ORS 414.353 Committee established; membership

There is created an 11-member Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee responsible for advising the Oregon Health Authority on the implementation of the retrospective and prospective programs and on the Practitioner-Managed Prescription Drug Plan.

The Director of the Oregon Health Authority shall appoint the members of the committee, who shall serve at the pleasure of the director for a term of three years. An individual appointed to the committee may be reappointed upon completion of the individual’s term. The membership of the committee shall be composed of the following:

Five persons licensed as physicians under ORS 677.100 to 677.228 and actively engaged in the practice of medicine in Oregon, who may be from among persons recommended by organizations representing physicians;

Four persons licensed in and actively practicing pharmacy in Oregon who may be from among persons recommended by organizations representing pharmacists whether affiliated or unaffiliated with any association; and

Two persons who are not physicians or pharmacists.

If the committee determines that it lacks current clinical or treatment expertise with respect to a particular therapeutic class, or at the request of an interested outside party, the director shall appoint one or more medical experts otherwise qualified as described in subsection (2)(a) of this section who have such expertise. The medical experts shall have full voting rights with respect to recommendations made under ORS 414.361 (3) and (4). The medical experts may participate but may not vote in any other activities of the committee.

The director shall fill a vacancy on the committee by appointing a new member to serve the remainder of the unexpired term.