Michigan Board of Pharmacy Appointment

Rony Foumia of Commerce Township, the Michigan pharmacy area director for Ascension Health, was appointed to represent pharmacists for a term commencing August 11, 2022, and expiring June 30, 2026. He succeeds Charles Mollien, whose term expired June 30, 2022.

The Michigan Board of Pharmacy was enacted as part of the Public Health Code to oversee the practice of pharmacy as a health service, the clinical application of which includes the encouragement of safety and efficacy in the prescribing, dispensing, administering and use of drugs and related articles for the prevention of illness and the maintenance and management of health. The Public Health Code mandates certain responsibilities and duties for a health professional licensing board including promoting and protecting the public’s health, safety, and welfare.