24.174.2107    REGISTERED PHARMACIST CONTINUING EDUCATION - NONCOMPLIANCE

(1) A pharmacist who submits a renewal application, but who has not completed the required continuing education requirements as set forth in ARM 24.101.413 and 24.174.2104, will have sixty days, following the end of the renewal period, to complete the requirements. The pharmacist shall:

(a) notify the board of the continuing education deficiency by checking the appropriate box on the renewal application;

(b) pay a fee equal to one hundred percent of the annual fee for licensure. This fee is in addition to the regular fee for licensure; and

(c) submit to the board office documentation of completion of continuing education requirements.

(2) Failure to complete continuing education requirements may be cause for disciplinary action by the board.

(3) An action taken under (2) is not a "disciplinary action" under ARM 24.101.404, for the purposes of publication and notice on the licensee look-up.

History: 37-1-319, MCA; IMP, 37-1-141, 37-1-306, MCA; NEW, 1978 MAR p. 1740, Eff. 12/29/78; TRANS, from Dept. of Prof. & Occup. Lic., Ch. 274, L. 1981, Eff. 7/1/81; AMD, 1998 MAR p. 3103, Eff. 11/20/98; AMD, 1999 MAR p. 2438, Eff. 10/22/99; TRANS, from Commerce, 2002 MAR p. 904; AMD, 2006 MAR p. 1583, Eff. 7/1/06; AMD, 2012 MAR p. 506, Eff. 3/9/12.