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• I am a student pharmacist and support this bill.
• I am a student pharmacist and support for this bill.
• I'm a registered pharmacist.
• I'm a pharmacist, serving pharmacy at California Pharmacists Association. Hi, my name is Sean Kim.
• I'm a pharmacist serving at the California Pharmacists Association. I strongly support SB 41.

Summary: The committee heard several health-related measures. SB 27 by Senator Umberg would revise and expand California’s CARE Court by limiting the expansion to people with bipolar I disorder with psychotic features, clarifying the definition of “clinically stabilized,” and narrowing the role of nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Supporters, including behavioral health officials and family members, said the bill would reduce dismissals and better serve people with severe illness; opponents warned the expansion would strain county staffing and housing resources and could undermine voluntary engagement. The bill passed on a do pass motion to the Committee on Public Safety. SB 503 by Senator Weber Pierson would require AI tools used in health care facilities to be identified, monitored, and mitigated for bias when used in clinical decision-making or resource allocation. The author and supporters from Kaiser Permanente and the California Medical Association said the bill would help prevent discriminatory outcomes and improve trust and safety. The committee discussed the need to clarify developer and deployer responsibilities, and the bill passed as amended to Privacy and Consumer Protection. SB 68 by Senator Menjivar would require restaurants to provide written allergen information for the top nine food allergens, with tiered flexibility for smaller establishments. The bill was supported by patients, families, nurses, and allergy organizations, who described severe reactions and the difficulty of relying on verbal disclosures alone. The California Restaurant Association opposed unless amended, seeking broader use of the national model food code and additional liability language. The bill passed as amended to Appropriations. The committee also heard SB 403 by Senator Blakespear, which would remove the sunset from the End of Life Option Act; supporters described the law as a compassionate, well-functioning option for terminally ill patients, while faith-based groups opposed it. The bill passed to Judiciary. Later, SB 41 by Senator Wiener was introduced to rein in pharmacy benefit manager practices that steer patients to mail-order pharmacies and reimburse community pharmacies below cost; community pharmacists and several health organizations testified in support, describing pharmacy closures and patient access problems.

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• Yes, Susan Bonilla with the California Pharmacist Association, in support.
• Caitlin Akato, student pharmacist at University of the Pacific, in support.
• Caitlin Akato, intern pharmacist at University of Pacific in support.
• and education with the pharmacist.
• This bill includes broad prescriptive authority for pharmacists.

Summary: The Assembly Business and Professions Committee heard a full agenda of bills focused on reproductive health, professional licensing and sunset reviews, consumer protection, and business regulation. Early testimony centered on AB 260, which would protect access to medication abortion, mifepristone, and telehealth reproductive care in California; supporters emphasized state protections against federal restrictions, while an opponent argued the bill removed safety safeguards. The committee also heard AB 714 on closing a loophole in regulation of low-cost commercial driving schools, AB 968 on allowing pharmacists to prescribe non-hormonal contraception, AB 671 on streamlining restaurant permitting, AB 1027 on strengthening cannabis product testing oversight, AB 1271 on broadband pricing and speed transparency, and AB 1332 on narrowly allowing medicinal cannabis shipments for seriously ill patients. Several sunset bills were also taken up, including AB 1482 on animal shelter and breeder transparency, AB 1501 on the Podiatric Medical Board and Physician Assistant Board, AB 1502 on the Veterinary Medical Board, AB 1503 on the Board of Pharmacy, and AB 1504 on the Massage Therapy Council. Testimony was largely in support of the measures, with many bills drawing co-sponsors or support from industry, consumer, or professional groups. AB 1503 generated the most sustained opposition, with nurses, physicians, and drug industry representatives objecting to expanded pharmacy technician ratios, standard-of-care language, and therapeutic interchange authority; supporters argued the bill would modernize pharmacy practice and expand access. AB 1504 also drew mixed testimony, with massage therapy groups supporting continuation of the council but raising concerns about proposed public records and governance provisions. AB 1271 drew a policy dispute over whether broadband reporting requirements duplicated federal FCC processes, while supporters argued California needed its own consumer-facing data and complaint system. After quorum was established later in the hearing, the committee began taking roll-call votes. AB 1271, AB 1332, AB 1482, AB 1501, and AB 1502 were all reported out on due-pass motions, with AB 1271 amended and the others generally amended or as introduced as noted. Earlier bills including AB 260, AB 671, AB 714, AB 968, and AB 1027 also received motions and were approved once the quorum was present. The chair repeatedly noted the lack of quorum during the hearing, but once one was secured, the committee completed votes on the agenda items and advanced the measures to Appropriations.

