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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 212
BY SENATOR MOUNT
HEALTH CARE. Provides for the membership of the Prescription Monitoring Program
Advisory Council. (8/15/10)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1005(A), relative to the Prescription Monitoring Program2
Advisory Council; to provide for the membership of the advisory council; and to3
provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 40:1005(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง1005. Advisory council7
A. The advisory council shall consist of the following members, each of8
whom may appoint a designee:9
(1) The president of the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.10
(2) The president of the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry.11
(3) The president of the Louisiana State Board of Nursing.12
(4) The president of the Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners.13
(5) The president of the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of14
Psychologists.15
(6) (5) The president of the Louisiana Academy of Physicians Assistants.16
(7) (6) The president of the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy.17 SB NO. 212
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(8) (7) The superintendent of the Louisiana State Police.1
(9) (8) The administrator of the United States Drug Enforcement2
Administration.3
(10) (9) The speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives.4
(11) (10) The president of the Louisiana Senate.5
(12) (11) The chairman of the House Committee on Health and Welfare.6
(13) (12) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare.7
(14) (13) The secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals.8
(15) (14) The president of the Louisiana State Medical Society.9
(16) (15) The president of the Louisiana Dental Association.10
(17) (16) The president of the Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners.11
(18) (17) The president of the Optometry Association of Louisiana.12
(19) (18) The president of the Louisiana Pharmacists Association.13
(20) (19) The president of the Louisiana Independent Pharmacies14
Association.15
(21) (20) The president of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores.16
(22) (21) The president of the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association.17
(23) (22) The president of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association.18
(24) (23) The president of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers19
of America.20
(25) (24) The president of the Louisiana Academy of Medical Psychologists.21
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Greg Waddell.
DIGEST
Present law provides for the membership of the Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory
Council, as follows:
(1) The president of the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.
(2) The president of the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry.
(3) The president of the Louisiana State Board of Nursing. SB NO. 212
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(4) The president of the Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners.
(5) The president of the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists.
(6) The president of the Louisiana Academy of Physicians Assistants.
(7) The president of the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy.
(8) The superintendent of the Louisiana State Police.
(9) The administrator of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.
(10) The speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
(11) The president of the Louisiana Senate.
(12) The chairman of the House Committee on Health and Welfare.
(13) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare.
(14) The secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals.
(15) The president of the Louisiana State Medical Society.
(16) The president of the Louisiana Dental Association.
(17) The president of the Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners.
(18) The president of the Optometry Association of Louisiana.
(19) The president of the Louisiana Pharmacists Association.
(20) The president of the Louisiana Independent Pharmacies Association.
(21) The president of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores.
(22) The president of the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association.
(23) The president of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association.
(24) The president of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
(25) The president of the Louisiana Academy of Medical Psychologists.
Proposed law removes the president of the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of
Psychologists from the council.
Effective August 15, 2010.
(Amends R.S. 40:1005(A))