Sec. 61.927. STATE SUPPORT OF RESIDENT PHARMACIST COMPENSATION

(a) To supplement the compensation of resident pharmacists, the board may provide grants to colleges of pharmacy in amounts not to exceed $10,000 in a fiscal year for each resident pharmacist position approved by the board and filled by the applicable college for that year.

(b) A college of pharmacy may receive funds under this section for a resident pharmacist position in any year only if the college and the primary teaching pharmacy each contribute at least $10,000 toward the compensation of the resident pharmacist for that year.

(c) If a resident pharmacist does not perform in that capacity during an entire fiscal year, the college of pharmacy shall reduce proportionately the compensation paid to the person to cover only the part of the fiscal year during which the person performed the person's duties as a resident pharmacist.

(d) If a person is compensated by an agency or institution of the federal government or by any other agency or institution, other than a primary teaching pharmacy, for the person's performance of the person's duties as a resident pharmacist, the college of pharmacy shall reduce the compensation that would otherwise be paid to the person by an amount equal to the amount of the compensation received by the person from the agency or institution.

(e) If the college receives from an agency or institution of the federal government or from any other agency or institution, other than a primary teaching pharmacy, compensation for a person's performance of the person's duties as a resident pharmacist to or for the benefit of the agency or institution, the compensation that may be paid to the resident pharmacist from funds awarded for that position under this section is reduced by the amount received from the other agency or institution.

(f) To qualify for supplemental compensation provided under this section, a resident pharmacist must enroll for at least nine semester credit hours each fall and spring semester and for at least six semester credit hours each summer term in graduate pharmacy education experiential courses. The resident pharmacist is exempt from fees required for enrollment, other than tuition.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1243, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 61.857 by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1275, Sec. 2(41), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.