Oklahoma § 59-353.3 - Board of Pharmacy - Membership - Qualifications - Terms

§ 59-353.3. Board of Pharmacy - Membership - Qualifications - Terms

of office - Appointments.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations

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, and

b.

have been actively engaged in the practice of pharmacy

within this state for a period of not less than five

(5) years immediately prior 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 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 serve

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 shall 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 profession submitted annually

by the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Pharmacists Association

after an election has been held by mail ballot.

Added by Laws 1961, p. 446, § 3, emerg. eff. May 22, 1961. Amended

by Laws 1993, c. 199, § 3, emerg. eff. May 24, 1993; Laws 2009, c.

321, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2015, c. 230, § 2, eff. Nov. 1,

2015.