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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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