Revised Statutes of Missouri Chapter 338 — Pharmacists and Pharmacies

Missouri · statute · Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 338 · 95 active provisions

Practice of pharmacy — license required — auxiliary personnel — written protocol required, when — nonprescription drugs — rulemaking authority — therapeutic plan requirements — veterinarian defined — additional requirements — ShowMeVax system, notice — public health emergencies

1. The "practice of pharmacy" includes: (1) The interpretation, implementation, and evaluation of medical prescription orders, including any legend drugs under 21 U.S.C. Section 353, and the receipt, transmission, or handling of such orders or facilitating the dispensing of such orders; (2) The designing, initiating, i…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 2026-08-28effective

Education Government Administration Health & Medicine

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.012

Medication therapy services, certain diseases, pharmacist may provide — rulemaking authority

1. A pharmacist with a certificate of medication therapeutic plan authority may provide influenza, group A streptococcus, and COVID-19 medication therapy services pursuant to rules established by the board of pharmacy and the state board of registration for the healing arts, as described in this section. 2. This sectio…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 2026-08-28effective

Government Administration

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.013

Pharmacy technician to register with board of pharmacy, fees, application, renewal — refusal to issue, when — employee disqualification list maintained, use

1. Any person desiring to assist a pharmacist in the practice of pharmacy as defined in this chapter shall apply to the board of pharmacy for registration as a pharmacy technician. Such applicant shall be, at a minimum, legal working age and shall forward to the board the appropriate fee and written application on a fo…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 2009-08-28effective

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.015

Patient's freedom of choice to obtain prescription services, waiver — consultation and advice

1. The provisions of sections 338.010 to 338.015 shall not be construed to inhibit the patient's freedom of choice to obtain prescription services from any licensed pharmacist. However, nothing in sections 338.010 to 338.315 abrogates the patient's ability to waive freedom of choice under any contract with regard to pa…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 2019-08-28effective

Health & Medicine

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.020

Application for license — requirements — examination — oath — penalty — military service, effect of

1. Every person who shall hereafter desire to be licensed as a pharmacist shall file with the board of pharmacy an application setting forth his name and age, the place, or places, at which and the time spent in the study of the science and art of pharmacy, and the practical experience which the applicant has had under…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 2014-08-28effective

Military & Veterans

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.030

Applicant — requirements for qualification

An applicant for examination shall be twenty-one years of age and in addition shall furnish satisfactory evidence of his good moral character and have had one year practical experience under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist within a licensed pharmacy, or other location approved by the board, and shall be a grad…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 2001-08-28effective

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.035

Application, contents — intern pharmacist — board shall promulgate rules, procedure

1. Every person who desires to be licensed as an intern pharmacist shall file with the board of pharmacy an application, on a form to be provided by the board of pharmacy. 2. If an applicant for an intern pharmacist license has complied with the requirements of this section and with the rules and regulations of the boa…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 2020-08-28effective

Government Administration

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.040

License issued without examination, when — reciprocity — equivalency examination — fees

1. The board of pharmacy shall issue licenses to practice pharmacy in the state without examination to persons who have been legally registered or licensed as pharmacists in other states. Any applicant for a license under this section shall present satisfactory evidence of qualifications equal to those required from li…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 1990-08-28effective

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.043

Temporary license — eligibility — renewal

1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the board of pharmacy may grant a temporary license to an applicant who meets such requirements as the board may prescribe by rule and regulation. 2. The license shall be renewable at the discretion of and with the approval of the board of pharmacy. A temporary l…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 2001-08-28effective

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.050

Pharmacist license, issued when, period covered

If the applicant for license as a pharmacist has complied with all the requirements of sections 338.010 and 338.020, the board of pharmacy shall enroll his name upon the register of pharmacists and issue to him a license which shall entitle him to practice as a pharmacist for a period ending with the expiration date of…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 1981-08-28effective

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.052

Criminal background check, fingerprint submission

1. The board of pharmacy may require that fingerprint submissions be made as part of an application seeking a license to practice pharmacy as a pharmacist, a certificate of registration as a pharmacy technician, a license as an intern pharmacist, a license as a wholesale drug distributor, a license as a third-party log…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 2025-08-28effective

Criminal Law

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.055

Denial, revocation or suspension of license, grounds for — expedited procedure — temporary authority, when

1. The board may refuse to issue any certificate of registration or authority, permit or license required pursuant to this chapter for one or any combination of causes stated in subsection 2 of this section or if the designated pharmacist-in-charge, manager-in-charge, or any officer, owner, manager, or controlling shar…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 2022-08-28effective

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.056

Generic substitutions, when, requirements — violations, penalty

1. Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, the pharmacist filling prescription orders for drug products prescribed by trade or brand name may select another drug product with the same active chemical ingredients of the same strength, quantity and dosage form, and of the same generic drug or interchangeable…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 2019-08-28effective

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.059

Prescriptions, how labeled

1. It shall be the duty of a licensed pharmacist or a physician to affix or have affixed by someone under the pharmacist's or physician's supervision a label to each and every container provided to a consumer in which is placed any prescription drug or biological product upon which is typed or written the following inf…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 2016-08-28effective

Health & Medicine

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.060

Renewal of license or permit — late renewal or failure to renew, effect — continuing education requirements — inactive license issued when — changed to active, procedure

1. Every licensed pharmacist or permit holder who desires to continue in the practice of this profession shall, within thirty days before the license expiration date, file an application for the renewal, which application shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed in sections 338.010 to 338.198. 2. If any pharmacist fa…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 1999-08-28effective

