10.14.27 - Florida Board of Pharmacy Board Meeting

Description

The Florida Board of Pharmacy plays an important role in health care regulation related to Pharmacists, Pharmacies, Pharmacy Interns, and Pharmacy Technicians. The Board oversees Licensure, Renewal, Discipline, Continuing Education Requirements, and Information. Generally, the Board meets in-person at meetings open to the public 6 times a year on even-numbered months. The meetings rotate to geographic locations around the state with at least one meeting held annually in the state capitol of Tallahassee. Meeting & location schedule can be found at: FLBOP Meeting Schedule

The Florida Board of Pharmacy consists of nine members appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. It is not uncommon for some of the 9 seats to be vacant as the Governor makes selections or the Senate considers confirmations. This is particularly common as a Governor is finishing a term of office as another is in the process or being elected or has just started. Seven members of the board must be licensed pharmacists who are residents of Florida and who have been engaged in the practice of the profession of pharmacy in this state for at least 4 years. The remaining two members must be residents of the state who have never been licensed as pharmacists and who are in no way connected with the practice of the profession of pharmacy. These two members, theoretically, represent the consumers.