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Section 20-570. - Short title: Pharmacy Practice Act. - Sections 20-570 to 20-630, inclusive, may be cited as the...
Section 20-571. (Formerly Sec. 20-184a). - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
Section 20-572. (Formerly Sec. 20-163). - Commission of Pharmacy. Appointment and term of members. - There shall be in the department a Commission of Pharmacy...
Section 20-573. (Formerly Sec. 20-165). - Meetings of commission. Records. - (a) Meetings of the commission for the purpose of conducting...
Section 20-574. (Formerly Sec. 20-164a). - Supervision by Commissioner of Consumer Protection. - The commissioner shall exercise supervision over the operations of the...
Section 20-575. - Powers and responsibilities. - (a) The commission shall administer and enforce the provisions of...
Section 20-576. (Formerly Sec. 20-164). - Regulations. - (a) The commissioner may, with the advice and assistance of...
Section 20-576a. - Acceptance and disposal of unused prescription drugs at pharmacies. Regulations. - Not later than July 1, 2018, the Commissioner of Consumer...
Section 20-577. (Formerly Sec. 20-179). - Employment of inspectors by Commissioner of Consumer Protection; duties. Inspection of correctional, juvenile training and care-giving institutions, dispensing outpatient facilities, institutional and retail... - (a) The commissioner shall employ inspectors whose duty it shall...
Section 20-578. (Formerly Sec. 21a-306). - Information not to be disclosed. Exception. - (a) Information received by the department, the commission or the...
Section 20-579. (Formerly Sec. 20-175). - Causes for suspension, revocation, refusal to issue or renew or the placing of conditions on licenses, temporary permits and registrations and for assessment of civil penalty. - (a) The commission may refuse to authorize the issuance of...
Section 20-580. (Formerly Sec. 20-167). - Revocation or suspension of nonlegend drug permit. - A permit to sell nonlegend drugs issued under section 20-624...
Section 20-581. (Formerly Sec. 20-185). - Penalty for violation of Pharmacy Practice Act. Exception. - Any person who violates any provision of sections 20-570 to...
Section 20-582. (Formerly Sec. 20-176). - Appeals of decisions of Commission of Pharmacy. - Any person (1) holding a license, permit or registration under...
Section 20-583. - Where appeals returnable. - An appeal of a decision by the commission to discipline...
Section 20-590. (Formerly Sec. 20-170). - Issuance of license or temporary permit to practice pharmacy; requirements. - (a) The department shall, upon authorization of the commission, issue...
Section 20-591. - Graduates of foreign pharmacy schools. Regulations. - (a) An individual who has graduated from a foreign school...
Section 20-592. - Licensure of individual who is a licensed pharmacist in another state or jurisdiction. - Any individual who is a licensed pharmacist in any other...
Section 20-593. (Formerly Sec. 20-172). - Pharmacist license certificate; expiration; renewal; fee; display document. - (a) A license to practice pharmacy issued under the provisions...
Section 20-594. (Formerly Sec. 20-168). - Pharmacy license; application; information required; issuance or renewal of license; expiration. Transfer of pharmacy to new location. Report re administrative or legal action. - (a) Except as limited by section 20-596, a pharmacist or...
Section 20-595. (Formerly Sec. 20-168a). - Pharmacy licenses held by corporations. Notice of change in officers or directors. - Any corporation applying for a new or renewal pharmacy license...
Section 20-596. (Formerly Sec. 20-168b). - Ownership of pharmacies by prescribing practitioners. - (a) No prescribing practitioner, spouse of a prescribing practitioner, except...
Section 20-597. (Formerly Sec. 20-169). - Pharmacy to be supervised and managed by pharmacist. Regulations re prescription department. Change in management, ownership or name of pharmacy. - (a) No place of business may be operated as a...
Section 20-598. (Formerly Sec. 20-177). - Registration of pharmacy interns. - (a) Each individual who is employed by or is serving...
Section 20-598a. - Registration and certification of pharmacy technicians. - (a) No person shall act as a pharmacy technician unless...
Section 20-599. (Formerly Sec. 20-174a). - Continuing education: Definitions. - As used in this section and section 20-600: (1) “Accredited...
Section 20-600. (Formerly Sec. 20-174b). - Continuing education: Requirements; renewal of licenses; regulations. - (a) Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), (f) and...
Section 20-601. - Fees. - The department shall collect the following nonrefundable fees: (1) The...
Section 20-605. - Practice of pharmacy without license or temporary permit prohibited. - No individual may engage in the practice of pharmacy unless...
Section 20-606. (Formerly Sec. 20-178). - Use of the title “pharmacist”. - A pharmacist who conforms to the regulations of the commissioner,...
Section 20-607. (Formerly Sec. 20-173). - Certificate of license, temporary permit or registration to be available for inspection. - Each person practicing as a pharmacist, pharmacy intern or pharmacy...
Section 20-608. (Formerly Sec. 20-174). - Use of certificate of license, temporary permit or display document by unlicensed person prohibited. - A pharmacist who permits such pharmacist's certificate of license, temporary...
Section 20-609. (Formerly Sec. 20-184). - Pharmacy license to be posted. Business which is not a pharmacy prohibited from using words, displays or symbols indicating it is a pharmacy; exemption. - (a) A pharmacy license shall be conspicuously posted within the...
Section 20-609a. - Use of electronic technology or telepharmacy by hospital. Quality assurance evaluations. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Electronic technology” or...
Section 20-610. (Formerly Sec. 20-166). - Dispensing or retail sale of legend drugs, legend devices and certain other drugs by other than pharmacies and hospitals, prohibited. - (a) No legend drug, legend device or drugs listed in...
Section 20-611. (Formerly Sec. 20-175b). - Advertising legend drug prices. - A pharmacist or any person holding a pharmacy license (1)...
Section 20-612. - Only pharmacy may accept prescription for dispensing. - Subject to the provisions of subsection (f) of section 20-614,...
Section 20-612a. - Confirmation of identification prior to release of controlled substance. Exceptions. - A pharmacist licensed pursuant to this chapter or his or...
Section 20-613. (Formerly Sec. 21a-308). - Dispensing of drug or legend device pursuant to prescription only; exceptions. Emergency dispensing of drug or device in care-giving, correctional or juvenile training institutions; regulations. Pharmacy tec... - (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (d) of...
Section 20-613a. - Requests for controlled substance issued on results of answers to electronic questionnaire. Regulations. - In the absence of a documented patient evaluation that includes...
Section 20-614. (Formerly Sec. 20-184b). - Prescriptions: Form and content. Offer to consult with pharmacist. Electronic data intermediaries. - (a) A prescription shall be transmitted in either an oral,...
Section 20-615. (Formerly Sec. 20-184c). - Prescriptions: Pharmacy to assign serial number and maintain records. Transfer of records to another pharmacy. - (a) An institutional pharmacy dispensing a drug in circumstances described...
Section 20-616. (Formerly Sec. 20-184d). - Prescription refills and transfers. Thirty-day supply of diabetes drugs and devices. Notice to prescribing practitioner. Payment. Referral to federally-qualified health center. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Diabetes device” means...
Section 20-616a. - Prescription refills for quantity of drug greater than initial quantity prescribed. Conditions. - A pharmacist may exercise his or her professional judgment in...
Section 20-617. (Formerly Sec. 20-184e). - Prescriptions: Notation of drug quantity, expiration date, generic name and drug manufacturer and MedWatch program information. Label information for generic drug substitutions. - (a) Each pharmacist shall include on the label of each...
Section 20-617a. - Flavoring agent added to prescription product. - (a) For purposes of this section, “flavoring agent” means an...
Section 20-618. (Formerly Sec. 21a-107). - Repackaged drugs not considered misbranded, when. - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 21a-106 concerning misbranding of drugs...
