Board reelects officers, withdraws self‑assessment rulemaking and approves posting of updated draft forms

The California Board of Pharmacy voted unanimously to reelect Seung Oh as board president and to elect Jesse Crowley as vice president and Trevor Chandler as treasurer during its April 2025 meeting in Sacramento and via Webex.

The board also voted to withdraw the pending rulemaking package noticed Jan. 10, 2025, to amend various self‑assessment forms incorporated by reference in California Code of Regulations, title 16, sections 17.15 and 17.84, and directed staff to work with committee leadership to develop revised drafts for future consideration. The board approved posting updated draft versions of the community pharmacy and hospital self‑assessment forms to the board website to provide more current guidance to licensees while a more comprehensive revision proceeds.

Why it matters: The withdrawn rulemaking and the board’s decision to post updated drafts are intended to reduce the lag between law and the forms pharmacies use to self‑assess compliance. Board members said the changes aim to give pharmacies clearer, more current guidance while the Enforcement and Compounding Committee and staff take a deeper look at the forms during the year and await legislative changes proposed in the board’s sunset report.

Details of recorded votes and motions are below.

Votes at a glance

- Election of President — Motion: Nominate Seung Oh for board president. Mover: Renee Barker (nomination recorded). Seconder: Ricardo Sanchez (recorded). Vote: Recorded board members voted yes; motion passed.

- Election of Vice President — Motion: Nominate Jesse Crowley for vice president (Seung Oh placed nomination). Mover: Seung Oh (nomination); Jesse Crowley accepted. Seconder: Renee Barker (recorded). Vote: Recorded board members voted yes; motion passed.

- Election of Treasurer — Motion: Nominate Trevor Chandler for treasurer (nomination recorded). Mover: Seung Oh (nomination); second recorded. Vote: Recorded board members voted yes; motion passed.

- Withdraw rulemaking on self‑assessment forms — Motion: "Withdraw the rulemaking package noticed 01/10/2025 related to possible amendments to section 17.15 and 17.84 related to the self assessment forms." Mover: Maria Serpa (recorded). Seconder: Trevor Chandler (recorded). Vote: Recorded board members voted yes; motion passed.

- Approve posting of updated draft self‑assessment forms for use and discussion — Motion: Approve drafts for posting (community pharmacy, hospital outpatient pharmacy self‑assessment 17MS‑13 and hospital pharmacy self‑assessment 17MS‑14) consistent with board discussion. Mover: (recorded as moved during meeting). Seconder: (recorded). Vote: Recorded board members voted yes; motion passed.

- Approve consolidated petition form (reinstatement/modification/early termination of probation) — Motion: Approve the updated consolidated petition form (attachment A). Mover: Nicole Thiebaud (recorded). Seconder: not specified (recorded as second). Vote: Recorded board members voted yes; motion passed.

- Approval of meeting minutes — Motions to approve minutes for the following dates were moved and passed: 01/08/2025 (mover: Jesse Crowley; seconder: Trevor Chandler), February 2025 minutes (mover: Nicole Thiebaud; seconder: Renee Barker), March 6, 2025 (mover: Renee Barker; seconder: Trevor Chandler; one abstention by Jesse Crowley), March 12, 2025 disciplinary petition committee minutes (mover: Nicole Thiebaud; seconder: Jay Newell; one abstention by Renee Barker), and March 26, 2025 (mover: Jeff Hughes; seconder: Jay Newell; Jesse Crowley recorded as abstain). All motions passed.

Board statements and next steps

Board leadership and staff said the posted drafts are intended as interim guidance; staff and committee leadership will continue to revise the forms and present consolidated drafts for future board consideration. The board also noted that the sunset review work may create a statutory pathway that would allow the board to update assessment forms more quickly in future, reducing the need for lengthy regulatory amendments.

Ending

The board conducted these votes in open session before moving to a scheduled closed session later in the afternoon. Several procedural and informational items followed, including a report from the Department of Consumer Affairs and an Enforcement and Compounding Committee report informing the board’s direction on self‑assessment forms.