PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

S.B. 360

8-403.

(L) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (E) OF THIS SECTION,
ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 2000, AN EVALUATION SHALL BE MADE OF THE STATE BOARD
OF BARBERS AND THE REGULATIONS THAT RELATE TO THE STATE BOARD OF
BARBERS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October July 1, 1996.

May 23, 1996

The Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis MD 21401

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Constitution, I have today
vetoed Senate Bill 360.

This bill authorizes the State Board of Pharmacy to waive specified educational and
clinical training requirements for license applicants who are graduates of a "foreign
school or college of pharmacy" if the applicant passes an additional examination, requires
applicants to demonstrate oral competency in the English language by passing a board
approved standardized test, and prohibits the board from requiring oral competency
testing of license applicants previously licensed in another state.

House Bill 1003, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me on May 14,
1996, accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign Senate
Bill 360.

Sincerely,

Parris N. Glendening

Governor

Senate Bill No. 360

AN ACT concerning

Pharmacists - Licensure - Oral Competency Exams

FOR the purpose of authorizing the State Board of Pharmacy to waive certain
qualifications for a license to practice pharmacy under certain circumstances;
requiring applicants for a license to practice pharmacy to demonstrate oral
competency in the English language; requiring the Board to adopt certain
regulations; requiring certain licensees to pass a certain test; making a certain
exception; defining a certain term; and generally relating to the requirement that
applicants for a license to practice pharmacy demonstrate oral competency in the
English language.

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