338.070. Fees, amount, how set, collection, disposition--fund, created, use, funds transferred to general revenue, when.
Fees, amount, how set, collection, disposition--fund, created, use,funds transferred to general revenue, when.
338.070. 1. The board of pharmacy shall set the amount of the feeswhich this chapter authorizes and requires by rules and regulationspromulgated pursuant to chapter 536, RSMo. The fees shall be set at alevel to produce revenue which shall not substantially exceed the cost andexpense of administering this chapter. All fees shall be paid before anapplicant may be admitted to examination or his or her name placed upon theregister of pharmacists, or before any license or permit, or any renewalthereof, is issued by the board.
2. All fees payable pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shallbe collected by the division of professional registration and transmittedto the department of revenue for deposit in the state treasury to thecredit of the fund to be known as the "Board of Pharmacy Fund".
3. The provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, to the contrarynotwithstanding, money in this fund shall not be transferred and placed tothe credit of general revenue until the amount in the fund at the end ofthe biennium exceeds two times the amount of the appropriation from theboard's funds for the preceding fiscal year or, if the board requires byrule permit renewal less frequently than yearly, then three times theappropriation from the board's funds for the preceding fiscal year. Theamount, if any, in the fund which shall lapse is that amount in the fundwhich exceeds the appropriate multiple of the appropriations from theboard's funds for the preceding fiscal year.
(RSMo 1939 § 10015, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 277, A.L. 1953 p. 613, A.L. 1961 p. 501, A.L. 1969 S.B. 390, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1985 S.B. 99, A.L. 1997 S.B. 141)Prior revisions: 1929 § 13151; 1919 § 4723; 1909 § 5775