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• retention initiatives for pharmacists retention initiatives for pharmacists and<00:13:49.519>
• Um, how many pharmacists are currently in Hawaii?
• <00:16:58.920> Association Sanders at Hawaii pharmacist Association Sanders at Hawaii pharmacist
• numbers of Pharmacists numbers of Pharmacists phes<00:17:05.959> um<00:17:06.160> permit
• <00:18:56.280> are your question how many pharmacists are your question how many pharmacists

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Higher Education met on January 31 and heard six bills. The chair opened by outlining committee practices, including giving at least 72 hours’ notice for hearings, releasing testimony by 5:00 p.m. the day before hearings, and deferring bills needing substantive HT1 changes so members would not vote “blind.” Members briefly thanked the chair for the transparency approach before moving to the agenda. HB 223 would create a Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy special fund and workforce assessment fee to support a pharmacy center. Testimony from the Board of Pharmacy, the Hawaii Pharmacists Association, the University of Hawaiʻi Hilo College of Pharmacy, Mokai Drugs, and others generally supported the measure, emphasizing workforce data, rural access, student loan repayment, and retention. The committee later advanced HB 223 with amendments, including leaving fee amounts blank for further discussion and inserting a defective date, and the motion passed unanimously. HB 940 would appropriate funds for the rat lungworm lab at UH Hilo; HB 546 would establish the Aloha Intelligence Institute at UH to advance AI; HB 549 would create an early learning apprenticeship grant program; HB 1172 would add the Department of Taxation to the Statewide Longitudinal Data System for wage-data sharing; and HB 1320 would require UH to collect and publicly report graduate outcome data and create a dashboard. Testimony on these bills was largely supportive, with some privacy concerns raised on HB 1172 and a request to protect taxpayer confidentiality. In decision-making, the committee passed all five bills with amendments, generally deleting or blanking appropriations and FTEs for Finance Committee review, adding defective dates for further discussion, and in HB 549 adding a statement that the program is a matter of statewide concern. The committee recessed briefly for decision-making and then adopted the chair’s recommendations on each bill.

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• The pharmacist whose practice is physically located within this state, acting in good faith and The pharmacist
• A pharmacist may prescribe drugs or devices only for conditions for which the pharmacist is educationally
• As a pharmacist, what's the assessment?
• And the erosion of the practice of medicine by pharmacists is, of course, a question.
• And by pharmacists is, of course, a question.

Bills: HB1621, HB1624, HB1623, HB1622, HB1625, HB1626, HB1627, HCR3038

Keywords: presidential physical fitness test, physical education, fitness assessment, student fitness, school curriculum, graduation requirements, elementary school, middle school, high school, public schools, nonpublic schools, superintendent of public instruction, exceptions, disability accommodations, North Dakota studies, computer science, cybersecurity, health education, concept-based fitness class, school standards

Summary: The North Dakota House convened in special session with prayer, roll call, and a quorum present, then took up several rural health-related bills. Senate Bill 2401, as amended, required physicians to complete one hour of continuing education in nutrition and metabolic health each renewal cycle and also added language allowing criminal history background checks for the Board of Occupational Therapy Practice. Supporters emphasized the role of nutrition in reducing chronic disease, and the bill passed 92-0. The House then considered Senate Bill 2402, which expanded pharmacists’ limited prescriptive and therapeutic substitution authority for certain low-acuity conditions and clarified related lab-test and communication requirements. Members discussed examples such as motion sickness, cold sores, lice, hypoglycemia, COVID and flu testing, emergency access to medications and supplies, and limits excluding certain drug classes; the bill passed 91-1. Senate Bill 2403 created a temporary medical facility emergency operating loan option through the Bank of North Dakota for qualifying rural hospitals facing severe financial distress, with extensive debate over the targeted nature of the aid, anti-gifting concerns, repayment terms, and the hospital’s turnaround plan; it passed 80-12. Senate Bill 2404 appropriated funds for NDIT to address federal digital accessibility requirements and for the Public Service Commission’s litigation efforts related to transmission costs, with a backup loan authorization available if needed; it passed 92-0. At the close of the session, leaders thanked members and staff for their work on the rural health transformation package, a committee notified the Governor and the Senate that the House had completed its business, absent members were excused, and the House adjourned sine die.

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• There's no drugstore on the pharmacist. There's no drugstore on the pharmacist.
• You have you have community pharmacists. You have you have community pharmacists.
• It's a service that's provided by a licensed pharmacist. licensed pharmacist. licensed pharmacist.
• Um which is our pharmacist. I know I had a a Frank our pharmacist.
• But my local pharmacist out of town. But my local pharmacist out of town.

