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Section 34-23-90 (United States)
Section 34-23-90
Section 34-23-90Authority; composition.
(a) The Alabama State Board of Pharmacy is vested with the authority to carry out the purposes of and enforce this chapter. The board shall consist of five members who are citizens of this state. The members of the board shall be licensed pharmacists who have been licensed in this state for a minimum of five years and who are actively engaged in the practice of pharmacy or pharmacy administration, or both.
(b) Three members shall be appointed by the Governor. Of the three appointed members, one member shall be engaged in the practice of pharmacy or pharmacy administration, or both, in a hospital, one in an independent pharmacy, and one in a chain pharmacy. On or before August 1, 1996, and each five years thereafter, or whenever a vacancy occurs in the designated position for hospital pharmacists, the Alabama Society of Health System Pharmacists, or its successor organization, shall submit a list of three nominees to the Governor. On or before August 1, 1994, and each five years thereafter, or whenever a vacancy occurs in the designated position for a chain pharmacist, the Alabama Pharmacy Association, or its successor organization, shall submit a list of three nominees to the Governor. On or before August 1, 1997, and each five years thereafter, or whenever a vacancy occurs in the designated position for the independent pharmacist, the independent pharmacist members of the Alabama Pharmacy Association, or its successor organization, shall submit a list of three nominees to the Governor. From the names submitted to the Governor, the Governor shall appoint a replacement on or before December 31 of the same year the nominations are received, for the member or members whose term or terms are expiring. Background information shall be provided for each nominee for an appointed position.
(f) The Governor, upon recommendation of the board, may remove a member of the board upon proven charges of inefficiency, incompetency, immorality, or professional misconduct. The replacement member shall be elected or appointed by the same procedure that the removed member was elected or appointed. Appointees to the board shall within 30 days after their appointment or election take an oath or make affirmation before a properly qualified officer that they will faithfully and impartially perform the duties of their office. This oath or affirmation shall be filed with the Secretary of State. At its last regular meeting in each calendar year, the board shall organize by electing for a term of one year, effective the following January 1, a president, a vice-president, and a treasurer who shall be members of the board. No member shall serve more than two years in the same office on the board during a five-year term. The board shall also elect a secretary who shall not serve as a member of the board and the board shall have the authority to fix the amount of the secretary's remuneration. If a board member is selected as secretary, the board member shall resign from the board and a replacement on the board shall be selected by the same procedure by which the resigned member was originally elected or appointed. The secretary shall not be employed during the service by any registrant of the board.
(Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 205, p. 231, §3; Acts 1981, No. 81-810, p. 1448, §1; Acts 1989, No. 89-235, p. 303, §3; Acts 1993, No. 93-671, p. 1209, §3; Act 2001-247, p. 293, §3; Act 2005-57, p. 84, §3; Act 2009-36, p. 126, §3.)