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Statewide regulation of pharmacists in Texas began in 1907 with the passage of the Texas Pharmacy Act, creating the Texas State Board of Pharmacy. The purpose of the act is to promote, preserve and protect public health, safety and welfare through effective control and regulation of the practice of pharmacists and licensing of pharmacies engaged in the sale, delivery or distribution of prescription drugs and devices (Senate Bill 82, 30th Legislature, Regular Session). Before the Pharmacy Act was enacted, pharmacists were regulated locally by district boards, each composed of three pharmaceutical examiners, beginning in 1889 (House Bill 125, 21st Legislature, Regular Session).
The Texas State Board of Pharmacy is composed of nine members, appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Six members must be licensed pharmacists in practice for at least five years immediately preceding appointment, and three are members of the general public. Pharmacists must mainly represent community and institutional pharmacies, may not be salaried faculty of colleges of pharmacy, and may not be an officer or spouse of an officer of a trade association in health care. The governor selects the president from the board members, while the board elects a vice-president, treasurer, and other necessary officers. The board employs an executive director who is a registered pharmacist to serve as secretary and ex-officio (non-voting) member of the board and to administer the agency. The board is responsible for enforcing the Texas Pharmacy Act (V.T.C.A., Occupations Code, Chapters 551-566 and 568-569) and all laws pertaining to the practice of pharmacy, as well as cooperating with other state and federal agencies regarding violations of drug or drug-related laws.
The board's duties include: licensing pharmacists by examination or by reciprocity; licensing pharmacies; renewing pharmacists' licenses annually; maintaining a register of pharmacists; approving degree programs for colleges of pharmacy; investigating complaints of alleged violations of laws relating to the practice of pharmacy; disciplining pharmacists; specifying conditions for pharmacists administering medications (including immunizations and vaccinations); regulating the training, qualification, and employment of pharmacist-interns; and enforcing the Texas Pharmacy Act and rules adopted under the act. The legislature gave the board authority to register pharmacy technicians beginning September 1, 2001.
In 1981 the Pharmacy Board began using ad hoc task forces composed of registered pharmacists to assist in the pre-rulemaking process. Two task forces have studied issues for the board: the Task Force on Pharmacists Working Conditions and their Impact on the Public Health and the Task Force on Technician Training. The Board of Pharmacy is a member of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP).
In 1998 the agency had approximately 42 FTE employees in the Office of the Executive Director and four divisions: Administrative Services and Licensing, Compliance, Investigations, and Adjudication and Legal Support Services with headquarters in Austin. The board licenses approximately 19,000 pharmacists and 5,400 pharmacies annually.
In 2001 the agency had approximately 47 full-time equivalent employees in the Office of the Executive Director and four divisions: Administrative Services and Licensing, Compliance, Enforcement, and Legal with headquarters in Austin. The board licensed approximately 20,000 pharmacists and 5,500 pharmacies in 2001.
By 2004 the agency was organized into the Office of the Executive Director and the following divisions: Administrative Services and Licensing, Professional Services, Legal, and Enforcement. In 2005 the agency had a staff of 54 people, with 22,180 pharmacists (17,609 reside in Texas) and 6,029 pharmacies licensed.
The Office of the Executive Director provides policy advice to the board, implements board policies, and manages the agency in a manner to accomplish the Pharmacy Board's mission, goals, and objectives. The executive director is a voting member of the Health Professions Council, which was created to coordinate administrative and regulatory efforts for health-related licensing agencies in Texas.
The Administrative Services and Licensing Division is responsible for administering agency operations including personnel, accounting, budgeting, purchasing, property management, and information technology. The Licensing section conducts a pharmacy and pharmacist licensure system, initial licensing by exam, initial registration of pharmacy technicians, and ongoing renewal of licenses and registrations.
The Compliance Division promoted voluntary compliance with pharmacy laws and rules, monitored compliance with pharmacy laws and rules, enforced provisions, and provided information and compliance services to agency customers. The division was responsible for creating the newsletter that is sent to all licensed pharmacists. By 2004 the Compliance Division's information function had been separated into the Professional Services Division, which provides information through publications and provides professional services including internship reviews, law exam development, task force support, and public speaking engagements. The compliance function was combined with the Investigations Division and part of the Adjudication and Legal Support Services Division to create the Enforcement Division.
The Investigations Division investigated alleged violations and transferred to adjudication substantial violations of the Texas Pharmacy Act, Dangerous Drug Act, Controlled Substances Act, and rules promulgated pursuant to the acts. By 2004, compliance and investigation functions were combined into an Enforcement Division. The Enforcement Division promotes voluntary compliance with pharmacy laws and rules; monitors compliance with pharmacy laws and rules; and enforces these laws through inspections and investigations of pharmacists and pharmacies. The division monitors the complaint process and and transfers complaints involving substantive allegations to the Board's Legal Division for review and potential prosecution. The Enforcement Division also monitors compliance with disciplinary orders and provides enforcement information and information regarding pharmacy laws and rules to agency customers.
The Adjudication and Legal Support Services Division monitored complaints and prosecuted violations of the Texas Pharmacy Act, Dangerous Drug Act, Controlled Substances Act, and rules promulgated by the agency. The division monitored compliance with board orders and provided adjudicative information to agency customers and legal support to the agency. By 2004 the division was renamed the Legal Division with monitoring of disciplinary order compliance moving to the Enforcement Division. The Legal Division prosecutes violations of the laws and rules related to the practice of pharmacy; provides adjudicative information to agency customers; and provides legal services and guidance to the board and the agency staff relating to the regulation of the practices of pharmacy and the administration of the agency.
