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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000              CS/HB 433

        By the Committee on Health Care Licensing & Regulation and
    Representatives Putnam, Morroni, Ogles, Dockery, Healey,
    Murman, Ritter, Minton and Alexander




  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         amending s. 465.023, F.S.; providing for

  7         disciplinary actions against pharmacy

  8         permittees for interfering with or attempting

  9         to interfere with the professional judgment of

10         a pharmacist in the practice of the profession

11         of pharmacy; providing an effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Section 465.0075, Florida Statutes, is

16  created to read:

17         465.0075  Licensure by endorsement; requirements;

18  fee.--

19         (1)  The department shall issue a license by

20  endorsement to any applicant who applies to the department and

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

22  the board, and who the board certifies:

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

24  465.007(1)(b)-(c);

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

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

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

28  similar national organization, if the board certifies that the

29  applicant has taken the required examination not more than 15

30  years prior to application;

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

  2  practice of pharmacy in another jurisdiction for at least 2

  3  years of the immediately preceding 5 years or evidence of

  4  successful completion of board-approved postgraduate training

  5  or a board-approved clinical competency examination within the

  6  year immediately preceding application for licensure. For

  7  purposes of this paragraph, "active licensed practice of

  8  pharmacy" means the practice of pharmacy by pharmacists,

  9  including those employed by any governmental entity in

10  community or public health, as defined by this chapter; or

11         2.  Has completed an internship meeting the

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

13  immediately preceding application; and

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

15  jurisprudence portions of the licensure examination, as

16  required by board rule.

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

18  endorsement to any applicant who is under investigation in any

19  jurisdiction for an act or offense that would constitute a

20  violation of this chapter until the investigation is complete,

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

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

23  endorsement to any applicant whose license to practice

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

25  any applicant who is currently the subject of any disciplinary

26  proceeding in another state.

27         Section 2.  Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (1) of

28  section 465.023, Florida Statutes, to read:

29         465.023  Pharmacy permittee; disciplinary action.--

30         (1)  The department or the board may revoke or suspend

31  the permit of any pharmacy permittee, and may fine, place on

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  1  probation, or otherwise discipline any pharmacy permittee who

  2  has:

  3         (e)  Interfered with or attempted to interfere with the

  4  professional judgment of a pharmacist in the practice of the

  5  profession of pharmacy.

  6         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  7  law.

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