Sec. 20-572. (Formerly Sec. 20-163). Commission of Pharmacy. Appointment and term of members.
Sec. 20-572. (Formerly Sec. 20-163). Commission of Pharmacy. Appointment
and term of members. There shall be in the department a Commission of Pharmacy
which shall consist of six persons appointed by the Governor, subject to the provisions
of section 4-9a, four of whom shall be pharmacists each actively engaged in the practice
of pharmacy on a full-time basis during the term of such person's appointment in this
state and two of whom shall be public members. At least two of the pharmacist members
shall be community retail pharmacists and at least one of the pharmacist members shall
be a pharmacist employed on a full-time basis as a pharmacist in a hospital in the state
during the term of such pharmacist member's appointment. Members of the commission
may be selected from lists of individuals nominated by the Connecticut Pharmacists
Association or by other professional associations of pharmacists or pharmacies. Any
vacancy on the commission shall be filled by the Governor.
(1949 Rev., S. 4463, 4480; 1969, P.A. 593, S. 14; P.A. 75-30, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-79; 77-614, S. 196, 610; Nov. Sp. Sess.
P.A. 81-11, S. 6, 19; P.A. 82-419, S. 40, 47; P.A. 95-264, S. 3; P.A. 99-175, S. 7.)
History: 1969 act increased membership from five to six, adding member who is hospital-employed licensed pharmacist,
increased terms from 5 to 6 years and extended terms of members appointed before June 24, 1969, by 1 year; P.A. 75-30
specified that hospital-employed member be a "practicing" pharmacist on "full-time basis" in "licensed" hospital; P.A.
77-79 limited members to two full terms; P.A. 77-614 placed commission within the department of consumer protection,
specified appointment of members by governor, reduced number of licensed pharmacist members from five to four and
added two public members, revised appointment provision to delete June first appointment date and 6-year term and deleted
reference to filling vacancies from nominees of Pharmaceutical Association, effective January 1, 1979; Nov. Sp. Sess.
P.A. 81-11 replaced provision which allowed commission members $500 per annum and chairman an additional $1,000
per annum as compensation and allowed reimbursement for their traveling expenses with provision specifying that members
receive no compensation but are to be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in performing their duties; P.A. 82-419
amended section to provide that appointments are subject to section 4-9a, to delete 10 years' experience requirement, to
require that pharmacist members be actively engaged in full-time practice of pharmacy while serving and to require that
two pharmacist members be community retail pharmacists; P.A. 95-264 increased number of commissioners from three
to four, adding hospital pharmacist member, eliminated requirement for six-person nominee list, permitted members of the
commission to be selected from lists of nominees offered by professional associations other than Connecticut Pharmacists
Association and deleted redundant provisions re filling vacancies, term limitations and reimbursements; Sec. 20-163
transferred to Sec. 20-572 in 1997; P.A. 99-175 made technical and gender neutral changes.
See title 2c re termination under "Sunset Law".
See Sec. 4-9a for definition of "public member".
See Sec. 4-10 re appointment of board and commission members from lists provided to Governor.
See Secs. 21a-6 to 21a-10, inclusive, re control, powers and duties of boards within the Department of Consumer
Protection.