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1	1	83R6460 SLB-F
2	2	By: Sheffield of Coryell H.B. No. 2087
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the Texas State Board of Pharmacy.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 552.001(a), Occupations Code, is amended
10	10	to read as follows:
11	11	(a) The Texas State Board of Pharmacy consists of 11 [nine]
12	12	members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the
13	13	senate as follows:
14	14	(1) seven [six] members who are pharmacists; [and]
15	15	(2) one member who is a pharmacy technician; and
16	16	(3) three members who represent the public.
17	17	SECTION 2. Section 552.002, Occupations Code, is amended by
18	18	adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
19	19	(b-1) A pharmacy technician board member must, at the time
20	20	of appointment:
21	21	(1) be a resident of this state;
22	22	(2) have been registered as a pharmacy technician for
23	23	the five years preceding appointment;
24	24	(3) be in good standing to act as a pharmacy technician
25	25	in this state; and
26	26	(4) be acting as a pharmacy technician in this state.
27	27	SECTION 3. Section 552.005(a), Occupations Code, is amended
28	28	to read as follows:
29	29	(a) Members of the board are appointed for staggered
30	30	six-year terms, with either [. The terms of] three or four members'
31	31	terms, as applicable, expiring [members expire] every other year at
32	32	midnight on the last day of the state fiscal year in the last year of
33	33	the member's term.
34	34	SECTION 4. Section 552.010(a), Occupations Code, is amended
35	35	to read as follows:
36	36	(a) The board shall meet at least[:
37	37	[(1)] once every four months to transact board
38	38	business[; and
39	39	[(2) twice each year for the examination of
40	40	applicants].
41	41	SECTION 5. As soon as practicable after the effective date
42	42	of this Act, the governor shall appoint a pharmacy technician and a
43	43	pharmacist to the Texas State Board of Pharmacy as required by this
44	44	Act. In appointing the members, the governor shall appoint:
45	45	(1) a pharmacy technician to a term expiring August
46	46	31, 2019; and
47	47	(2) a pharmacist to a term expiring August 31, 2017.
48	48	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.