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(05/25/2006)
ANYONE PRACTICING PHARMACY IN
Expiration of the Current Identification Card
A. All pharmacist identification cards
expire on September 15th of each year.
B. When a proper and complete application for a
renewal identification card has been made before the September 15th
deadline, and the processing and issuance of such card requires time beyond
that date, a pharmacist may continue to practice with his/her previous card
until the new identification card is received.
Conversely, when proper and complete application has
not been made before September 15th, the previous identification
card lapses and the pharmacist is not legally licensed
to actively engage in the practice of pharmacy in this state.
Required
Documents for Proper and Complete Application for Renewal
A. The Board requires the following documents
(each must be properly completed, signed, and dated) to process an application
for renewal of a pharmacist's identification card:
1. Identification Card Renewal Application
Note: A renewal application is NOT provided to a registrant
who fails to meet the continuing pharmacy education requirement. (See
“CONTINUING PHARMACY EDUCATION” document).
2. Check/Money Order
a. Made payable to "Treasurer, State of
b. In the amount of $97.50 (annual renewal
fee).
Inactive Registration Status
A.
B. When an identification card to actively
engage in the practice of pharmacy in the state of
Renewing/Reinstating A
Lapsed Identification Card
A. If a registrant does not provide ALL
of the required documents for renewal, his/her identification card cannot
legally be renewed and will lapse on September 15th of the year in which such
documents are required. A pharmacist whose identification card has
lapsed may NOT engage in the active practice of pharmacy in
1. When an identification card has lapsed for less
than sixty days, the identification card may be reinstated anytime prior to
November 15th of the year in which the identification card lapsed by submitting
the required application and check or money order in the amount of $97.50.
2. When an identification card has lapsed for more
than sixty days but less than three years, the identification card may
be reinstated by submitting the required application and check or money order
in the amount of $135.00.
3. In addition to (1) or (2) above, if required to show evidence of
continuing pharmacy education (C.P.E.), the C.P.E. report form listing
approved programs taken within the three years immediately preceding the
actual date of application must be submitted with the ORIGINAL Certificates of Participation documenting the
experiences reported. All required
documents must be properly completed, signed, and dated.
4. When an identification card has lapsed for more
than three years, the applicant must pass an examination for
registration. This examination shall
consist of the NAPLEX examination and the MPJE examination. He/she must submit two applications properly
completed, signed, and dated with the appropriate fees (contact the Board
office for exact amounts).
EXCEPT, that a person who has been registered under
the laws of this state and after the identification card has lapsed, has continually
practiced pharmacy in another state under a certificate issued by the
authority of such state, may obtain a renewal identification card upon submitting
the required renewal application, check or money order in the amount of
$337.50, the C.P.E. report form listing approved programs taken within the
three years immediately preceding the actual date of application, and the original Certificates of Participation
documenting the experiences reported.
All required documents must be properly completed, signed, and dated.
B. Any individual whose license was not renewed
because of service in the armed forces of the United States may be granted a
renewal of such license at the usual cost upon presentation of a renewal
application accompanied by satisfactory evidence of honorable discharge or
separation under honorable conditions within six months of such discharge, if
not otherwise disqualified because of mental or physical disability. The renewal application must be accompanied
by a C.P.E. Report Form showing the approved continuing pharmacy education
taken within the three years immediately preceding the actual date of
application and the original Certificates of Participation documenting
these experiences.
General
Information
A. Applicants who submit an application and
fail to qualify for renewal shall have their application rejected and shall
forfeit the fee.
B. In order to reciprocate an
C. Each pharmacist to whom an identification
card or renewal identification card has been issued shall immediately sign the
identification card.
D. Each pharmacist shall have his/her
identification card or renewal identification card on his/her person while
engaged in the practice of pharmacy.
E. Every pharmacist who changes his/her mailing
address shall notify the Board of Pharmacy, in writing, of the new
address within 30 days after the effective date of such change.
F. Every pharmacist who changes his/her place
of employment shall notify the Board of Pharmacy, in writing, of the
address of the principal place where they practice their profession, within
30 days, after they have commenced such practice and have caused their
certificate of licensure to be conspicuously displayed in such place as
required under Section 4729.12 of the Ohio Revised Code.
G. A pharmacist who has a legal change of name
shall report the change to the Board of Pharmacy within 60 days from the
effective date of such change.
1. Requests for name change shall be
accompanied by one of the following:
a. A notarized
affidavit.
b. A
certified copy of a court record.
c. A
certified copy of a marriage certificate.
2. Requests for a duplicate certificate of
licensure and/or an identification card, to be issued in the new name, shall be
notarized and accompanied by the following:
a. The certificate of licensure and/or
identification card issued in the original name, and
b. The required fee(s).
i. $22.50
for duplicate certificate of licensure.
ii. $37.50 for duplicate identification card.
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