TITLE 16 OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING

CHAPTER 19 PHARMACISTS

PART 13 TEMPORARY BUSINESS LICENSES

16.19.13.1 ISSUING AGENCY: Regulation and Licensing Department Board of Pharmacy, 1650 University Blvd, NE - Ste. 400B, Albuquerque, NM 87102, (505) 841-9102.

[16.19.13.1 NMAC - Rp, 16 NMAC 19.13.1, 12-15-02]

16.19.13.2 SCOPE: All business entities that possess, administer, dispense and/or distribute prescription drugs and/or devices for the purpose of providing pharmaceutical products and services.

[16.19.13.2 NMAC - Rp, 16 NMAC 19.13.2, 12-15-02]

16.19.13.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Section 61-11-6.B.(1) NMSA 1978 authorizes the Board to delegate its authority to the Executive Director to issue temporary licenses as provided in Section 61-11-14.H. NMSA 1978.

[16.19.13.3 NMAC - Rp, 16 NMAC 19.13.3, 12-15-02]

16.19.13.4 DURATION: Permanent

[16.19.13.4 NMAC - Rp, 16 NMAC 19.13.4, 12-15-02]

16.19.13.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: December 15, 2002, unless a later date is cited at the end of a Section.

[12-15-97; 16.19.13.5 NMAC - Rp, 16 NMAC 19.13.5, 12-15-02]

16.19.13.6 OBJECTIVE: To expedite the licensure of business entities providing pharmaceutical products and services. Temporary licenses shall only be issued after the applicant has completed a deficiency free facility inspection.

[16.19.13.16 NMAC - Rp, 16 NMAC 19.13.6, 12-15-02]

16.19.13.7 DEFINITIONS: All terms defined in the Pharmacy Act or elsewhere in the Board regulations shall have the same meaning in this regulation unless otherwise defined below:

A. Deficiency Free Inspection means compliance with all Board pre-licensing inspection requirements.

B. [Reserved]

[16.19.13.7 NMAC - Rp, 16 NMAC 19.13.7, 12-15-02]

16.19.13.8 PROCEDURE FOR TEMPORARY LICENSURE OF BUSINESS ENTITIES THAT POSSESS, ADMINISTER, DISPENSE AND/OR DISTRIBUTE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND/OR DEVICES:

A. Prior to issuance of a permanent license, an applicant may apply once, for each location, for a temporary license. The applicant shall submit required application and fee to the Board office.

B. After preliminary approval of the application, the applicant shall submit a "Request for Inspection" and the inspection fee, where applicable, a minimum of fourteen days in advance of the requested date for inspection.

C. Upon receipt of a deficiency free inspection report the Executive Director may issue a temporary facility license for this location.

D. The Board shall review the license application and the inspection report at its next meeting and shall cause a license to be issued or denied in accordance with the Uniform Licensing Act 61-1-1 to 61-1-33 NMSA 1978.

E. The temporary license shall expire at the close of business on the last day of the next regular Board meeting.

[16.19.13.8 NMAC - Rp, 16 NMAC 19.13.8, 12-15-02]

HISTORY OF 16.19.13 NMAC:

Pre NMAC History: None.

History of Repealed Material: 16 NMAC 19.13, Temporary Business Licenses, filed 12-01-97, expired on 06-30-99.

Other History:

16.19.13 NMAC, Temporary Business Licenses, effective 12-15-02