1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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3 SENATE BILL 219 By: Daniels
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the practice of pharmacy; amending
7 59 O.S. 2021, Section 353.3, which relates to the
8 State Board of Pharmacy; removing certain limitation
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9 certain recommendations; updating statutory language;
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 353.3, is
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15 amended to read as follows:
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16 Section 353.3. A. The State Board of Pharmacy shall consist of
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17 six (6) persons, five who shall be licensed as pharmacists by this
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18 state and one who shall be a public member.
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19 1. The pharmacist members shall be appointed by the Governor by
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20 and with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall:
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21 a. be registered and in good standing in the State of
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22 Oklahoma this state, and
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 1 b. have been actively engaged in the practice of pharmacy
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2 within this state for a period of not less than five
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3 (5) years immediately prior to serving on the Board.
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4 2. The public member shall be appointed by the Governor and
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6 a. be a resident of the State of Oklahoma this state for
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7 not less than five (5) years, and
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8 b. not be a pharmacist or be related by blood or marriage
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9 within the third degree of consanguinity to a
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10 pharmacist.
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11 B. The present members of the Board shall be appointed for a
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12 term of five (5) years. The public member of the Board shall serve
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13 a term coterminous with the Governor and shall serve at the pleasure
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14 of the Governor. The terms of the members of the Board shall expire
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15 on the 30th day of June of the year designated for the expiration of
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16 the term for which appointed but the member shall serve until a
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17 qualified successor has been duly appointed. No person shall be
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18 appointed to serve more than two consecutive terms. Appointments of
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19 pharmacists to the Board shall be made from a list of ten (10) names
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20 representative of the pharmacy profession submitted annually by the
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21 Executive Director of the Oklahoma Pharmacists Association after an
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22 election has been held by mail ballot. In selecting appointees, the
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23 Governor may consider recommendations from a statewide organization
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24 representing pharmacists, a state chapter of a national organization
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 1 representing pharmacists, or other groups or individuals in this
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3 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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5 59-1-1354 DC 1/9/2023 5:52:14 PM
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