The former area director of pharmacy services for Intermountain Health Care is now the new director for the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing.
J. Craig Jackson of Salt Lake City was appointed to the position Tuesday by Doug Borba, executive director of the Utah Department of Commerce. Prior to his new post, Jackson was manager of DOPL's professional recovery program.With the appointment, Jackson replaces David Robinson, who was DOPL director for nine years until he was fired Oct. 31 for "a change in direction" and as part of a new division philosophy, Borba said at the time of the firing.
At Tuesday's appointment, Borba said Jackson is "an individual with unquestioned integrity and a broad range of both private-sector experience and public service."
"He understands the need for a balance between regulation and communication within our professional communities," Borba said.
Jackson is a member and past president of the Utah Pharmaceutical Association and the Utah Society of Hospital Pharmacists.
He has worked for more than 30 years within the pharmacy system of IHC, as director of pharmacy services for LDS Hospital and area director for IHC's Salt Lake area hospitals.