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Council hearing reviews four licensing boards' FY24–FY25 performance and HORA implementation

2519193 · March 5, 2025
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Summary

The Committee on Health convened on March 5 to review FY24 performance and FY25 activities from the chairs of the Boards of Pharmacy, Medicine, Psychology and Dentistry, including implementation of health occupation statute changes, licensure processing times, board vacancies and rulemaking priorities.

The Committee on Health convened a hybrid hearing March 5 to review fiscal-year performance and ongoing implementation work from four District licensing boards: Pharmacy, Medicine, Psychology and Dentistry. Each board chair summarized licensure counts, complaint and enforcement activity, and rulemaking priorities tied to the Health Occupations Revision/General Amendment Acts.

Highlights from each board:

- Board of Pharmacy (Chair Dr. Lisonbee Hill): As of Feb. 6, 2025, the board licensed 4,984 pharmacy professionals. The board completed a migration to a date-of-birth renewal model intended to stagger renewals and reduce administrative backlog. Dr. Hill said the board finalized patient-education materials for pharmacists prescribing hormonal contraceptives and is working to strengthen pharmacy technician rules and workplace protections after…

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