Bills: SCR 13, SCR 24, SB 1, SB 12, SB 15, SB 17, SB 24, SB 57, SB 65, SB 213, SB 371, SB 372, SB 378, SB 379, SB 388, SB 400, SB 402, SB 427, SB 495, SB 499, SB 502, SB 509, SB 535, SB 583, SB 610, SB 621, SB 650, SB 706, SB 740, SB 840, SB 854, SB 856, SB 875, SB 893, SB 918, SB 925, SB 974, SB 995, SB 1006, SB 1018, SB 1025, SB 1061, SB 1073, SB 1106, SB 1121, SB 1194, SB 1252, SB 1253, SB 1268, SB 1300, SB 1343, SB 1362, SB 1447, SJR 36, SJR 12, SJR 57, SCR 25, SCR 22, SCR 12, SCR 24, SCR 8, SB 565, SB 372, SB 765, SB 62, SB 666, SB 707, SB 888, SB 687, SB 847, SB 1248, SB 740, SB 14, SB 1006, SB 504, SB 925, SB 1121, SB 995, SB 857, SB 305, SB 296, SB 284, SB 815, SB 1379, SB 1300, SB 1497, SB 1499, SB 1498, SB 1061, SB 65, SB 241, SB 304, SB 402, SB 499, SB 621, SB 974, SB 1023, SB 1024, SB 1025, SB 1106, SB 686, SB 112, SB 371, SB 204, SB 400, SB 609, SB 1447, SB 670, SB 502, SB 427, SB 850, SB 854, SB 413, SB 1555, SB 1362, SB 1346, SB 1033, SB 1220, SB 1073, SB 810, SB 987, SB 1539, SB 893, SB 447, SB 875, SB 406, SB 509, SB 985, SB 965, SB 1119, SB 1505, SB 24, SB 57, SB 1194, SB 1253, SB 1215, SB 1532, SB 1268, SB 1302, SB 856, SB 650, SB 583, SB 673, SB 840, SB 213, SB 681, SB 1172, SB 1252, SB 378, SB 610, SB 918, SB 1343, SB 608, SB 487, SB 955, SB 957, SB 988, SB 990, SB 1019, SB 1021, SB 1120, SB 251, SB 958, SB 535, SB 761, SB 1, SB 541, SB 315, SB 379, SB 1018, SB 1737, SB 266, SB 1415, SB 57, SB 499, SB 974, SB 1025, SB 1061, SB 1268, SR 302, SR 303, SR 304, SR 305, SB 30, SB 1333, SB 1666, SB 30, SB 1333, SB 1666

Keywords: water rights, treaty compliance, Rio Grande, agriculture, drought, international water, Texas water supply, Texas, Israel, trade, investment, partnership, economic ties, technological innovation, bilateral relations, appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare

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• I'm not a pharmacist.
• What are the duties of the pharmacist? pharmacy tech.
• And again, in my store, we have our pharmacist providing immunizations and a lot of pharmacists.
• Will that be the pharmacist, the tech, the nurse, the doctor?
• So I think as a part of going through. the pharmacist curriculum in pharmacy school, I feel like pharmacists

Bills: HB 3772, HB 1656, HB 4504, HB 1896, HB 4420, HB 4421, HB 4076, HB 3708, HB 2806, HB 3540, HB 1586, HB 5459, HB 4553, HB 4535, HB 3811, HB 3749, HB 4255, HB 4051, HB 5098, HB 3554, HB 4539, HB 5274

Keywords: e-cigarettes, health and safety, regulations, directory, penalties, regulation, certification, compliance, manufacturers, FDA, nicotine, mental health, emergency detention, paramedic authority, mental illness, healthcare facility, public health, covenants not to compete, health care practitioners, physicians

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• Susan Bonilla, CEO of the California Pharmacists Association in support of 1503.
• Kaitlin Acato, intern pharmacist at University of the Pacific in support.
• and education with the pharmacist.
• This bill includes broad prescriptive authority for pharmacists.
• As noted, pharmacists often lack access to complete patient care.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I’m a pharmacist and the executive director of the Kentucky Pharmacist Association.
• Medicaid payment for pharmacist.
• failure clinic, pharmacists manage failure clinic, pharmacists manage guideline<01:09:01.679>
• In specialty pharmacists cannot.
• Also, to be very clear, the pharmacist—and I'm biased to pharmacists—the pharmacists are not going outside

