HB 980 — An Act amending the act of September 27, 1961 (P.L.1700, No.699), known as the Pharmacy Act, further providing for State Board of Pharmacy.

PRINTER'S NO.   1070

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 980
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY VENKAT, KUZMA, GIRAL, WAXMAN, HILL-EVANS, MADDEN,
        MALAGARI AND SANCHEZ, MARCH 20, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, MARCH 20, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of September 27, 1961 (P.L.1700, No.699),
 2      entitled "An act relating to the regulation of the practice
 3      of pharmacy, including the sales, use and distribution of
 4      drugs and devices at retail; and amending, revising,
 5      consolidating and repealing certain laws relating thereto,"
 6      further providing for State Board of Pharmacy.
 7      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 8   hereby enacts as follows:
 9      Section 1.    Section 6(a) and (b) of the act of September 27,
10   1961 (P.L.1700, No.699), known as the Pharmacy Act, are amended
11   to read:
12      Section 6.    State Board of Pharmacy.--(a)   Beginning with any
13   vacancies existing on the effective date of this act, and as
14   terms expire or vacancies occur thereafter, the State Board of
15   Pharmacy shall consist of the Commissioner of Professional and
16   Occupational Affairs, the Director of the Bureau of Consumer
17   Protection in the Office of Attorney General, or his designee,
18   two persons representing the public at large, [and five] six
19   persons who are licensed to practice pharmacy in this
20   Commonwealth [and who are not teachers or instructors in any
 1   educational institution teaching pharmacy.] and one person who
 2   is registered as a pharmacy technician with the board. Two
 3   pharmacists shall be appointed from independent retail
 4   pharmacies, two pharmacists shall be appointed who are employes
 5   of retail chain pharmacies which operate five or more pharmacies
 6   licensed within this Commonwealth and [one] two pharmacist shall
 7   be appointed from an acute care institutional pharmacy. Each
 8   pharmacist appointee must have been registered as a pharmacist
 9   for at least five years immediately preceding their appointment.
10   The appointment of the pharmacy technician shall rotate between
11   acute care institutional and independent or chain pharmacies.
12   The pharmacy technician shall be registered with the board for
13   at least five years immediately preceding their appointment or
14   provide an attestation from a licensed pharmacist verifying the
15   pharmacy technician has been working as a pharmacy technician in
16   this Commonwealth for at least five years immediately preceding
17   the appointment. All professional, pharmacy technician and
18   public members of the board shall be appointed by the Governor
19   with the advice and consent of a majority of the members elected
20   to the Senate.
21      (b)   The terms of each professional, pharmacy technician and
22   public member of the board shall be six years, or until a
23   successor has been appointed and qualified, but not longer than
24   six months beyond the six-year period. A pharmacy technician
25   shall only be eligible to serve one six-year term. No other
26   member shall be eligible for appointment to serve more than two
27   consecutive terms. In the event that any of said members shall
28   die or resign or otherwise becomes disqualified during his or
29   her term, a successor shall be appointed in the same way and
30   with the same qualifications and shall hold office for the

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1   unexpired term. [No member shall be eligible for appointment to
2   serve more than two consecutive terms.]
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4      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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