65-1632. Renewal of license; fee; denial; conditions; continuing education; inactive status license; reinstatement after nonrenewal; penalty fee. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each license to practice as a pharmacist issued by the board, shall expire every two years. The expiration date shall be established by rules and regulations adopted by the board. Each application for renewal of a license as a pharmacist shall be made on a form prescribed and furnished by the board. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the application, when accompanied by the renewal fee and received by the executive secretary of the board on or before the date of expiration of the license, shall have the effect of temporarily renewing the applicant's license until actual issuance or denial of the renewal. If at the time of filing a proceeding is pending before the board which may result in the suspension, probation, revocation or denial of the applicant's license, the board may by emergency order declare that the application for renewal shall not have the effect of temporarily renewing such applicant's license. Every licensed pharmacist shall pay to the secretary of the board a renewal fee fixed by the board as provided in K.S.A. 65-1645, and amendments thereto.
(b) To provide for a system of biennial renewal of licenses, the board may provide by rules and regulations that licenses issued or renewed may expire less than two years from the date of issuance or renewal. License fees may be prorated for licensure periods which are less than biennial in accordance with rules and regulations of the board.
(c) The board may deny renewal of any license of a pharmacist on any ground which would authorize the board to deny an initial application for licensure or on any ground which would authorize the board to suspend, revoke or place on probation a license previously granted. Orders under this section, and proceedings thereon, shall be subject to the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.
(d) The payment of the renewal fee by a person who is a holder of a license as a pharmacist shall entitle the person to renewal of license if no grounds exist for denying the renewal of the license and if the person has furnished satisfactory evidence to the board that the person has successfully complied with the rules and regulations of the board relating to continuing professional education. These educational requirements shall be fixed by the board at not less than 20 clock hours nor more than 40 clock hours biennially of a program of continuing education approved by the board. Continuing education hours may be prorated for licensure periods which are less than biennial in accordance with rules and regulations of the board. The maximum number of continuing education hours required by the board to meet the requirements for cancellation of inactive status licensure and renewal of license under subsection (e) or reinstatement of license because of nonpayment of fees under subsection (f) shall not exceed 60.
(e) The payment of the renewal fee by the person who is a holder of a license as a pharmacist but who has not complied with the continuing education requirements fixed by the board, if no grounds exist for denying the renewal of the license other than that the person has not complied with the continuing education requirements fixed by the board, shall entitle the person to inactive status licensure by the board. No person holding an inactive status license from the board shall engage in the practice of pharmacy in this state. Upon furnishing satisfactory evidence to the board of compliance with the continuing education requirements fixed by the board and upon the payment to the board of all applicable fees, a person holding an inactive status license from the board shall be entitled to cancellation of the inactive status license and to renewal of licensure as a pharmacist.
(f) If the renewal fee for any pharmacist's license has not been paid prior to the expiration of the license of the renewal year, the license is hereby declared void, and no license shall be reinstated except upon payment of any unpaid renewal fee plus a penalty fee fixed by the board as provided in K.S.A. 65-1645, and amendments thereto, and proof satisfactory to the board of compliance with the continuing education requirements fixed by the board. The penalty fee established by this section immediately prior to the effective date of the act shall continue in effect until a different penalty fee is fixed by the board by rules and regulations as provided in K.S.A. 65-1645, and amendments thereto. Payment of any unpaid renewal fee plus a penalty fee and the submission of proof satisfactory to the board of compliance with the continuing education requirements fixed by the board shall entitle the license to be reinstated. The nonpayment of renewal fees by a previously licensed pharmacist for a period exceeding three years shall not deprive the previously licensed pharmacist of the right to reinstate the license upon the payment of any unpaid fees and penalties and upon compliance with the continuing education requirements fixed by the board, except that the board may require such previously licensed pharmacist to take and pass an examination approved by the board for reinstatement as a pharmacist and to pay any applicable application fee.
