Section 450.03. Pharmacist; licensure.

 

(1)  No person may engage in the practice of pharmacy or use the title “pharmacist" or sell, give away or barter drugs unless the person is licensed as a pharmacist by the board. This subsection does not apply to:

(a) The offer to sell or sale of contraceptive articles, as defined under s. 450.155 (1) (a) , by a registered nurse licensed under s. 441.06 .

(b) The sale of any nonprescription drug product, in an original unbroken package, which complies with 21 USC 301 to 392 .

(c) The sale of pesticides which comply with ss. 94.67 to 94.71 .

(d) The delivery of complimentary samples of drug products or devices to a practitioner by a manufacturer or its agent acting in the usual course of business.

(e) Any person lawfully practicing within the scope of a license, permit, registration, certificate, or certification granted to provide home medical oxygen under s. 450.076 , to practice professional or practical nursing or nurse-midwifery under ch. 441 , to practice dentistry or dental hygiene under ch. 447 , to practice medicine and surgery under ch. 448 , to practice optometry under ch. 449 or to practice veterinary medicine under ch. 89 , or as otherwise provided by statute.

(f) A person who has successfully completed his or her second year in, and is enrolled at, an accredited school of pharmacy and whose practice of pharmacy is limited to performing duties under the direct supervision of a person licensed as a pharmacist by the board.

(g) A person who has applied for a license under s. 450.05 whose practice of pharmacy is limited to performing duties under the direct supervision of a person licensed as a pharmacist by the board and during the period before which the board takes final action on the person's application.

(h) The provision of services by a health care provider under s. 257.03 .

(2)  Except as provided in s. 450.10 , the board shall issue a license as a pharmacist to any person who does all of the following:

(a) Has received a professional degree from a pharmacy program approved by the board.

(b) Has completed an internship in the practice of pharmacy or has practical experience acquired in another state that is comparable to that included in an internship and that is approved and verified by the board or by the agency that is the equivalent of the board in the state in which the practical experience was acquired.

(c) Passes the examination under s. 450.04 .

(d) Pays the fee specified in s. 440.05 (1) .

1985 a. 146 ; 1987 a. 264 ; 1991 a. 39 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2005 a. 96 ; 2009 a. 42 ; 2013 a. 114 ss. 25 , 27 , 28 ; 2015 a. 3 , 55 ; s. 13.92 (2) (i).

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