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Patty Hawkins confirmed to State Board of Pharmacy; committee cites patient protection focus
Summary
Patty Hawkins of Nettleton told the Senate committee about 40 years at North Mississippi Health Services and her institutional-at-large nomination to the State Board of Pharmacy; the committee voted to advise and consent. Hawkins emphasized patient protection and compliance with the practice act.
Patty Hawkins, nominated for the institutional-at-large seat on the State Board of Pharmacy, described a roughly 40-year career at North Mississippi Health Services and told the Senate Health Committee that board meetings have been educational and focused on protecting patients. After her remarks the committee moved to advise and consent and voted in favor.
"So my nomination was for the institutional at large position on the board of pharmacy," Hawkins said, adding that her background is in hospital and health-system pharmacy and that she was one of North Mississippi Health Services' early scholarship students from Ole Miss. She told the committee meetings have centered on keeping practice consistent with the practice act and on patient impacts.
The chair asked for a motion to advise and consent and said he would make the motion; the committee voted 'aye' and the chair reported that the ayes appear to have it. The transcript records voice votes rather than roll-call tallies for the confirmation.
