SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2128

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11  Senator Gutman moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

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17         Section 242.  Licensure of certain foreign-trained

18  pharmacists.--Notwithstanding section 465.007(1)(b)2., Florida

19  Statutes, a graduate of a 4-year undergraduate pharmacy

20  program of a school or college of pharmacy located outside the

21  United States, who has been a resident of this state for a

22  continuous period of at least 1 year as of January 1, 1992,

23  and has submitted proof to the agency that he has practiced

24  pharmacy in his country of origin for at least 1 year or has

25  been employed as a pharmacy technician in a permitted pharmacy

26  in this state, is eligible, upon the filing of the application

27  and payment of the fees required by section 465.007(1)(a),

28  Florida Statutes, to take the licensure examination. The

29  agency shall translate the examination into the native

30  language of any applicant who requests, and agrees to pay the

31  costs of, such translation. This section expires July 1, 1999.

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2128

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 6  And the title is amended as follows:

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10         providing for the licensure of foreign-trained

11         pharmacists; providing an expiration date;

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