Sec. 558.101. QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSE BY RECIPROCITY.

(a) To qualify for a license to practice pharmacy, an applicant for licensing by reciprocity must:

(1) submit to the board:

(A) a reciprocity fee set by the board; and

(B) a completed application in the form prescribed by the board, given under oath;

(2) have graduated and received a professional practice degree, as defined by board rule, from an accredited pharmacy degree program approved by the board;

(3) have presented to the board:

(A) proof of current or initial licensing by examination; and

(B) proof that the current license and any other license granted to the applicant by another state has not been restricted, suspended, revoked, or surrendered for any reason; and

(4) pass the Texas Pharmacy Jurisprudence examination.

(b) An applicant is not eligible for licensing by reciprocity unless the state in which the applicant is currently or was initially licensed as a pharmacist grants reciprocal licensing to pharmacists licensed by examination in this state, under like circumstances and conditions.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by:

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1345 (S.B. 410), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2005.

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 485 (H.B. 2561), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2017.