Keywords: 1. Call to Order and Roll Call – 00:00:00 2. Approval of Minutes – 00:01:32 3. Getting to Know the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky – 00:02:26 4. Healthy Kids Clinic – 00:26:58 5. Pharmacy Payment Parity – 00:56:36 6. Ibogaine – 01:17:37 7. Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations – 01:53:05 8. Adjournment – 01:53:19, 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the prior meeting minutes and recognized Eric Clark for his service, noting this may be his last meeting before he leaves state government. The main presentation was from Allison Adams, president and CEO of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, who described the organization’s history, nonpartisan mission, and focus on health equity, prevention, and upstream policy solutions. She said Kentucky’s poor rankings in chronic disease, preventable hospitalizations, and life expectancy show the need to shift resources toward prevention and community-driven strategies rather than relying mainly on treatment after people become sick. Adams emphasized leading health indicators, arguing that lawmakers should track actionable measures such as quit attempts and smoke-free policies instead of only lagging indicators like disease rates and mortality. In response to questions, she said accountability should be shared across communities and systems, with possible incentives and disincentives tied to outcomes, and she supported creating a public data utility or dashboard, ideally with university partners, to help legislators and communities monitor progress. She also cited examples of accountable health community models and said Kentucky could adapt similar approaches. The committee then heard from Meade County Schools Superintendent Mark Martin and district health coordinator Karen Kotche about the Healthy Kids Clinic partnership with Cumberland Health. They described a seven-year effort that led to full implementation in the district, which now has a nurse in every school and a nurse practitioner, allowing services such as sports physicals and other clinic functions to be provided on campus. They said the program has been a strong investment for students and the community and began explaining how the district built the partnership after earlier efforts and delays, including the pandemic.

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• In addition, it provides the pharmacist care services as it applies to pharmacy rules.
• <00:03:15.599> to<00:03:15.760> decline allowing the pharmacist to decline allowing
• Um, that's part of those pharmacist care services. Yes. Thank you.
• And I hope that we can count on the pharmacist and the medical society to work together.
• <00:08:54.240> care you're talking about pharmacist care you're talking about pharmacist care

Bills: SF0121

Keywords: pharmacy, collaborative care, healthcare, prescriptions, patient safety, Wyoming Pharmacy Act, 916, all

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• I'd also like to introduce three pharmacists from Laurel. They are Dr.
• He is my pharmacist in Starkville.
• I'd ask that y'all help me welcome my pharmacist.
• In the south gallery, help me make welcome my pharmacist, Dr.
• In the south gallery, help me make welcome my pharmacist, Dr.

Keywords: MS House Floor - 24 March, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The House opened with a prayer by guest minister Lee Carson, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. After a quorum was confirmed, the journal reading was dispensed with and there were no reports from select committees or resolutions, petitions, or memorials. Members then introduced a large number of guests, with many of the introductions focused on pharmacists and pharmacy owners from across Mississippi, along with visitors from the Mississippi School for the Deaf and Blind and other local guests in the galleries. During the floor proceedings, members also announced that students from the Mississippi School for the Deaf and Blind would be available to meet legislators in Room 402, and the clerk announced a public utilities joint hearing with the Senate Energy Committee later that day. Representative Powell reminded members that the Beam office had broadband maps available in Room 204 for review. Representative Eubanks distributed information about the Morgan Freeman Symphonic Blues Experience, and Representative Ford announced an evening Builders and Contractors of Mississippi crawfish boil. On the legislative calendar, Representative Robertson moved to invite conference on House Bill 1395, and the motion was adopted. The House then recessed subject to call so members could wait for state championship teams expected from the Senate for recognition, but before that occurred, the chamber later adjourned on motion of the gentleman from Rankin until 10:00 a.m. the following day.

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• They're my pharmacists.
• They're my pharmacists.
• They're my pharmacists.
• They're my pharmacists.
• I trust my pharmacist, as do I. And so when the pharmacist prescribes...

Keywords: 916, all

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• <00:39:10.440> Community<00:39:10.800> pharmacists<00:39:11.240> are pharmacists
• Community pharmacists are pharmacists Community pharmacists are really<00:39:11.560> the<00:39
• I'm a resident of New Hampshire, a practicing pharmacist, and I also represent the New Hampshire Pharmacists
• <00:46:12.640> pharmacist represent New Hampshire pharmacist represent New Hampshire pharmacist
• I've uh been a pharmacist since 1983 I've uh been a pharmacist since 1983 I've<00:54:00.520> have<

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Thank you, and we have one hospital pharmacist.
• from the Alabama Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
• Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
• Submitted by the Alabama Society of Health-System Pharmacists, an academic health system pharmacist.
• Yeah, because I know when we met with the pharmacists, there were several pharmacists of different ethnic

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• This allows a pharmacist to change your prescription.
• A pharmacist is only required to do this if they desire. We are not forcing a pharmacist to be.
• But pharmacists work for the most part for companies.
• But to have pharmacists prescribing medicine that is sold right there at the pharmacy itself, pharmacists
• But to have pharmacists prescribing medicine that is sold right there at the pharmacy itself, pharmacists

Keywords: 1064, all

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• It does not require pharmacists to provide services.
• The pharmacists currently are able to prescribe for contraceptives, The pharmacists currently are able
• This allows a pharmacist to change your prescription.
• My question is: are pharmacists...
• But pharmacists work for the most part for companies.

