Current through March 14, 2024
Each pharmacist shall renew his/her license annually.
1. To renew his/her license, a pharmacist
shall:
A. Submit an application for renewal on
the form prescribed by the Board or through the online process found at the
Mississippi Board of Pharmacy webpage;
B. On the application, indicate and certify
the number of continuing education hours earned for Licensure:
i. Fifteen (15) hours of continuing education
is required for each licensure period.
ii. At least two (2) hours of the continuing
education received each year must be related to opioid abuse and prevention or
some other drug of abuse or addiction related issue.
iii. At least two (2) hours of the continuing
education received each year must be obtained via a live seminar. Live webcasts
are valid for this requirement.
iv.
A pharmacist licensed by the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy must be a registered
user of the Prescription Monitoring Program.
C. Pay renewal fees as follows: One-hundred
dollars ($100.00) for the annual licensure period January 1, 2011 through
December 31, 2011, and each annual licensure period thereafter, plus a
surcharge of five dollars ($5.00) to fund a program to aid impaired pharmacists
and pharmacy students for a total fee of one-hundred and five dollars
($105.00).
D. Any pharmacist
license renewal application postmarked after December 31 of the renewal period
or submitted online after 11:59 P.M. CST shall be returned or rejected and a
fifty dollar ($50.00) late renewal fee shall be assessed prior to
renewal.
E. Any license not renewed
by January 1st shall be considered invalid and the pharmacist is prohibited
from providing pharmacy services until the license is renewed.
2. Any person who has not renewed
or possessed a valid license to practice pharmacy in Mississippi for a current
period of time exceeding two years must:
A.
Petition the Board for license reinstatement;
B. Appear before the Board in support of said
petition;
C. Obtain an intern
registration and work as an intern for a Board approved pharmacist and site for
twenty (20) clock hours for each year that the person was without a valid
license;
D. Provide a record from
the supervising pharmacist showing the satisfactory completion of the intern
hours;
E. Provide proof of fifteen
(15) hours of continuing education for the current licensing period;
F. Pay all license renewal fees in arrears;
and G. Satisfactorily pass an examination on Pharmacy Law and Board regulations
approved by the board.
3. Those persons who have been actively
engaged in the practice of pharmacy pursuant to a license issued by another
state, but who have not renewed the Mississippi Pharmacist License for a period
of time exceeding two years must:
A. Petition
the Board for reinstatement;
B.
May appear before the Board in support of said petition, or furnish proof of a
continuing valid pharmacy license in another state during the period of license
lapse in Mississippi;
C. Provide
proof of fifteen (15) hours of continuing education for the current licensing
period; and
D. Pay all license
renewal fees in arrears; and
E.
Satisfactorily pass an examination on Pharmacy Law and Board regulations
approved by the Board.
4. For purposes of these regulations, all
continuing education hours shall be:
A.
Programs which have been approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy
Education (A.C.P.E.); or
B.
Programs which have been approved by the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy prior to
presentation.
5. The
continuing education required for license renewal shall be obtained in the
licensure period preceding the renewal date. Evidence of continuing education
shall be submitted to the Board of Pharmacy at any time on request by any agent
of the Board of Pharmacy. Documentation of evidence of continuing education
should indicate the name and address of the participant, date of the continuing
education, the program title, the amount of continuing education credit
received, and the signature of the person authorized to issue certification of
continuing education credit. Documentation of continuing education credit must
be received within five (5) working days of a request. Failure to submit
evidence of continuing education credit may result in disciplinary action by
the Board.
6. Continuing education
obtained in another state may be accepted by the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy
provided that it is acceptable to the Board of Pharmacy in the state where it
was obtained.
7. A request for
Pharmacy Board approval of a program as continuing education shall be made on a
form prescribed by the Board.
8.
The subject matter of the program, the objectives of the program and the
qualifying credentials of the person or persons presenting the program must be
sufficiently detailed in the request for Board approval so as to give the Board
a sound basis for evaluating the merits of the program.
9. In approving programs for continuing
education, the policy of the Board shall be that no program will be approved:
A. After the program has been presented;
B. If program attendance is
expected or required as part of a person's employment (an example would be an
in-service or training seminar);
C. That is not made available to all
pharmacists who wish to attend (an exception may be a program that is
specifically directed to a particular group such as hospital pharmacists,
retail pharmacists or consultant pharmacists).
10. Continuing education obtained by a
pharmacist who is also licensed by another approved health care regulatory
agency shall be acceptable to the Board provided the continuing education is
approved by that respective regulatory agency.
A pharmacist enrolled full time in any recognized school of
the healing arts may receive credit for the continuing education requirements
of this ARTICLE upon submitting proof of full-time enrollment.
11. The Board, at its discretion,
may grant extension periods and waivers for the completion of license renewal
and continuing education requirements for ACTIVE Military Service members.
