Bill Text: HI HB1965 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Continuing Education Requirement for Pharmacists

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-04-18 - (S) Act 024, 4/17/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1124). [HB1965 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HB1965-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3138

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1965

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 1965 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR PHARMACISTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to clarify the continuing education requirements for pharmacists in Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Board of Pharmacy, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, and Walgreen Co.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure amends the definition of "continuing education courses" to mean courses approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.  Your Committee further finds that the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education is the recognized national agency for the accreditation of professional degree programs in pharmacy and providers of continuing education.  Recognizing Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education-accredited continuing education courses will ensure that pharmacists in Hawaii receive continuing education that will assist in the advancement of the practice of pharmacy and promote patient safety.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1965, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection,

 

		____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair