Colorado Code
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 12-280-101. Public Interest - Rules

The practice of pharmacy is a professional practice affecting the public health, safety, and welfare and is subject to regulation and control in the public interest. It is a matter of public interest and concern that the practice of pharmacy, as defined in this article 280, merits and receives the confidence of the public, and that only qualified persons be permitted to practice pharmacy in this state. This article 280 is liberally construed to carry out these objects and purposes. Pursuant to these standards and obligations, the state board of pharmacy may adopt rules of professional conduct in accordance with article 4 of title 24.
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1434, § 1, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-42.5-101 as it existed prior to 2019.

Structure Colorado Code

Colorado Code

Title 12 - Professions and Occupations

Article 280 - Pharmacists, Pharmacy Businesses, and Pharmaceuticals

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 12-280-101. Public Interest - Rules

§ 12-280-102. Applicability of Common Provisions

§ 12-280-103. Definitions - Rules

§ 12-280-104. State Board of Pharmacy - Creation - Subject to Review - Repeal of Parts

§ 12-280-105. Membership of Board - Removal - Compensation - Meetings - Repeal

§ 12-280-106. Veterinary Pharmaceutical Advisory Committee - Creation - Appointments - Rules - Repeal

§ 12-280-107. Rules

§ 12-280-108. Powers and Duties - Rules

§ 12-280-109. Drugs, Devices, and Other Materials

§ 12-280-110. Publications

§ 12-280-111. Malpractice Claims Information - Not Public - Exception

§ 12-280-112. Fees

§ 12-280-113. Approval of Schools

§ 12-280-114. Licensure, Certification, or Registration - Applicability - Applications - Licensure and Certification Requirements - Rules

§ 12-280-115. Exemptions From Licensure - Hospital Residency Programs - Home Renal Dialysis - Research Companies

§ 12-280-115.5. Certification of Pharmacy Technicians - Requirements - Provisional Certification - Criminal History Record Check - Rules

§ 12-280-116. Expiration and Renewal of Licenses, Certifications, or Registrations

§ 12-280-117. Continuing Education - Exceptions - Inactive Status

§ 12-280-117.5. Continuing Education for Pharmacy Technicians - Exceptions - Inactive Status

§ 12-280-118. Prescription Drug Outlet Under Charge of Pharmacist - Rules

§ 12-280-119. Registration of Facilities - Rules

§ 12-280-120. Compounding - Dispensing - Sale of Drugs and Devices - Rules - Definition

§ 12-280-121. Compounding Drugs for Office Use by a Veterinarian - Rules - Definitions

§ 12-280-122. Limited Authority to Delegate Activities Constituting Practice of Pharmacy to Pharmacy Interns or Pharmacy Technicians

§ 12-280-123. Prescription Required - Exception - Dispensing Opiate Antagonists - Selling Nonprescription Syringes and Needles

§ 12-280-124. Labeling - Rules

§ 12-280-125. Substitution of Prescribed Drugs and Biological Products Authorized - When - Conditions

§ 12-280-125.3. Pharmacists' Authority - Minor Prescription Adaptions

§ 12-280-125.5. Pharmacists' Authority to Dispense Chronic Maintenance Drugs - Rules - Liability

§ 12-280-125.7. Pharmacists' Authority to Prescribe and Dispense Hiv Infection Prevention Drugs - Definitions - Rules

§ 12-280-126. Unprofessional Conduct - Grounds for Discipline

§ 12-280-127. Disciplinary Actions

§ 12-280-128. Judicial Review

§ 12-280-129. Unlawful Acts - Civil Fines

§ 12-280-130. Unauthorized Practice - Penalties

§ 12-280-131. New Drugs - When Sales Permissible

§ 12-280-132. Advertising of Prescription Drug Prices

§ 12-280-133. Nonresident Prescription Drug Outlet - Registration

§ 12-280-133.5. Nonresident 503b Outsourcing Facility - Registration - Requirements - Denial, Revocation, or Suspension - Rules

§ 12-280-133.7. Third-Party Logistics Providers - Registration - Denial, Revocation, or Suspension - Rules

§ 12-280-134. Records

§ 12-280-135. Unused Medication - Licensed Facilities - Correctional Facilities - Reuse - Definitions - Rules

§ 12-280-136. Confidential Agreement to Limit Practice

§ 12-280-137. Investigations of Suspicious Drugs

§ 12-280-138. Patient Counseling - Pharmacists Required to Perform - Patient May Decline - Rules

§ 12-280-139. Insulin Affordability Program - Record Keeping - Reimbursement - Definitions

§ 12-280-140. Emergency Prescription Insulin Supply - Eligibility - Record Keeping - Definition