 , 42 ; P.A. 95-264 , S. 19 ; P.A. 99-175 , S. 22 .)
Amended by P.A. 23-0019, S. 7 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2023 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by P.A. 19-0177, S. 29 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2019 Regular Session, eff. 7/9/2019. See Sec. 21a-10(b) re staggered schedule for license renewals.