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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 1037 By: Daniels
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to the practice of pharmacy; amending
59 O.S. 2021, Section 353.3, which relates to the
State Board of Pharmacy; removi ng certain limitation
on appointees; permitting the Governor to consider
certain recommendations; updating statutory language;
and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 353.3, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 353.3. A. The State Board of Pharmacy shall consist of
six (6) persons, five who shall be licensed as pharmacists by this
state and one who shall be a public member.
1. The pharmacist members shall be appointed by the Governor by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall:
a. be registered and in good standing in the State of
Oklahoma this state, and
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b. have been actively engaged in the practice of pharma cy
within this state for a period of not less than five
(5) years immediately p rior to serving on the Board.
2. The public member shall be appointed by the Governor and
shall:
a. be a resident of the State of Oklahoma this state for
not less than five (5) years, and
b. not be a pharmacist or be related by blood or marriage
within the third degree of consanguinity to a
pharmacist.
B. The present members of the Board shall be appointed for a
term of five (5) years. The public member of the Board shall serv e
a term coterminous with the Governor and shall serve at the pleasure
of the Governor. The terms of the members of the Board shall expire
on the 30th day of June of the year designated for the expiration of
the term for which appointed but the member sha ll serve until a
qualified successor has been duly appointed. No person shall be
appointed to serve more than two consecutive terms . Appointments of
pharmacists to the Board shall be made from a list of ten (10) names
representative of the pharmacy profe ssion submitted annually by the
Executive Director of the Oklahoma Pharmacists Association after an
election has been held by mail ballot . In selecting appointees, the
Governor may consider recommendations from a statewide organization
representing pharmacists, a state chapter of a national organization
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representing pharmacists, or other groups or individuals in this
state.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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