House of Delegates Sessions, July 10-13, 2011, San Antonio, TX

Resolution #1 – Roosevelt University College of Pharmacy

RESOLVED that the Roosevelt University College of Pharmacy be received into the appropriate level of institutional membership in AACP.

Resolution #2 – Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science College of Pharmacy

RESOLVED that the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science College of Pharmacy be received into the appropriate level of institutional membership in AACP.

Resolution #3 – St. Joseph College School of Pharmacy

RESOLVED that the St. Joseph College School of Pharmacy be received into the appropriate level of institutional membership in AACP.

Resolution #4 – University of South Florida College of Pharmacy

RESOLVED that the University of South Florida College of Pharmacy be received into the appropriate level of institutional membership in AACP.

Resolution #5 – Western New England University College of Pharmacy

RESOLVED that the Western New England University College of Pharmacy be received into the appropriate level of institutional membership in AACP.

Speaker Pieper welcomed the delegates from each institution.

• 13. Michael Malloy, Chair of the Bylaws and Policy Development Committee, then presented the preliminary report of the BPDC, including recommendations to adopt a revised set of Rules of Procedure for the House of Delegates. He offered delegates the opportunity to present comments or questions at the House session or at the open hearing on Tuesday, July 12.

• 14. Speaker Pieper called for Keith Herist, AACP Treasurer, to give his report on the financial status of AACP. Dr. Herist was unable to present the Treasurer's report at this time and the report was delivered by AACP Chief Operations Officer, Dan Cassidy.

• 15. Speaker Pieper called for Joseph T. DiPiro, editor of the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, to give his report on the Journal and recognized the 75^th anniversary of the journal.

• 16. Speaker Pieper introduced Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education Executive Director Peter H. Vlasses who presented the annual report of the Council.

• 17. Speaker Pieper called upon Dr. Jeff Baldwin, Chair of the AACP Nominations Committee, to present the candidates for the office of President of the AACP. Chairman Baldwin announced that the committee had slated the following candidates for President:

  • Peggy Piascik, University of Kentucky

  • Julie Szilagyi, University of Houston

  • No nominations were presented from the floor.

• 18. Speaker Pieper offered for receipt by the House the final reports of the following committees of the Association. A motion to receive the reports passed unanimously.

  • Finance Committee Report chaired by Keith Herist

  • Academic Affairs Committee chaired by Holly Mason

  • Advocacy Committee chaired by Renee Coffman

  • Professional Affairs Committee chaired by Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner

  • Research and Graduate Affairs Committee chaired by Robert Brueggemeier

  • Professionalism Special Committee chaired by Nicholas Popovich

  • Argus Commission chaired by Diane Beck

• 19. There was no other business before the House of Delegates.

• 20. Speaker Pieper adjourned the first session of the House of Delegates at 11:40 a.m.

Policy Statement #1

(Source: 2010-11 Standing Committee on Professional Affairs)

AACP supports the efforts of schools and colleges of pharmacy working with health care entities to promote and advocate for the inclusion, reimbursement and sustainability of pharmacist services as a required element of patient-centered care in all settings.

The AACP House of Delegates passed this resolution.

Policy Statement #2

(Source: 2010-11 Standing Committee on Professional Affairs, amended by 2010-11 BPDC)

AACP supports member schools and colleges in their efforts to invest in the expansion of postgraduate education and training programs that prepare pharmacists to be effective members of patient-centered health care teams.

The AACP House of Delegates passed this resolution as amended.

Policy Statement #3

(Source: 2010-11 Standing Committee on Professional Affairs)

AACP supports the creation of partnerships with other national pharmacy organizations to develop a framework to ensure an educated, trained, and certified pharmacy technician workforce to enable pharmacists to provide medication therapy management and other patient care services.

The AACP House of Delegates passed this resolution.

Policy Statement #4

(Source: 2010-11 Standing Committee on Professional Affairs, amended by 2010-11 BPDC)

AACP encourages its member institutions to offer course work that develops the management, business, and entrepreneurial skills necessary for pharmacists to succeed as members of patient-centered health care teams.

The AACP House of Delegates passed this resolution as amended.

Policy Resolution #1 – Partnership For Patients

(Source: 2010-11 Board of Directors, amended by 2010-11 BPDC)

AACP supports the Partnership for Patients and encourages all member institutions, faculty, preceptors and students to sign the Partnership pledge and participate in the work of the partnership at the local, state and national levels.

The AACP House of Delegates passed this resolution as amended.

