Staff Report with Final Results: Texas State Board of Pharmacy Page: 29
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Sunset Advisory Commission June 2017
The board faces the likely retirement of top-level management
employees in the near future but lacks a formal plan to deal with
impending staff losses.
All agencies should plan for succession of senior level staff. Such planning
is especially important for agencies where major retirements may soon
affect agency operations. In the case of the Board of Pharmacy, potential
impending retirements could result in a significant loss of experienced staff
in key management positions. The board employs six top-level managers,
three of whom are eligible or will be eligible to retire in the next four years.
This includes the directors of enforcement and licensing who have been with
the agency for decades and represent a wealth of institutional knowledge. In
addition, the executive director has announced her retirement in 2017, and the
board has publicly discussed the potential difficulty in attracting a qualified
replacement as statute requires the executive director be a licensed pharmacist
and the current pay is below what a pharmacist would make in the private sector.
Although the board recognizes the impending loss of key staff, it has not
developed a formal succession plan that trains and develops employees to move
into key positions. The purpose of succession planning is to ensure that there
are experienced and capable employees who are prepared to assume strategic
organizational roles as they become open. However, the board has not formally
documented what skill sets are critical to meeting agency objectives, identified
experienced and capable staff to fill vacancies, or prepared staff to assume top-
level management roles by providing additional training and development
opportunities.The board has
not developed a
formal succession
plan that trains
and develops
employees to
move into key
positions.Recommendations
Change in Statute
3.1 Continue the Texas State Board of Pharmacy for 12 years.
This recommendation would continue the Texas State Board of Pharmacy for the standard 12-year
period as an independent agency responsible for regulating the practice of pharmacy.
3.2 Apply the standard Sunset across-the-board requirement for the board to develop
a policy regarding negotiated rulemaking and alternative dispute resolution.
This recommendation would ensure that the board develops and implements a policy to encourage alternative
procedures for rulemaking and dispute resolution. The board would also coordinate implementation of
the policy, provide training as needed, and collect data concerning the effectiveness of these procedures.
Because the recommendation only requires the board to develop a policy for this alternative approach
to solving problems, it would not require additional staffing or other expenses.Texas State Board of Pharmacy Staff Report with Final Results
Issue 329
Sunset Advisory Commission
June 2017
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Ogle, Steven; Schiff, Tamara; Hartley, Cee & Teleki, Katharine. Staff Report with Final Results: Texas State Board of Pharmacy, report, June 2017; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1033475/m1/53/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.