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    SB 654                                   First Engrossed (ntc)



  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 for legislative review; providing an

  7         effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Section 465.0075, Florida Statutes, is

12  created to read:

13         465.0075  Licensure by endorsement; requirements;

14  fee.--

15         (1)  The department shall issue a license by

16  endorsement to any applicant who applies to the department and

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

18  the board, and whom the board certifies:

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

20  465.007(1)(b)-(c);

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

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

23  National Association of Boards of Pharmacy or a similar

24  nationally recognized examination, if the board certifies that

25  the applicant has taken the required examination not more than

26  12 years prior to application;

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

28  practice of pharmacy, including practice in community or

29  public health by persons employed by a governmental entity, in

30  another jurisdiction for at least 2 of the immediately

31  preceding 5 years or evidence of successful completion of


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    SB 654                                   First Engrossed (ntc)



  1  board-approved postgraduate training or a board-approved

  2  clinical competency examination within the year immediately

  3  preceding application for licensure; or

  4         2.  Has completed an internship meeting the

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

  6  immediately preceding application; and

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

  8  jurisprudence portions of the licensure examination, as

  9  required by board rule.

10         (2)  An applicant licensed in another state for a

11  period in excess of 2 years from the date of application for

12  licensure in this state shall submit a total of at least 30

13  hours of board-approved continuing education for the 2

14  calendar years immediately preceding application.

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

16  endorsement to any applicant who is under investigation in any

17  jurisdiction for an act or offense that would constitute a

18  violation of this chapter until the investigation is complete,

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

20         (4)  The department may not issue a license by

21  endorsement to any applicant whose license to practice

22  pharmacy has been suspended or revoked in another state or who

23  is currently the subject of any disciplinary proceeding in

24  another state.

25         Section 2.  During the 2006 Regular Session of the

26  Legislature, the appropriate committee of each house of the

27  Legislature shall review the effect of this act and make

28  recommendations to the presiding officer of that house

29  regarding such review.

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

31  law.


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