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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - PHARMACIES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Diaz, McNamara, Slater, Vella-Wilkinson, Perez, | |
Date Introduced: January 29, 2021 | |
Referred To: House Health & Human Services | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 5-19.1-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-19.1 entitled "Pharmacies" |
2 | is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 5-19.1-3. State board of pharmacy -- Creation -- Membership -- Oath -- Vacancies. |
4 | (a) Within the department of health, there shall be a board of pharmacy, consisting of nine |
5 | (9) eleven (11) individuals, residents of the state of Rhode Island, one of whom shall be a registered |
6 | pharmacist who is currently employed in the department of pharmacy at a hospital corporation in |
7 | the state of Rhode Island during his or her term of appointment; two (2) of whom shall be actively |
8 | engaged in the practice of independent retail pharmacy; two (2) of whom shall be representatives |
9 | of the Rhode Island drug chain stores; two (2) of whom shall be actively engaged in any field of |
10 | pharmacy practice; two (2) of whom shall be pharmacy technicians licensed pursuant to ยง 5-19.1- |
11 | 16; and two (2) of whom shall be from the public. All members, except the public members and |
12 | the pharmacy technician members, shall be registered pharmacists and shall have been a licensed |
13 | pharmacist for five (5) consecutive years in the state of Rhode Island immediately prior to |
14 | appointment. |
15 | (b) Members of the board shall hold office for a term of three (3) years. Appointment of |
16 | members shall occur as individual appointments expire, such that the composition of the board will |
17 | not be altered. All appointments shall be made by the director of health with the approval of the |
18 | governor. |
19 | (c) No person who has been appointed to and served for three (3) full consecutive three (3) |
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1 | year terms shall be eligible for appointment to the board. |
2 | (d) Each member shall qualify by taking the usual oath of a state officer, which shall be |
3 | filed with the secretary of state, and each member shall hold office for the term of his or her |
4 | appointment and until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. |
5 | In the case of the resignation or disqualification of a member, or a vacancy occurring from |
6 | any cause, the director shall appoint a successor for the unexpired term. |
7 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - PHARMACIES | |
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1 | This act would increase the state board of pharmacy from nine (9) to eleven (11) members |
2 | by adding two (2) pharmacy technicians. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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