Policy Amendment #1

(Source: 2010-11 BPDC)

AACP supports the inclusion of outcomes related to pharmacist supervision and management of pharmacy technicians in the professional degree program, as well as process analysis skills necessary to optimally integrate pharmacy technicians into pharmacy workflow and services. These outcomes should be addressed in the didactic and experiential components of the curriculum.

The AACP House of Delegates passed this amended policy statement.

Policy Amendment #2

(Source: 2010-11 BPDC)

AACP supports training and education for pharmacy technicians that include outcomes deemed appropriate by the profession and that are based on sound educational principles.

The AACP House of Delegates passed this amended policy statement.

Policy Amendment #3

(Source: 2010-11 BPDC)

AACP supports innovative relationships between colleges and schools of pharmacy and pharmacy technician education programs that enhance the quality of the respective educational programs offered by each.

The AACP House of Delegates passed this amended policy statement.

Archive of Current Policy #1

(Source: Recommendation from the 2010-11 Research and Graduate Affairs Committee, AACP Cumulative Policies)

AACP encourages schools of pharmacy to increase funding support for post-Pharm.D. clinical research fellowships, works with other professional pharmacy organizations to increase collaborative funding support of post-Pharm.D. clinical research fellowships, and works with appropriate agencies to provide funding for post-Pharm.D. clinical research fellowships, and degree-granting programs. (Source: Council of Faculties, 1993)

The AACP House of Delegates approved of archiving this policy.

Rules of Procedure Revision

The report of the Speaker's Special Committee on Rules Review, included in the report of the Bylaws and Policy Development Committee, proposed a robust revision of the House Rules.

The House passed the proposed Rules Revision as transmitted to delegates.

• 8. Speaker Pieper thanked Michael Malloy for his leadership as the chair and congratulated Michael Manolakis on his appointment as chair of the Bylaws and Policy Development Committee for 2011-12.

• 9. Speaker Pieper then brought two tabled membership resolutions off the table for action in the 2011 House session.

Membership Dues Resolution #1

(Source: AACP Board of Directors as amended by BPDC, tabled in 2010 until 2011 HOD)

WHEREAS, the Bylaws of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Inc. provide for the House of Delegates to approve membership dues changes;

RESOLVED that the institutional member dues for Associate and Regular Institutional Members be increased $3,000 in Fiscal Year 2013 (July 2012).

The House referred Membership Resolution #1 to the 2011-12 Board of Directors.

Membership Dues Resolution #2

(Source: AACP Board of Directors as amended by BPDC, tabled in 2010 until 2011 HOD)

WHEREAS, the Bylaws of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Inc. provide for the House of Delegates to approve membership dues changes;

RESOLVED that dues for individual members be reduced to $0 effective with implementation of the Institutional dues increase.

The House referred Membership Resolution #2 to the 2011-12 Board of Directors.

• 10. Past President Jeff Baldwin installed the officers and members of the 2011-12 Board of Directors.

  • President Brian L. Crabtree

  • President-elect J. Lyle Bootman

  • Immediate Past President Rodney A. Carter

  • Keith Herist, Treasurer

  • Cynthia Boyle, Speaker of the House

  • Lee Evans, Chair, Council of Deans

  • Chris Bradberry, Immediate Past Chair, Council of Deans

  • Joseph DiPiro, Chair-elect, Council of Deans

  • Virginia Scott, Chair, Council of Faculties

  • John Bosso, Immediate Past Chair, Council of Faculties

  • David Zgarrick, Chair-elect, Council of Faculties

  • Shane Desselle, Chair, Council of Sections

  • Patricia Marken, Immediate Past Chair, Council of Sections

  • Denise Soltis, Chair-elect, Council of Sections

  • Lucinda Maine, Executive Vice President

• 11. Newly installed President Brian Crabtree was congratulated and presented a gavel by Past President Jeff Baldwin. President Crabtree recognized the contributions and service of retiring Board members Jeffrey Baldwin, Patricia Kroboth, Sudip Das, Gary Matzke and John Pieper.

• 12. Speaker Pieper then recognized the transition of House leadership to Speaker Cynthia Boyle.

• 13. Speaker Boyle thanked Immediate Past Speaker Pieper for his years of dedication to the House of Delegates and presented him with a commemorative gavel and plaque.

• 14. Speaker Boyle announced the formation of the Committee on Delegate Election and Deployment (CODED) will examine existing models for the election of delegates and alternate delegates, recommend best practices for delegate election and deployment which aligns with AACP timelines, and partner with Library Section leaders to develop codification for AACP policies as recommended by the SCORR committee. She announced the committee would be chaired by Dr. Sandy Zito and invited interested members to contact her to become involved in the next year of work.

• 15. Speaker Boyle adjourned the House of Delegates at 11:45 a.m.