450.03 Pharmacist; licensure.

WISCONSIN STATUTES AND CODES

450.03

450.03(1)

(1) No person may engage in the practice of pharmacy or use the title "pharmacist" or sell, give away or barter drugs unless the person is licensed as a pharmacist by the board. This subsection does not apply to:

450.03(1)(a)

(a) The offer to sell or sale of contraceptive articles, as defined under s. 450.155 (1) (a), by a registered nurse licensed under s. 441.06.

450.03(1)(b)

(b) The sale of any nonprescription drug product, in an original unbroken package, which complies with 21 USC 301 to 392.

450.03(1)(c)

450.03(1)(d)

(d) The delivery of complimentary samples of drug products or devices to a practitioner by a manufacturer or its agent acting in the usual course of business.

450.03(1)(e)

(e) Any person lawfully practicing within the scope of a license, permit, registration, certificate or certification granted to practice professional or practical nursing or nurse-midwifery under ch. 441, to practice dentistry or dental hygiene under ch. 447, to practice medicine and surgery under ch. 448, to practice optometry under ch. 449 or to practice veterinary medicine under ch. 453, or as otherwise provided by statute.

450.03(1)(f)

(f) A person who has successfully completed his or her second year in, and is enrolled at, an accredited school of pharmacy and whose practice of pharmacy is limited to performing duties under the direct supervision of a person licensed as a pharmacist by the board.

450.03(1)(g)

(g) A person who has applied for a license under s. 450.05 whose practice of pharmacy is limited to performing duties under the direct supervision of a person licensed as a pharmacist by the board and during the period before which the board takes final action on the person's application.

450.03(1)(h)

(h) The provision of services by a health care provider under s. 257.03.

450.03(2)

(2) The board shall issue a license as a pharmacist to any person who files satisfactory proof of qualifications under s. 450.04 (3), passes the examination under s. 450.04 and pays the fee specified in s. 440.05 (1), except as provided under s. 450.10.

450.03 - ANNOT.

History: 1985 a. 146; 1987 a. 264; 1991 a. 39; 2001 a. 16; 2005 a. 96; 2009 a. 42.

450.03 - ANNOT.

Cross Reference: See also chs. Phar 2 and 17, Wis. adm. code.