HB123 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Kerry Underwood Representative

Republican

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

Pharmacy Board, continued until October 1, 2026; membership and duties of board revised and penalties for violations revised, pursuant to the Sunset Law

Description

Under existing law, termination dates are established for enumerated state agencies. The agencies are periodically reviewed by the Alabama Sunset Committee. After the review process is completed, the committee prepares its recommendations for the agencies to the Legislature in the form of sunset bills which either continue, terminate, or continue with modification each agency reviewed.

This bill would provide for the continuance of the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy until October 1, 2026, with the changes provided in this act.

This bill would reconstitute the board, set qualifications for board members, and revise the compensation of board members.

This bill would set qualifications for the position of secretary of the board.

This bill would revise the board's authority to impose civil penalties, would authorize the board to impose late fees, and would eliminate the board's authority to adopt nondisciplinary administrative penalties.

This bill would require the board to divide the office of general counsel of the board into an administrative division and a disciplinary division, HB123 INTRODUCED would provide for separate functions of the divisions, and would prohibit the disclosure of certain information by the administrative division to the disciplinary division in certain circumstances.

This bill would require the board to report to the Legislature the status of board rules and require the board to revise its rules to comply with the pharmacy laws, including this act, by a certain date.

This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

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Subjects

Occupational Licensing Boards