To: Jeanne Waggener, R.Ph., President of the Texas Board of Pharmacy and Louisiana Board of Pharmacy

Lunch Break for Pharmacy staff

All Retail Pharmacies should be required to close at least 30 mins, so that the Pharmacist could be afforded the opportunity to eat lunch. As Pharmacist we have a right to have an opportunity to eat lunch.

Why is this important?

I am a Pharmacist for a major pharmacy retail chain and on most days pharmacist work diligently to serve patients without something as basic as lunch. It's inhumane and can be a hazard to the public, our job requires us to multi-task and make clinical judgments in a matter of seconds. These decisions and judgments should be made under the best circumstances.