PRINTER'S NO. 2352
No. 352 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY ALLEN, HESS, KENNEY, GANNON, VANCE, ARGALL,
ARMSTRONG, BAKER, BARD, BEBKO-JONES, BELFANTI, BIANCUCCI,
BROWNE, BUNT, CAPPELLI, COHEN, COY, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON,
CRUZ, DALEY, DALLY, DeLUCA, DENLINGER, DERMODY, DeWEESE,
DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EACHUS, D. EVANS, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD,
FEESE, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FORCIER, GEIST, GEORGE, GERGELY,
GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GORDNER, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HASAY, HERMAN,
HERSHEY, HICKERNELL, HORSEY, HUTCHINSON, JAMES, JOSEPHS,
KELLER, KOTIK, LAUGHLIN, LEH, LEWIS, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MANN,
MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McGILL, McILHATTAN, McNAUGHTON, S. MILLER,
MUNDY, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PERZEL, PETRARCA, PHILLIPS, PICKETT,
READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROBERTS, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SANTONI,
SATHER, SAYLOR, SCHRODER, SHANER, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STERN,
T. STEVENSON, SURRA, TIGUE, TRUE, WALKO, WANSACZ, WASHINGTON,
WATSON, WILT, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, ZUG, FRANKEL, COSTA AND
CLYMER, JULY 7, 2003
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JULY 7, 2003
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the 125th anniversary of the founding of the
2 Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association.
3 WHEREAS, Eight pharmacists from central Pennsylvania met with
4 22 others from around the State in February 1878 and founded an
5 association of pharmacists, chartered on August 26, 1878, as the
6 Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association; and
7 WHEREAS, The purpose of the Pennsylvania Pharmacists
8 Association is to unite all pharmacists in all areas of practice
9 and all persons desiring to promote and support the profession
10 of pharmacy in this Commonwealth in accomplishing the following
1 objectives:
2 (1) To assure a high quality of professional practice
3 through the establishment and maintenance of high standards
4 of professional ethics, education and attainment.
5 (2) To promote the practice of pharmacy as a profession
6 concerned with preserving and protecting public health
7 through education of consumers and other health
8 professionals.
9 (3) To protect and promote the professional and economic
10 security of its members;
11 and
12 WHEREAS, Today the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association is a
13 professional membership association of 2,000 registered
14 pharmacists, certified pharmacy technicians and pharmacy
15 students who reside, work, attend college or are interested in
16 pharmacy in Pennsylvania; and
17 WHEREAS, Members comprise all pharmacy settings, including
18 academia, clinical practice and research, hospital, government,
19 community pharmacy owner or employee, long-term care, mail
20 order, managed care and the pharmaceutical industry; and
21 WHEREAS, The citizens of this Commonwealth are well served by
22 the dedicated members of this vital association; therefore be it
23 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
24 125th anniversary of the founding of the Pennsylvania
25 Pharmacists Association.
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