Tex. Occ. Code § 558.051 · Subchapter B. LICENSING BY EXAMINATION
QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSE BY EXAMINATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) To qualify for a license to practice pharmacy, an applicant for licensing by examination must submit to the board:
(1) a license fee set by the board; and
(2) a completed application on a form prescribed by the board with satisfactory sworn evidence that the applicant:
(A) is at least 18 years of age;
(B) has completed a minimum of a 1,000-hour internship or other program that has been approved by the board or has demonstrated, to the board's satisfaction, experience in the practice of pharmacy that meets or exceeds the board's minimum internship requirements;
(C) has graduated and received a professional practice degree, as defined by board rule, from an accredited pharmacy degree program approved by the board;
(D) has passed the examination required by the board; and
(E) has not had a pharmacist license granted by another state restricted, suspended, revoked, or surrendered, for any reason.
(b) Each applicant must obtain practical experience in the practice of pharmacy concurrent with college attendance or after college graduation, or both, under conditions the board determines.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 485 (H.B. 2561), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2017.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.558.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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