South Carolina General Assembly
112th Session, 1997-1998

Bill 460


Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter


                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       460
Type of Legislation:               Joint Resolution JR
Introducing Body:                  Senate
Introduced Date:                   19970304
Primary Sponsor:                   Labor, Commerce and Industry
                                   Committee SLCI 12
All Sponsors:                      Labor, Commerce and Industry
                                   Committee
Drafted Document Number:           gjk\20272ac.97
Residing Body:                     House
Current Committee:                 Medical, Military, Public and
                                   Municipal Affairs Committee 27
                                   H3M
Subject:                           Regulation No. 2037, Pharmacy
                                   Board, Examination fees



History


Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________
House   19970311  Introduced, read first time,             27 H3M
                  referred to Committee
Senate  19970306  Read third time, sent to House
Senate  19970305  Read second time
Senate  19970304  Introduced, read first time,
                  placed on Calendar without reference

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INTRODUCED

March 4, 1997

S. 460

Introduced by Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee

S. Printed 3/4/97--S.

Read the first time March 4, 1997.

A JOINT RESOLUTION

TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION, BOARD OF PHARMACY, RELATING TO EXAMINATION FEES, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 2037, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. The regulations of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Board of Pharmacy, relating to examination fees, designated as Regulation Document Number 2037, and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 1976 Code, are approved.

SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED BY PROMULGATING AGENCY.

Section 40-43-70 states "The fee for examining an applicant to be a licensed pharmacist must be set by regulation in an amount sufficient to cover the cost and administration of the examination." The current regulation states "not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars," however the board is currently charging only $220 per candidate and has been doing so since 1988. Even at the limit of $250, the fee would only cover our cost for the test booklet and leave nothing for the cost of administration. The difference between the cost of the test booklet and the examination fee is used not only for the actual administration of the NABPLEX, but for the preparation and administration of the Jurisprudence Examination, as well as costs incurred for all licensure activities from the printing of the examination applications, processing and approval, study material provided to applicants, a great deal of correspondence, including postage through the permanent hand-lettered parchment license.

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