§ 12-302. License qualifications
West's Annotated Code of MarylandHealth OccupationsEffective: October 1, 2016
Effective: October 1, 2016
MD Code, Health Occupations, § 12-302
§ 12-302. License qualifications
(a) To qualify for a license, an applicant shall be an individual who meets the requirements of this section.
(d) The applicant shall:
(e) Except as otherwise provided in this title, the applicant shall pass an examination given by the Board under this subtitle.
(f)(1) In this subsection, “foreign school or college of pharmacy” means a school or college of pharmacy that is not located in any state in the United States.
(2) The Board may waive the requirements of subsection (d)(1) of this section for an applicant who is a graduate of a foreign school or college of pharmacy, provided that the applicant passes an examination approved by the Board in addition to the examinations otherwise given by the Board under this subtitle.
(g)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Board shall require, as part of its examination or licensing procedures, an applicant for a license to practice pharmacy to demonstrate an oral competency in the English language by passing a Board approved standardized test of oral competency.
(4) The Board may not require an applicant for a license to practice pharmacy, who was previously licensed in another state to practice pharmacy, to demonstrate an oral competency in the English language, if the other state's examination and licensing procedures at the time the applicant was licensed in the other state included an oral competency component similar to the oral competency component in this State's examination and licensing procedures.
Credits
Added by Acts 1981, c. 8, § 2, eff. July 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1990, c. 6, § 11, eff. Feb. 16, 1990; Acts 1996, c. 511, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1996; Acts 1997, c. 614, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1997; Acts 2016, c. 475, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Acts 2016, c. 476, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2016.
Formerly Art. 43, § 261.
MD Code, Health Occupations, § 12-302, MD HEALTH OCCUP § 12-302
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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