Bill Text - HB80 (2009)

(New Title) requiring at least one member of the pharmacy board to be a hospital pharmacist, and relative to the consecutive years of service of pharmacy board members.


Revision: April 22, 2009, midnight

HB 80 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

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2009 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 80

AN ACT adding a pharmacy board member and requiring at least one member of the pharmacy board to be a hospital pharmacist, and relative to the consecutive years of service of pharmacy board members.

SPONSORS: Rep. Case, Rock 1; Rep. Rosenwald, Hills 22; Rep. Wendelboe, Belk 1; Rep. Emerson, Ches 7; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill adds a pharmacy board member and requires that at least one practicing pharmacist member of the pharmacy board shall be a full-time hospital pharmacist. The bill also limits the service of pharmacy board members to 10 consecutive years.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT adding a pharmacy board member and requiring at least one member of the pharmacy board to be a hospital pharmacist, and relative to the consecutive years of service of pharmacy board members.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Pharmacy Board; Membership; Hospital Pharmacist. Amend RSA 318:2 to read as follows:

318:2 Board. There shall be a pharmacy board consisting of [6] 7 members; including [5] 6 practicing pharmacists, at least one of whom shall be a full-time hospital pharmacist, and one public member, each to be appointed by the governor, with the approval of the council, to a term of 5 years. No member shall be appointed to more than 2 consecutive terms and no member shall serve for more than 10 consecutive years. Only board members provided for in this section shall have the authority to vote in board determinations.

2 Application. The requirement for pharmacy board membership to include at least one full-time hospital pharmacist shall not affect the appointments of any member of the board serving on the effective date of this act.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.