ACADEMIES:
Academy Board of Directors (3 year terms – New Practitioner 1 year terms) Any member of a CPhA Academy can run for his/her Academy Board of Directors.
Employee Pharmacists –The mission of the Academy of Employee Pharmacists is to support employee pharmacists in management of their practice environment, assuring optimal levels of professionalism and job satisfaction.
Hospital Pharmacists –The mission of the Academy of Hospital Pharmacists is to promote legislative advocacy, foster communication among health care professionals, advocate standards of practice and provide educational programs and services for its members.
Long Term Care – The mission of the Academy of Long Term Care is to promote pharmacy practice in the long-term care setting by enhancing the quality of practice through education and establishment of professional and ethical standards.
Managed Care Pharmacy– The newest CPhA Academy is the Academy of Managed Care. It is being developed to serve the growing population of pharmacist professionals that are working in managed care.
Pharmacy Owners – The mission of the Academy of Pharmacy Owners is to actively promote positive health outcomes through drug therapy or consultation by pharmacists' care and improve the financial prosperity of the independent community pharmacist.
Pharmacy Specialties – The mission of the Academy of Pharmacy Specialties is to provide pharmacists who practice in specialized areas, such as Academia, Government, Infusion Care and Managed Care, with opportunities for networking and representation in the CPhA policy-making process. Members of the Academy of Pharmacy Specialties strive to provide CPhA with specialized resources for educational programming, development of policies and achievement of optimal patient outcomes. The Academy of Pharmacy Specialties also pays special attention to the enhancement of the quality of practice, the promotion of provision of cost beneficial and quality pharmaceutical care to patients in all settings. The goal is that the patient’s quality of life will be maintained and enhanced and to concurrently provide direction, support and education for pharmacy professionals.
Pharmacy Students –The mission of the Academy of Pharmacy Students is to foster communication and professional interaction among students at the California Schools of Pharmacy and between students and pharmacists through involvement in the professional association, thereby enabling students to influence the future of the profession.
Pharmacy Technicians – The mission of the Academy of Pharmacy Technicians is to inspire optimal levels of professionalism and job satisfaction, and to establish mechanisms specifically targeted at recruitment and retention of its members.
COMMITTEES:
Awards Committee (3-year term) – Appointed in February each year to select the recipients of the five major pharmaceutical awards, the Hall of Fame recipients along with the Innovative Pharmacy Practice Award that are presented at the CPhA Annual Meeting each year . The committee members are responsible for solicitation of nominations, collecting documents from potential nominees along with quarterly conference calls as chair may deem necessary.
Board Nominating Committee (1-year term) – Appointed in February each year to nominate a slate of candidates for vacant Trustee and Officer positions. The committee members are responsible for solicitation of candidates, collecting documents from potential candidates along with conference calls as chair may deem necessary.
Editorial Review Committee (2-year term) – Each member of the Committee will be responsible for soliciting articles pertinent to their practice. Chair is responsible for proofing all issues of the California Pharmacist. Other members of the committee will proof the Journal on a rotating basis. Members review unsolicited articles for appropriateness of publication.
Emergency Preparedness Committee (2-year term) – The purpose of this committee is to examine and make recommendations regarding pharmacists’ roles in preparing for potential emergencies and disasters and pharmacists’ roles during emergencies and disasters. The Committee will study and work with existing entities as well as develop its own independent reports on the subject.
Insurance Committee (3-year term) – It shall be the duty of this Committee to review and recommend Association – sponsored insurance programs. All actions of the committee shall be approved by the Board of Trustees.
Legislative Review Committee (2-year term) – The purpose of this committee is to discuss and plan CPhA’s annual legislative calendar as outlined by CPhA policy.
Local Support Committee (2-year term) – The purpose of this committee is to understand and support the needs of the local associations, to encourage new members to become active in their local association and to foster the development of leaders through local association activities.
Medi-Cal/Medicare Advisory Committee (3-year term) – Purpose is to improve communication between CPhA and the Department of Health Services, and to serve as a sounding board for CPhA staff. The mission of the Medi-Cal/Medicare Advisory Committee is to identify problems within Medi-Cal and other third-party programs and propose solutions on a task-oriented, fast-track basis (i.e. the process of developing a solution should take less than six months). Four all-day meetings, usually held in Sacramento, are required.
Membership Committee (2-year term) – The committee shall be responsible for guiding staff in the development of membership recruitment campaigns and retention strategies.
Outreach and Affiliations Committee (2-year term) – The purpose of this committee is to advise the association how to aggressively forge alliances and partnerships with a wide range of pharmacy and healthcare organizations by determining the issues and goals in common.
Policy Committees (1-year term) – The Policy Committees review existing CPhA policy along with drafting potential policy language on pertinent issues effecting the profession of pharmacy for CPhA's House of Delegates. Committee members are required to participate in preliminary email deliberations, conference calls as needed, along with one all-day meeting. The meeting usually takes place at the Sacramento Headquarters in mid October. Once the committee reports are final the committee members are required to approve the reports that will be submitted to the House of Delegates.
Student Support Committee (2-year term) – The purpose of this committee is to introduce students to CPhA and serve their needs throughout their time in pharmacy school such that they become continuing, committed members of the Association and look to CPhA for professional support throughout their careers.
Technology Advisory Committee (2-year term) – The purpose of this committee is to guide and advise staff in technology strategies which appeal to members who prefer online interaction with the Association.
House Nominating Committee (1-year term) – The Speaker of the House appoints the House Nominating Committee. The committee members are responsible for solicitation of candidates, collecting documents from potential candidates along with conference calls as chair may deem necessary. It shall be the duty of the House Nominating Committee to select the candidates of the Officers of the House of Delegates.
Reference Committees A and B (1-year term) – The Reference Committees shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House for the purpose of receiving and acting upon the reports of the Policy Committees of the Association and such items of new business that may be referred by the Speaker. Recommendations by Reference Committees are then voted on by the House of Delegates; policies that pass become policies of CPhA House of Delegates.
Speaker (2 year commitment: 1 year as Speaker Elect, 1 year as Speaker) - The Speaker shall preside at all meetings of the House of Delegates. The Speaker shall appoint a parliamentarian to serve as advisor on all questions of parliamentary procedure. The Speaker shall appoint the House of Delegates Nominating Committee and Reference Committees and any other Committees as deemed necessary and as approved by the Board of Trustees. The Speaker shall serve as a Voting Member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the California Pharmacists Association. The Speaker-elect shall serve as the Board of Trustee liaison to all Academies and shall preside in the absence of the Speaker at all House of Delegates proceedings.