Education

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.065

Disciplinary hearings — grounds for discipline

1. At such time as the final trial proceedings are concluded whereby a licensee or registrant, or any person who has failed to renew or has surrendered his or her certificate of registration or authority, permit, or license, has been adjudicated and found guilty, or has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, in a…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 2004-08-28effective

Criminal Law

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.067

Revocation and restoration of license — conditions

1. In any order of revocation, the board may provide that the person may not apply for reinstatement of his license for a period of time ranging from two to seven years following the date of the order of revocation. All stay orders shall toll this time period. 2. Before restoring to good standing a license, certificate…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 1990-08-28effective

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.070

Fees, amount, how set, collection, disposition — fund, created, use, funds transferred to general revenue, when

1. The board of pharmacy shall set the amount of the fees which this chapter authorizes and requires by rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to chapter 536. The fees shall be set at a level to produce revenue which shall not substantially exceed the cost and expense of administering this chapter. All fees shall b…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 1997-08-28effective

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.075

Adverse actions against licensee, notification to board of pharmacy, when — rulemaking authority

1. All licensees, registrants, and permit holders of the board of pharmacy shall report to the board of pharmacy: (1) Any final adverse action taken by another licensing state, jurisdiction, or government agency against any license, permit, or authorization held by the person or entity to practice or operate as a pharm…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 2016-08-28effective

Government Administration Health & Medicine

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.080

Display of license or renewal required

Every license to practice as a pharmacist, and every permit issued to any person under the provisions of this chapter to establish a pharmacy, and every renewal of such license or permit, shall be conspicuously exposed in the pharmacy or place of business of which the pharmacist or other person to whom it is issued is…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 1990-08-28effective

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.085

Interchangeable biological products, pharmacist may dispense as substitute, when — recordkeeping — rulemaking authority

1. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Biological product", the same meaning as such term is defined under 42 U.S.C. Section 262; (2) "Interchangeable biological product", a biological product that the Food and Drug Administration: (a) Has licensed and determined meets the standards for interc…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 2016-08-28effective

Government Administration Health & Medicine

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.090

Sale of poisons — regulations

1. It shall be unlawful for any person to retail any poisons enumerated in schedules "A" and "B", except as follows: Schedule "A" arsenic and its preparations, biniodide of mercury, cyanide of potassium, hydrocyanic acid, strychnia, and all other poisonous vegetable alkaloids and their salts, and the essential oil of b…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 1949-08-28effective

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.095

Prescription, drug order, defined — telephone prescription, defined — prescription and medical information may be provided, when

1. The terms "prescription" and "prescription drug order" are hereby defined as a lawful order for medications or devices issued and signed by an authorized prescriber within the scope of his professional practice which is to be dispensed or administered by a pharmacist or dispensed or administered pursuant to section…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 2007-08-28effective

Health & Medicine Technology & Telecommunications

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.100

Records required to be kept — requirements

1. Every permit holder of a licensed pharmacy shall cause to be kept in a uniform fashion consistent with this section a suitable book, file, or electronic record-keeping system in which shall be preserved, for a period of not less than five years, the original or order of each drug or biological product which has been…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 2016-08-28effective

Health & Medicine

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.110

Board of pharmacy, members, qualifications, terms

1. The board of pharmacy shall consist of seven persons not connected with any school of pharmacy. Six members shall be licensed as pharmacists and actively engaged in the practice of pharmacy within this state, and at least one of these shall be a person who provides, on a full-time basis, pharmaceutical services to a…

MissouriPharmacists and PharmaciesEffective 1999-08-28effective

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Revised Statutes of Missouri Chapter 338 — Pharmacists and Pharmacies

Provisions

Practice of pharmacy — license required — auxiliary personnel — written protocol required, when — nonprescription drugs — rulemaking authority — therapeutic plan requirements — veterinarian defined — additional requirements — ShowMeVax system, notice — public health emergencies

Medication therapy services, certain diseases, pharmacist may provide — rulemaking authority

Pharmacy technician to register with board of pharmacy, fees, application, renewal — refusal to issue, when — employee disqualification list maintained, use

Patient's freedom of choice to obtain prescription services, waiver — consultation and advice

Application for license — requirements — examination — oath — penalty — military service, effect of

Applicant — requirements for qualification

Application, contents — intern pharmacist — board shall promulgate rules, procedure

License issued without examination, when — reciprocity — equivalency examination — fees

Temporary license — eligibility — renewal

Pharmacist license, issued when, period covered

Criminal background check, fingerprint submission

Denial, revocation or suspension of license, grounds for — expedited procedure — temporary authority, when

Generic substitutions, when, requirements — violations, penalty

Prescriptions, how labeled

Renewal of license or permit — late renewal or failure to renew, effect — continuing education requirements — inactive license issued when — changed to active, procedure

Disciplinary hearings — grounds for discipline

Revocation and restoration of license — conditions

Fees, amount, how set, collection, disposition — fund, created, use, funds transferred to general revenue, when

Adverse actions against licensee, notification to board of pharmacy, when — rulemaking authority

Display of license or renewal required

Interchangeable biological products, pharmacist may dispense as substitute, when — recordkeeping — rulemaking authority

Sale of poisons — regulations

Prescription, drug order, defined — telephone prescription, defined — prescription and medical information may be provided, when

Records required to be kept — requirements

Board of pharmacy, members, qualifications, terms