KPha Councils

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The following professional practice areas and member groups are recognized as Councils approved and authorized by the Association:

• Kansas New Practitioners' Council
• The Kansas New Practitioners’ Council, hereby known as the Kansas New Practitioners Network, promotes the professional activity of new practitioners within the Association by providing a network to foster dialogue with other new practitioners and Association members. The new practitioner is defined as a pharmacist within seven years or less of graduation from an accredited college or university of pharmacy.
• Student Pharmacist Council
• The Kansas Student Pharmacist Council, promotes the professional activity of student pharmacists’ within the Association by providing a network to foster dialogue with other student pharmacists and Association members.
• Pharmacy Technician Council
• The Kansas Pharmacy Technicians’ Council, promotes the professional activity of pharmacy technicians within the Association by providing a network to foster dialogue with other pharmacy technicians and Association members.

ESTABLISHING NEW COUNCILS

Councils other than those delineated herein may be formed by any group of Association members wishing to submit a proposal to the Board of Directors. To establish a new Council, at least 25 Members who share similar professional needs, interests, and professional concerns must support its formation. The Association’s Board of Directors will consider the proposal and approve the establishment of a new council so long as its goals and objectives are consistent with the Association’s Purpose and Mission.

When a new Council is approved by the Board of Directors, they will be initiated to the Board in Provisional Status, with their Council Director not having a Board vote until the Bylaws of the Association can be updated and approved by the membership formalizing the Council as a Charter Council of the Association.

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP

Association Members become members of an established Council based on their membership type (i.e. New Practitioner, Student Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician) when renewing their general membership.

ASSOCIATION BOARD REPRESENTATION

The Council Director shall serve as a voting member on the Association’s Board of Directors. If a Council fails to fill its position on the Board for a two (2) year period and/or has less than ten (10) members, the Council shall be deemed to have forfeited Board representation and shall be deemed dissolved upon majority vote of the Board.

COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS AND DUES

The Council may hold meetings in locations and at times mutually agreeable to the members. The Council is not a separate legal entity and has no authority to legally bind the Association. The Council may determine the fee for dues required for membership to the Council and which will adequately fund the Council’s budget, according to its goals, events, and activities.

COUNCIL POWERS

In its representation of the special interests of Council membership, the Council may comment on issues of special interest; provided, however, that any such comments are those of the Council and not the Association. The Council may establish programs, professional policies, and priorities related to pharmacy practice for their members. The Council may act in an advisory capacity and make recommendations to the Board of Directors. The Council may adopt a committee and governance structure that supports their mission at their sole discretion. The Council does not have the authority to bind the Association or speak for the Association, unless the Board, by resolution authorizes the Council to do so.