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House Bill 1229




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1229

        By Representative Burroughs






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to pharmacy; amending s.

  3         465.004, F.S.; increasing the membership of the

  4         Board of Pharmacy; revising membership

  5         qualifications; providing an effective date.

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  7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  9         Section 1.  Subsections (1) and (2) of section 465.004,

10  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

11         465.004  Board of Pharmacy.--

12         (1)  The Board of Pharmacy is created within the

13  department and shall consist of nine seven members to be

14  appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate.

15         (2)  Seven Five members of the board must be licensed

16  pharmacists who are residents of this state and who have been

17  engaged in the practice of the profession of pharmacy in this

18  state for at least 4 years and, to the extent practicable,

19  represent the various pharmacy practice settings.  Of the

20  pharmacist members, one must be on the full-time faculty of a

21  pharmacy school in this state, one must be currently engaged

22  in the practice of pharmacy in a community pharmacy, one must

23  be currently engaged in the practice of pharmacy in a Class II

24  institutional pharmacy or a Modified Class II institutional

25  pharmacy, and four shall be pharmacists licensed in this state

26  irrespective of practice setting.  The remaining two members

27  must be residents of the state who have never been licensed as

28  pharmacists and who are in no way connected with the practice

29  of the profession of pharmacy.  No person may be appointed as

30  a consumer lay member who is in any way connected with a drug

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1229

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  1  manufacturer or wholesaler.  At least one member of the board

  2  must be 60 years of age or older.

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 1997.

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  6                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Increases the membership of the Board of Pharmacy to nine
  8    members, consisting of seven pharmacist members and two
      consumer members.  Revises membership qualifications for
  9    the pharmacist members to provide that, to the extent
      practicable, they represent the various pharmacy practice
10    settings.  See bill for details.

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