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Bill would allow pharmacy owners who are not pharmacists to serve on Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission
Summary
House Bill 1009 would let one pharmacist-designated seat on the Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission be filled by a public member who owns or operates a pharmacy. The bill and related gubernatorial commission appointments were discussed at the March 13 Senate Health and Long Term Care Committee hearing.
Senate staff briefed the Senate Health and Long Term Care Committee on March 13 that House Bill 1009 would alter membership rules for the Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission to allow one seat currently reserved for a pharmacist to be filled by a public member who is an owner, operator or officer of a pharmacy and who is not a pharmacist or pharmacy technician.
Rohan Bhattacharjee, committee staff, told the panel the commission currently has 15 members: 10 pharmacists, four public members and one pharmacy technician. "The bill before you allows for one seat currently designated for a pharmacist member to be filled by a public member who is an owner, operator or officer of a pharmacy…
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