Senate Bill 0168c1

    Florida Senate - 2000                            CS for SB 168

    By the Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care; and
    Senators Saunders, Myers, Dyer and Latvala




    317-650-00

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to pharmacy practice; creating

  3         s. 465.0075, F.S.; authorizing licensure of

  4         pharmacists by endorsement and providing

  5         requirements therefor, including a fee;

  6         providing an effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Section 465.0075, Florida Statutes, is

11  created to read:

12         465.0075  Licensure by endorsement; requirements;

13  fee.--

14         (1)  The department shall issue a license by

15  endorsement to any applicant who applies to the department and

16  remits a nonrefundable fee of not more than $100, as set by

17  the board, and whom the board certifies:

18         (a)  Has met the qualifications for licensure in s.

19  465.007(1)(b)-(c);

20         (b)  Has obtained a passing score, as established by

21  rule of the board, on the licensure examination of the

22  National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABPLEX) or a

23  similar national organization, if the board certifies that the

24  applicant has taken the required examination not more than 15

25  years prior to application;

26         (c)1.  Has submitted evidence of the active licensed

27  practice of pharmacy in another jurisdiction for at least 2 of

28  the immediately preceding 5 years or evidence of successful

29  completion of board-approved postgraduate training or a

30  board-approved clinical competency examination within the year

31  immediately preceding application for licensure. For purposes

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    Florida Senate - 2000                            CS for SB 168
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  1  of this paragraph, "active licensed practice of pharmacy"

  2  means the practice of pharmacy by pharmacists, including those

  3  employed by any governmental entity in community or public

  4  health, as defined by this chapter; or

  5         2.  Has completed an internship meeting the

  6  requirements of s. 465.007(1)(c) within the 2 years

  7  immediately preceding application; and

  8         (d)  Has obtained a passing score on the pharmacy

  9  jurisprudence portions of the licensure examination, as

10  required by board rule.

11         (2)  The department may not issue a license by

12  endorsement to any applicant who is under investigation in any

13  jurisdiction for an act or offense that would constitute a

14  violation of this chapter until the investigation is complete,

15  at which time the provisions of s. 465.016 apply.

16         (3)  The department may not issue a license by

17  endorsement to any applicant whose license to practice

18  pharmacy has been suspended or revoked in another state or to

19  any applicant who is currently the subject of any disciplinary

20  proceeding in another state.

21         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

22  law.

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24          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
25                              SB 168

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27  The committee substitute restricts licensure by endorsement of
    applicants who have taken the required licensure examination
28  no more than 15 years before their application. The bill
    revises the requirements for the Board of Pharmacy and the
29  Department of Health to impose restrictions on a license by
    endorsement for any act committed in another jurisdiction that
30  would constitute a violation of chapter 465. F.S.

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