Every registered pharmacist holding a nonactive renewal registration who desires to practice pharmacy in this State shall be is required to submit proof satisfactory to the board that, during the calendar year preceding application for active registration, the pharmacist has participated in not less than 15 hours of approved courses of continuing professional pharmaceutical education as defined in section 13735. The board may make exceptions from the operation of the continuing education requirement of this section in emergency or hardship cases.

If any person fails or neglects to procure the annual nonactive renewal registration, notice of that failure having been mailed to that person's last known address by the board, after the expiration of 30 days following the issue of notice, that person's original registration shall expire expires. That person, in order to regain registration, shall be is required to pay one renewal fee as set under section 13724 in addition to the sum of all fees that person may be in arrears.

3. Fees. The board shall specify by rule the procedures to be followed, in addition to those specified by section 13715-A, and the fees to be paid for renewal of licenses.

Sec. B-10. 32 MRSA §13735, as amended by PL 1999, c. 130, §8, is further amended by adding at the end a new paragraph to read:

Each application for approval of a continuing education program or course must be submitted according to the guidelines prescribed by rule by the board, together with a required fee as set under section 13724.

Sec. B-11. 32 MRSA §13751, sub-§3-A, as amended by PL 1997, c. 117, §11, is further amended to read:

3-A. Mail order contact lens suppliers. In order to meet the board's minimum licensure requirements, a mail order contact lens supplier must:

A. Apply for a license annually, if filling contact lens prescriptions by mail or carrier for a patient that resides in this State;