STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 54th Legislature (2013)

SENATE BILL 152	By:	Anderson

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to pharmacists; amending 59 O.S. 2011, Section 353.3, which relates to the State Board of Pharmacy; clarifying language; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     59 O.S. 2011, Section 353.3, is amended to read as follows:
Section 353.3.  A.  The State Board of Pharmacy shall consist of six (6) persons, five who shall be licensed as pharmacists by this state and one who shall be a public member.
1.  The pharmacist members shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall:
a.	be registered and in good standing in the State of Oklahoma,
b.	have been actively engaged in the practice of pharmacy within this state for a period of not less than five (5) years immediately prior to serving on the Board.
2.  The public member shall be appointed by the Governor and shall:
a.	be a resident of the State of Oklahoma for not less than five (5) years, and
b.	not be a pharmacist or be related by blood or marriage within the third degree of consanguinity to a pharmacist.
B.  The present members of the Board shall continue to serve the remainder of their terms.  Successors shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years.  The public member of the Board shall serve a term coterminous with the Governor and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.  The terms of the members of the Board shall expire on the 30th day of June June 30 of the year designated for the expiration of the term for which appointed but the member shall serve until a qualified successor has been duly appointed.  No person shall be appointed to serve more than two consecutive terms.  Said The appointments shall be made from a list of ten (10) names representative of the pharmacy profession submitted annually by the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Pharmaceutical Association after an election has been held by mail ballot.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2013.

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