Pennsylvania

School Contact Information:
Alumnus of the University of Utah School on Alcoholism & other drug dependencies
Daniel J. Canney, Ph.D., R.Ph.
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Director of Graduate Studies
Temple University, School of Pharmacy
3307 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140
(phone) 215 707 6924  (fax) 215 707 5620
E-Mail : canney@temple.edu
http://www.temple.edu/pharmacy/Dept_Pharmaceutical_Sciences.htm

Alumnus of the University of Utah School on Alcoholism & other drug dependencies
Daniel S. Longyhore, Pharm.D., BCPS
Nesbitt College of Pharmacy and Nursing
Wilkes University
Office: (570) 408-4294     Fax: (570) 408-7729
Email: daniel.longyhore@wilkes.edu   
Student program at Wilkes: http://web.wilkes.edu/daniel.longyhore/studentprn.htm. 
 

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Pennsylvania PRN organization information as of 7/2006:
S.A.R.P.H. (Secundum Artem - Reaching Pharmacists with Help) Founded 1984
Contact Director of Operations: Kathie Simpson (Paid Position)
258 Wolfe Lane, Irwin, PA,  15642
Phone #:  (724) 446-7398, Toll Free #: 800-892-4484, Fax #: (724) 446-7399
E-Mail: sarph@rcn.com or Kathie521@aol.com 
President: Robert Rossi, R.Ph. (Non paid position)
Phone #: (484) 802-0951 E-mail: robert_rossi@matria.com

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This 501(c)(3) (tax-exempt) organization has a 9 member (non-paid) board of directors. It is free standing and separate from the Pharmacy State Board and the State Pharmacy Professional Organizations. It does not carry general liability insurance (civil and criminal immunity in "snitch law" protects them from suits if reporting to Board is done in good faith). It refers clients to substance abuse professionals for the evaluation and treatment of its clients, along with reports dealing with a client’s fitness to return to practice.  This organization has a written signed "Memorandum of Understanding" with the PA Board of Pharmacy and the PA Bureau of Occupational and Professional Affairs, Professional Health Monitoring Program (PHMP). This reduces redundancy of monitoring parameters. The state's 1985 Pharmacy Act enables a licensee of the Board to act as a consultant to the Board in impairment evaluation and treatment.

What about funding? The organization at present does not charge client fees.  It does not receive funding through license renewal fees. (It does receive a grant via PA Board of Pharmacy and Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs.) Charitable contributions are raised by a direct mail campaign.

Active clients include: Pharmacists, Pharmacy Students.