03/04/1999 01:40 PM House FIN

HOUSE BILL NO. 68                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
"An Act extending the termination date of the Board of                                                                          
Pharmacy to June 30, 2005; and providing for an                                                                                 
effective date."                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
JANET SEITZ, STAFF, REPRESENTATIVE NORMAN ROKEBERG, stated                                                                      
that the proposed legislation would extend the termination                                                                      
date of the Board of Pharmacy to June 30, 2005.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CATHERINE REARDON, DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL                                                                           
LISCENSING, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,                                                                    
noted that the Department of Commerce and Economic                                                                              
Development strongly supports extending the license of the                                                                      
Board of Pharmacy.  A follow-up audit scrutinized results                                                                       
and recommendations of the previous audit.  In doing so,                                                                        
they found that the initial audit had recommended                                                                               
eliminating photographs from the applications in order that                                                                     
discrimination would not be involved.  The Board, however,                                                                      
did not endorse that requirement.  They believe it is                                                                           
important to know who is being licensed in a pharmacy                                                                           
profession.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Foster MOVED to report HB 68 out of Committee                                                                    
with individual recommendations and with the accompanying                                                                       
zero fiscal note.  There being NO OBJECTION, it was so                                                                          
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
HB 68 was reported out of Committee with a "do pass"                                                                            
recommendation and with a zero fiscal note by the Department                                                                    
of Commerce and Economic Development dated 2/26/99.