2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards
Chapter 400j - Pharmacy
Section 20-572 - (Formerly Sec. 20-163). Commission of Pharmacy. Appointment and term of members.

There shall be in the department a Commission of Pharmacy that shall consist of seven persons appointed by the Governor, subject to the provisions of section 4-9a, five 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, one from an independent retail setting and one from a chain retail setting, 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; P.A. 13-86, S. 1.)

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; P.A. 13-86 increased commission membership from 6 to 7 members, required 5 rather than 4 members to be pharmacists and required 2 of the pharmacist members to be from an independent retail and chain retail setting, effective July 1, 2013.

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.