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Committee advances bill moving Board of Pharmacy rules into statute; pharmacists testify in support
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to advance House Bill 200, which transposes Board of Pharmacy rules into statute. Pharmacists and a former board public member testified in favor, saying the move gives regulatory stability and recognizes pharmacists’ expanded scope of practice.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 200 to the floor with a do-pass recommendation after sponsor Representative Jordan Redmond told the committee the bill finalizes a two-year effort to move Board of Pharmacy rules into statute.
"This moves the remainder of those rules into statute," Redmond said, adding that a prior bill (H 527) passed unanimously and this bill continues the migration. The sponsor said the bill does not expand or shrink practice authority, does…
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