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APPENDIX F
Staff Review Activities
During the review of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, Sunset staff engaged in the following activities
that are standard to all Sunset reviews. Sunset staff worked extensively with agency personnel; attended
board meetings and met with board members; met with staff from key legislative offices; conducted
interviews and solicited written comments from interest groups and the public; reviewed agency
documents and reports, state statutes and rules, federal statutes, legislative reports, previous legislation,
and literature; researched the organization and functions of similar state agencies in other states; and
performed background and comparative research.
In addition, Sunset staff also performed the following activities unique to this agency:
" Observed inspections of six pharmacies in Austin, Houston, and Dallas, including retail, hospital,
and sterile compounding pharmacies
" Interviewed board field inspectors working in four of the board's nine regions
" Toured a nuclear pharmacy and central processing pharmacy
" Attended numerous informal settlement conferences and hearings to observe agency enforcement
actions against pharmacies, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and technician trainees
" Conducted an online survey of board stakeholders and staff and evaluated the approximately 100
responses
" Attended a meeting of the Interagency Prescription Monitoring Program Work Group
" Interviewed staff from state agencies including the State Office of Administrative Hearings,
Department of Public Safety, Health and Human Services Commission Office of Inspector General,
Health Professions Council, Department of State Health Services, and Texas Medical Board
" Interviewed staff from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, Prescription Drug Monitoring
Program Center of Excellence, U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, and other states about best practices
for prescription monitoring programsTexas State Board of Pharmacy Staff Report with Final Results
Appendix F41
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/m1/67/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.