SLS 19RS-380 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 99
BY SENATOR BOUDREAUX
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
PHARMACISTS. Provides relative to Board of Pharmacy member qualifications. (8/1/19)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 37:1174(A)(4), relative to Board of Pharmacy member
3 qualifications; to provide for minimum qualifications for pharmacist members of the
4 board; to provide for required experience in this state; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 37:1174(A)(4) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง1174. Qualifications
9 A. Each pharmacist member of the board shall at the time of appointment:
10 * * *
11 (4) Have five two years of experience in the practice of pharmacy in this state
12 after licensure.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 99
SLS 19RS-380 ORIGINAL
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Christine Arbo Peck.
DIGEST
SB 99 Original 2019 Regular Session Boudreaux
Present law requires a pharmacist member of the Board of Pharmacy to have five years of
experience in the practice of pharmacy in this state after licensure. Proposed law reduces the
years of experience from five years to two years.
Effective August 1, 2019.
(Amends R.S. 37:1174(A)(4))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.