General Assembly Raised Bill No. 903
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2764
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 903
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 2764
*02764_______GAE*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT INCREASING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION OF PHARMACY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 20-572 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013):
There shall be in the department a Commission of Pharmacy [which] that shall consist of [six] seven persons appointed by the Governor, subject to the provisions of section 4-9a, [four] five of whom shall be pharmacists each actively engaged in the practice of pharmacy on a full-time basis during the term of such person's appointment in this state and two of whom shall be public members. At least two of the pharmacist members shall be community retail pharmacists, one from an independent retail setting and one from a chain retail setting, and at least one of the pharmacist members shall be a pharmacist employed on a full-time basis as a pharmacist in a hospital in the state during the term of such pharmacist member's appointment. Members of the commission may be selected from lists of individuals nominated by the Connecticut Pharmacists Association or by other professional associations of pharmacists or pharmacies. Any vacancy on the commission shall be filled by the Governor.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2013 20-572
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2013
20-572
Statement of Purpose:
To increase the membership of the Commission of Pharmacy from six to seven members, and to specify that one of the pharmacist members shall be from an independent retail setting and another from a chain retail setting.
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