Summary: The House convened with Girl State participants presiding for part of the session, including introductions of the student leadership and a unanimous voice vote passing House Concurrent Resolution 152 honoring the young women participating in Delaware Girl State. The chamber also welcomed congressional interns and other guests, accepted the prior day’s minutes, and observed a moment of silence for Nathan Cynix and Kara Feeley before prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to tributes for Representative Ron Gray, who was recognized for his 14 years of service and his work on issues such as bond bills, dredging, bike paths, small business, constituent service, and agriculture-related funding. Multiple members from both parties praised his humor, honesty, mentorship, and dedication to the House and his district. Gray responded with extended remarks reflecting on his family legacy, legislative service, and appreciation for colleagues and staff, and the chamber later sang “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” at his request. The House then received communications, including Senate messages returning several bills and informing the chamber of Senate passage of additional measures. Members were also told that the FY27 bond bill, House Bill 500, had been placed on desks as a gift for review. The House read in Consent Agenda S, which included House Bill 476, House Joint Resolution 13, Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 168, Senate Bill 297, Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 319, and Senate Joint Resolution 21, and began a roll call vote on the consent agenda.

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• We represent pharmacists, technicians, and future pharmacists in all practice settings across the state
• This bill advocates for fair and adequate MA coverage for pharmacist services.
• We think about our doctors, our nurses, but not necessarily our pharmacists.
• I'm a fourth-generation independent community pharmacist.
• I'm here today representing Minnesota Independent Pharmacists.

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• It just happens to be a licensed pharmacist to run the business.
• service in their... ...these pharmacists service in their communities.
• the... ...pharmacists.
• Years ago, a pharmacist in Calhoun County had an arrangement with a pharmacist in Tennessee to fill those
• But the pharmacist said, "Let me see what I can do."

Keywords: 923, senate, all

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• <00:54:41.760> more patients seeing their pharmacists more patients seeing their pharmacists
• We represent pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and future pharmacists in all practice settings across
• pharmacists in technicians, and future pharmacists in all<00:56:12.240> practice<00:56:12.640
• <00:56:58.319> for<00:56:58.559> accessible, pharmacists for accessible, pharmacists for
• <01:03:36.319> cannot uh other provider, pharmacists cannot uh other provider, pharmacists

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Every state provides some type of prescriptive authority for pharmacists, but it very much is a range
• So some states have wide-open, full prescriptive authority for pharmacists, and then some states have
• In speaking with the Board of Pharmacy and the pharmacist association, I think we do have a solution
• Good-faith pharmacists would not do this. However, it is a fear for a lot of people.
• Good faith pharmacists would not do this. However, it is a fear for a lot of people.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee reviewed four bill drafts for the Rural Health Transformation effort. The first required the presidential physical fitness test in PE classes; members asked about DPI and school support, then moved and approved the draft. The second required physicians to complete one hour of continuing education on nutrition and metabolic health each renewal cycle and included legislative intent encouraging other health boards to consider nutrition-related CE; it was approved after brief discussion. The third bill adopted the Physician Assistant Licensure Compact. Members discussed a separate issue involving occupational therapy compact background checks and whether that fix could be added now or would need to wait until later; the committee also discussed Board of Medicine input and the compact’s workforce benefits. The draft was moved forward to the full committee. The fourth bill expanded pharmacists’ prescriptive authority and therapeutic substitution. Legislative Council explained the draft, and Senator Roars proposed substantial amendments to narrow motion sickness, UTI, diabetes supply, and substitution provisions. Members debated whether to vote on amendments now or wait for the special session public hearing; concerns were raised about transparency, stakeholder input, and avoiding premature action. No amendment vote was taken, and the bill was left for later consideration. The committee then recessed until the next day.

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• <00:52:23.839> to um when they call the pharmacist to um when they call the pharmacist to
• . pharmacist. pharmacist.
• the other thing um that a pharmacist the other thing um that a pharmacist doesn't<00:53:06.160><
• :53:24.160> what<00:53:24.480> that pharmacist does not know what that pharmacist does
• pharmacists have a code of ethics. pharmacists have a code of ethics.

Keywords: 916, all