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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="12-302" title_number="12" title_name="Pharmacists and Pharmacies" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <text>To qualify for a license, an applicant shall be an individual who meets the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The applicant shall be of good moral character.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The applicant shall be at least 18 years old.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The applicant shall submit to a criminal history records check in accordance with § 12–302.1 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The applicant shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Be a graduate of a school or college of pharmacy that is approved by the Board or accredited by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Have completed the professional experience program that the Board requires.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this title, the applicant shall pass an examination given by the Board under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may waive the requirements of subsection (e)(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.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board shall adopt regulations that establish a procedure for testing an individual who because of the individual’s speech or hearing impairment is unable to complete satisfactorily a Board approved standardized test of oral competency.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If any disciplinary charge or action that relates to a problem with the oral communication of the English language is brought against a licensee under this title, the Board shall require the licensee to pass a Board approved standardized test of oral competency.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Board may not require an applicant for a license to practice pharmacy, who is or 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.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Graduation from a recognized English–speaking professional school accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education is acceptable as proof of proficiency in the oral communication of the English language under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
