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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Texas State Board of Pharmacy. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 552.001, Occupations |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The Texas State Board of Pharmacy consists of 11 [nine] |
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members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the |
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senate as follows: |
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(1) seven [six] members who are pharmacists; [and] |
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(2) one member who is a pharmacy technician; and |
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(3) three members who represent the public. |
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SECTION 2. Section 552.002, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) A pharmacy technician board member must, at the time |
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of appointment: |
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(1) be a resident of this state; |
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(2) have been registered as a pharmacy technician for |
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the five years preceding appointment; |
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(3) be in good standing to act as a pharmacy technician |
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in this state; and |
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(4) be acting as a pharmacy technician in this state. |
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SECTION 3. Subsection (a), Section 552.005, Occupations |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Members of the board are appointed for staggered |
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six-year terms, with either[. The terms of] three or four members' |
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terms, as applicable, expiring [members expire] every other year at |
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midnight on the last day of the state fiscal year in the last year of |
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the member's term. |
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SECTION 4. Subsection (a), Section 552.010, Occupations |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The board shall meet at least[:
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[(1)] once every four months to transact board |
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business[; and
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[(2)
twice each year for the examination of
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applicants]. |
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SECTION 5. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the governor shall appoint a pharmacy technician and a |
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pharmacist to the Texas State Board of Pharmacy as required by this |
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Act. In appointing the members, the governor shall appoint: |
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(1) a pharmacy technician to a term expiring August |
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31, 2019; and |
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(2) a pharmacist to a term expiring August 31, 2017. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |