2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards
Chapter 400j - Pharmacy
Section 20-590 - (Formerly Sec. 20-170). Issuance of license or temporary permit to practice pharmacy; requirements.

(a) The department shall, upon authorization of the commission, issue a license to practice pharmacy as a pharmacist to any individual provided the individual:

(1) Has submitted a written application on a form approved by the department;

(2) Has graduated from a college or school of pharmacy approved by the commission with a degree that was, at the time of graduation, an entry level professional pharmacy degree;

(3) Has the professional experience as a pharmacy intern required by regulations adopted by the commissioner, with the advice and assistance of the commission, in accordance with chapter 54;

(4) Has successfully passed any examinations required by the commissioner; and

(5) Is eighteen years of age or older at the time of application.

(b) The Department of Consumer Protection shall, upon authorization of the commission, issue a temporary permit to practice pharmacy to an individual who: (1) Practices under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist; (2) has an application for reciprocity on file with the commission; (3) is a licensed pharmacist in good standing in a state or jurisdiction from which such state’s pharmacy board or commission of pharmacy grants similar reciprocal privileges to pharmacists licensed in this state; and (4) has no actions pending against such individual’s license with any state’s pharmacy board or commission of pharmacy.

(c) A temporary permit to practice pharmacy shall expire at the time the individual with the temporary permit is licensed as a pharmacist in this state, or not later than three months from the date of issuance of such temporary permit, whichever occurs first. The Department of Consumer Protection shall not issue more than one temporary permit to practice pharmacy to an individual, but the commission, at its discretion, may authorize one three-month extension of the temporary permit.

(1949 Rev., S. 4469; 1963, P.A. 197, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 41; P.A. 76-113, S. 7; P.A. 77-614, S. 202, 610; P.A. 81-361, S. 3, 39; 81-471, S. 69, 71; P.A. 86-392, S. 2, 3; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 25, 117; P.A. 93-79; P.A. 94-36, S. 7, 42; P.A. 95-264, S. 15; P.A. 99-175, S. 18; P.A. 00-182, S. 8; P.A. 02-82, S. 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 11-121, S. 1.)

History: 1963 act established license year from April first to March thirty-first; 1972 act reduced minimum age of applicant from 21 to 18, reflecting changed age of majority; P.A. 76-113 deleted requirement that applicant be U.S. citizen; P.A. 77-614 required approval of exam by consumer protection commissioner and replaced regulation “prescribed by ... commission” with regulations “established under this chapter”, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 81-361 amended section to allow the department rather than commission itself to issue licenses upon the authorization of the commission on and after July 1, 1981, and to require approval of application forms by the department instead of the commission; P.A. 81-471 amended section to establish procedure under which pharmacist licensed in another state and who was eligible for licensure in this state prior to October 22, 1976, by reason of his licensure in such other state may be licensed in this state by examination without regard to accreditation or nonaccreditation of the school of pharmacy which he attended; P.A. 86-392 changed the requirements for licensure for persons who are licensed pharmacists in another state to allow licensure for persons graduating after October 22, 1976, who have practiced for at least five years and to refer to alternative examination in addition to national boards; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 established an examination fee of $150; P.A. 93-79 required the commissioner of consumer protection to adopt regulations concerning the licensure of graduates of foreign schools of pharmacy (Revisor’s note: In 1995 the term “pharmacy commission” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “commission of pharmacy”, where appearing, for consistency with Sec. 20-163); P.A. 94-36 deleted reference to “April first to March thirty-first” license year, effective January 1, 1995; P.A. 95-264 replaced existing provisions re qualifications for license with new provisions setting out the requirements which must be met; Sec. 20-170 transferred to Sec. 20-590 in 1997; P.A. 99-175 made technical changes and amended Subsec. (a)(3) to add provision requiring commissioner to seek advice and assistance of commission in adopting regulations re professional qualifications of pharmacy interns; P.A. 00-182 added Subsec. (c) re issuance of a temporary permit to practice pharmacy and Subsec. (d) re expiration and extension of a temporary permit to practice pharmacy; P.A. 02-82 amended Subsec. (a)(2) to require, as condition of issuance of license to practice pharmacy, a degree from an approved college or school of pharmacy and that the degree, at time of individual’s graduation, was an “entry level professional pharmacy degree”; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 11-121 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “the examination described under subsection (b) of this section” with “any examinations required by the commissioner” in Subdiv. (4), substituting “application” for “the examination” in Subdiv. (5) and deleting former Subdiv. (6) re examination fee, deleted former Subsec. (b) re licensure examination, and redesignated existing Subsecs. (c) and (d) as Subsecs. (b) and (c), effective January 1, 2012.

See Sec. 21a-10(b) re staggered schedule for license renewals.