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The Texas State Board of Pharmacy is responsible for regulating pharmacists, pharmacies, and prescription drugs. Records are meeting minutes, including attachments, speeches, and superseded sections of a policy and procedure manual, dating 1984-1987, 1989-2002. Meeting minutes summarize discussions and record decisions made at board meetings. Minutes, including attachments, are of board business meetings, disciplinary hearings, annual policy meetings, telephone conferences, a joint Texas State Board of Pharmacy-Texas Pharmacy Association-Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists (TSBP-TPA-TSHP) meeting, a strategic planning retreat, and Search Committee meetings for the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, dating from March 1984 to November 1987 and March 1989 to November 2000. The policy and procedure manual provides direction to board members and staff in carrying out the mission of the agency. The superseded sections of the manual, dated October 1995 and January 1999, concern policies and procedures relating to board members. Speeches, presentations, outlines, and cover memos, 1984-1992, 2000-2002, inform associations, students, and the public about the Texas State Board of Pharmacy's policies, rules, and regulations.
These records are organized into three series by the creating agency:
(Identify the item and cite the series), Texas State Board of Pharmacy records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Texas State Archives staff completed an appraisal of State Board of
Pharmacy records in August 1999. The appraisal report is available on-line at
Tonia J. Wood, August 2001, October 2002, May 2007
Accession numbers: 1998/016, 1998/171, 2000/099, 2001/149, 2002/148, 2005/054, 2007/158
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy on October 2, 1997; June 11, 1998; October 26, 1999; January 28, 2000; November 2, 2004; and by the Legislative Reference Library on July 15, 2002; September 8, 2004; and March 20, 2007.
Microfilm of minutes dating from 1907 forward is available at the offices of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy.
Agenda and minutes of the board meetings dating from November 2000 are
available on-line at
The Texas State Board of Pharmacy is responsible for regulating pharmacists, pharmacies, and prescription drugs. Records are minutes, including attachments, of board business meetings, disciplinary hearings, annual policy meetings, telephone conferences, a joint Texas State Board of Pharmacy-Texas Pharmacy Association-Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists (TSBP-TPA-TSHP) meeting, a strategic planning retreat, and Search Committee meetings for the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, dating from March 1984 to November 1987, March 1989 to November 2000. From March to August 1984, attachments include committee and consultant reports, proposed rules, statutes, and a list of special types of pharmacies. Attachments to the August 1992 through 2000 minutes are more extensive and include agenda, correspondence, staff and financial reports, annual reports, task force reports, conference proceedings, contracts, draft rules, rule analyses, comments on rules, minutes of previous meetings for approval, proposed legislation, statements by the executive director and board members, goals and objectives, draft legislative appropriations requests, calendars of events, records concerning a review of college pharmacy internship programs, and State Office of Administrative Hearing records concerning disciplinary hearings. Meeting minutes summarize discussions and record decisions made at board meetings. Topics include approval of various reports (financial, committee, activities, annual, etc.); election of officers; proposed and adopted new rules and rule amendments; legislative matters; notes on the beginning and ending of executive sessions; disciplinary actions taken against pharmacists and pharmacies; personnel issues; and litigation. Minutes may also include a record of public hearings before the board.
These records are arranged chronologically by meeting date by the creating agency.
(Identify the item), Meeting minutes, Texas State Board of Pharmacy records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Accession numbers: 1998/171, 2001/149, 2002/148, 2007/158
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy on June 11, 1998 and October 26, 1999; and by the Legislative Reference Library on July 15, 2002; September 8, 2004; and March 20, 2007.
The Texas State Board of Pharmacy is responsible for regulating pharmacists, pharmacies, and prescription drugs. The records are superseded sections of a policy and procedure manual, dated October 1995 and January 1999, of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy. The manual provides direction to board members and staff in carrying out the mission of the agency. The section concerns policies and procedures relating to board members. Topics covered in the section include an overview of the agency (creation and powers, structure and function, funding and organization, and strategic planning process), a code of professional conduct of board members, and the Americans with Disabilities Act grievance procedure for the agency.
These records are arranged chronologically by State Archives staff.
(Identify the item), Policy and procedure manual, Texas State Board of Pharmacy records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Accession numbers: 1998/016, 2000/099
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy on October 2, 1997 and January 28, 2000.
Speeches inform associations, students, and the public about the Texas State Board of Pharmacy's policies, rules, and regulations concerning pharmacists, pharmacies, pharmacy technicians, and interns. Records consist of speeches, presentations, outlines, and cover memos, prepared by Steve Morse, Compliance Division staff member and later Director of Professional Services, dating 1984-1992, 2000-2002. The audience for these speeches and presentations includes organizations such as the Texas Pharmacy Association, Texas Federation of Drug Stores, Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists, pharmacy student interns at the University of Texas at Austin and Texas Southern University, and other interested parties. The speeches and presentations were made at seminars, annual meetings, education fairs, and classes. Subjects are the board's mission, organization, policies, rules, and regulations.
These records are arranged in reverse chronological order as received from the agency.
(Identify the item), Speeches, Texas State Board of Pharmacy records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Accession number: 2005/054
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy on November 2, 2004.
Tonia J. Wood, November 2004