History: L. 1953, ch. 290, § 18; L. 1962, ch. 37, § 2; L. 1967, ch. 342, § 2; L. 1974, ch. 252, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 319, § 18; L. 1982, ch. 263, § 2; L. 1984, ch. 313, § 107; L. 1986, ch. 231, § 21; L. 1987, ch. 236, § 3; L. 1988, ch. 356, § 198; L. 1990, ch. 224, § 1; L. 1991, ch. 187, § 3; L. 1998, ch. 98, § 4; L. 2002, ch. 184, § 2; L. 2014, ch. 49, § 3; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 16 - Regulation Of Pharmacists
65-1626 Pharmacy act; definitions.
65-1626a Practice of pharmacy defined; persons engaged as pharmacists.
65-1627a Same; jurisdiction of board; petition, who may file; stipulation, order based thereon.
65-1627b Same; direction by board to file petition or to prosecute.
65-1627c Same; form of petition, rules.
65-1627f Same; powers of board; term of suspension, probation or revocation; hearing; orders.
65-1627h Costs of proceedings.
65-1627k Certain records of board of pharmacy confidential; exceptions.
65-1628 Order; judicial review.
65-1629 Inspection of drugs by board; samples; analyses; publication of results.
65-1630 Rules and regulations.
65-1633 Change of mailing address or email address of pharmacist.
65-1634 Responsibility for quality of drugs sold; adulteration or mislabeling unlawful.
65-1636 Sale of drugs limited to pharmacies; violations; exceptions.
65-1637a Institutional drug rooms; supervision and record-keeping; rules and regulations.
65-1637e Compounding of drugs and distribution of compounded drugs; rules and regulations.
65-1638 Sale of drugs and poisons by registered pharmacist.
65-1640 Act not applicable to manufacture or to certain sales of poisons.
65-1641 Display of pharmacist license; when unlawful.
65-1644 Duplicate licenses, registrations and permits; fees.
65-1647 Repeated violations of act or rules and regulations may be enjoined.
65-1650 Regulation of advertising of prescription-only drugs; exceptions and exclusions.
65-1651 Sections part of and supplemental to pharmacy act.
65-1653 References to registered pharmacists deemed to apply to licensed pharmacists.
65-1654 Privileged communications.
65-1658 Civil fines for violations.
65-1668 Utilization of unused medications act; not applicable to certain medications.
65-1670 Same; duties of the board of pharmacy; duties of qualifying center or clinic.
65-1671 Same; criteria for accepting unused medications; dispensing.
65-1672 Same; participation; adult care homes; powers and duties of a qualifying center or clinic.
65-1673 Same; criminal and civil liability under the act.
65-1674 Same; rules and regulations; duties of the board of pharmacy.
65-1675 Same; duties of the secretary of health and environment; records.
65-1677 Collaborative drug therapy management advisory committee; purpose and membership.
65-1680 Epinephrine kits in schools; rules and regulations.
65-1681 Prescription monitoring program act.
65-1684 Same; charges and fees prohibited.
65-1686 Same; another agency as contractor.
65-1687 Same; maintenance of records.
65-1688 Same; act does not create civil liability or duty.
65-1689 Same; advisory committee created; members; terms.
65-1690 Same; advisory committee in cooperation with other entities.
65-1691 Same; board consultation with advisory committee; annual report.
65-1692 Same; rules and regulations.
65-1694 Same; veterinary prescription monitoring program task force; study; members; report.
65-1694a Same; prescription monitoring program fund created.
65-1696 State board of pharmacy; fingerprinting and criminal history.
65-16,103 Same; no cost charged to pharmacies; funding of program.
65-16,104 Same; confidential information; authorized access to data in the log.
65-16,106 Same; rules and regulations.
65-16,121 Pharmacy audit integrity act.
65-16,123 Same; procedural requirements.
65-16,124 Same; audit reports; recoupment and repayment of funds; access to audit information.
65-16,125 Same; final report; availability.
65-16,126 Same; application of the act.
65-16,128 Electronic transmission of prescription orders required, when; exceptions.
65-16,129 Pharmacists authorized to administer drugs, when; exceptions.