BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: April 14, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS
Susan Bonilla, Chair
AB 684
(Bonilla) - As Introduced February 25, 2015
SUBJECT: Pharmacy.
SUMMARY: Requires the California State Board of Pharmacy to
report the pass rates of its applicant examination to the
appropriate policy committee and makes other nonsubstantive
changes.
EXISTING LAW
1)Provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacies and
pharmacists by the Board of Pharmacy (Board) within the
Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA). (Business and
Professions Code (BPC) § 4000-4426)
2)Authorizes the Board to license as a pharmacist an applicant
who meets specified requirements, including passage of the
North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination. (BPC §
4200.3)
3)Requires the examination process to meet specified standards
and federal guidelines and requires the Board to terminate use
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of that examination if the department determines that the
examination fails to meet those standards. (BPC § 4200.3)
4)Requires the Board to report to the Joint Committee on Boards,
Commissions, and Consumer Protection, and the DCA, specified
examination pass rate information. (BPC § 4200.3)
THIS BILL
1)Requires the Board to report specified examination pass rate
information to the appropriate policy committees of the
Legislature and the DCA instead of the now obsolete Joint
Committee on Boards, Commissions, and Consumer Protection.
2)Makes the subdivision inoperative on January 1, 2020, pursuant
to § 10231.5 of the Government Code.
3)Makes other nonsubstantive corrections.
FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown. This bill is keyed fiscal by the
Legislative Counsel.
COMMENTS
1)Purpose. This bill is sponsored by the author. According to
the author, the code section is out of date. This bill will
update the code to conform to the most current composition of
the Committees that oversee the Board. It will also perform
other code clean-up.
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2)Background. In 1994, the Joint Legislative Sunset Review
Committee was established to review the DCA boards and
bureaus. In 2004, the committee's name was changed to the
Joint Committee on Boards, Commissions & Consumer Protection.
In 2005, the committee disbanded.
The current committees that oversee the boards are the
Assembly Committee on Business & Professions and the Senate
Committee on Business, Professions & Economic Development.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
None on file.
Opposition
None on file.
Analysis Prepared by:Vincent Chee / B. & P. / (916) 319-3301
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