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Senate Bill No. 75

(By Senators Minard, Kessler and Ross)

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[Introduced January 9, 2002; referred to the Committee

on Government Organization.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section five, article five, chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to conforming licensure requirements for pharmacists with other medical professions.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section five, article five, chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. PHARMACISTS, PHARMACY TECHNICIANS, PHARMACY INTERNS AND PHARMACIES.

§30-5-5. Qualifications for licensure as pharmacist; fees; certificates of licensure; rules for licensure; reciprocity; minimum standards.

(a) In order to be licensed as a pharmacist within the meaning of this article, a person shall:
(1) Be eighteen years of age or older;
(2) Present to the board satisfactory evidence that he or she is a graduate of a recognized school of pharmacy as defined by the board of pharmacy;
(3) Present to the board satisfactory evidence that he or she has completed at least fifteen hundred hours of internship in a pharmacy under the instruction and supervision of a pharmacist;
(4) Pass an examination approved by the board of pharmacy; and
(5) Present to the board satisfactory evidence that he or she is a person of good moral character has not been convicted of a felony involving controlled substances or violent crime, and is not addicted to alcohol or the use of controlled substances: Provided, That application for license of a person whose license has been previously revoked or application denied as a result of a conviction for a felony controlled substance offense or a felony offense involving a violent crime against the person may not be considered for five years from the date of the conviction.
(b) An applicant for examination shall pay to the board a fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars with his or her application.
(c) The board shall issue certificates of licensure to all persons who successfully pass the required examination and are otherwise qualified and to all those whose certificates or licenses the board shall accept in lieu of an examination as provided in section six of this article.
(d) The board shall by rule stipulate the forms to be used for licensure application, the requirements for reciprocity and the required minimum score for passing of the licensure examination.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to permit a person to apply for licensure as pharmacist who was previously convicted of a felony involving controlled substances or violence after a period of five years after the last denial of application or revocation of an existing license.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

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