Section 20-619. (Formerly Sec. 20-185a). - Substitution of generic drugs and biological products. Definitions. Interchangeable biological products. Prescribing practitioners. Pharmacy signs. Dispensing. Records. Regulations. - (a) For the purposes of section 20-579 and this section:...
Section 20-619a. - Biological product prescribing. Prescribing practitioner discussion with patient or representative. Documentation. Patient request to sign for delivery. - (a) Prior to prescribing a biological product, as defined in...
Section 20-620. (Formerly Sec. 20-185g). - Pharmacist's duties towards Medicaid recipients: To obtain, record and maintain pertinent patient information about the recipient; to undertake a review of the drugs previously dispensed to the recipient and... - (a) Prior to or simultaneously with dispensing a prescription in...
Section 20-621. (Formerly Sec. 20-185h). - Relabeling and dispensing of parenteral medication in hospital and nursing home pharmacies: When allowed. - A pharmacist practicing in a hospital pharmacy or nursing home...
Section 20-621a. - Use of automated prescription dispensing machine in long-term care pharmacies authorized. Regulations. - (a) As used in this section, (1) “long-term care pharmacy”...
Section 20-622. (Formerly Sec. 20-180a). - Licensed practitioners may authorize medication to be dispensed from a hospital emergency room. - When the therapeutic needs of a patient require that medication...
Section 20-623. - Sale of nonlegend drugs. Labels, packaging and contents. Penalty. - (a) No nonlegend drug may be sold at retail except...
Section 20-624. - Permit to sell nonlegend drugs. - (a) Any person may apply to the commission for a...
Section 20-625. - Nonlegend veterinary drugs. - Nothing in sections 20-570 to 20-630, inclusive, shall be construed...
Section 20-626. - Confidentiality of pharmacy records. - (a) No pharmacist or pharmacy shall reveal any records or...
Section 20-627. - Nonresident pharmacy. Definitions. Certificate of registration. Requirements. - (a) As used in sections 20-627 to 20-630, inclusive, “nonresident...
Section 20-628. - Shipping, mailing or delivering legend devices or drugs. - No nonresident pharmacy shall engage in the business of shipping,...
Section 20-629. - Denial, revocation or suspension of nonresident pharmacy certificate of registration. Referral by commission. - (a) The commission may deny, revoke or suspend any certificate...
Section 20-630. - Advertising. - It shall be unlawful for any nonresident pharmacy which has...
Section 20-631. - Collaborative drug therapy management agreements between pharmacists and physicians or advanced practice registered nurses. Scope. Pharmacist competency requirements. Regulations. - (a) Except as provided in section 20-631b, one or more...
Section 20-631a. - Collaborative drug management agreements between pharmacists employed by community pharmacies and one or more physicians or advanced practice registered nurses. Pilot program. - (a) Not later than January 1, 2006, the Commissioner of...
Section 20-631b. - Collaborative drug therapy management agreements entered into prior to October 1, 2010. - The provisions of section 20-631 in effect on September 30,...
Section 20-632. - Regulatory action report re disciplinary action against persons with controlled substance registrations and sanctions against pharmacists or pharmacies. - Not less than once every three months, the Department of...
Section 20-633. - Administration of vaccines by licensed pharmacists. Regulations. - (a) Any person licensed as a pharmacist under part II...
Section 20-633a. - Pharmacy rewards program. Plain language summary. Violation. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Pharmacy rewards program”...
Section 20-633b. - Sterile compounding pharmacies. Requirements. Regulations. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Medical order” means...
Section 20-633c. - Prescribing of opioid antagonists by licensed pharmacists. Regulations. - (a) A person who is licensed as a pharmacist under...
Section 20-633d. - Medical protocol standing order for dispensing of opioid antagonists by licensed pharmacists. Regulations. - (a) A prescribing practitioner, as defined in section 20-14c, who...
Section 20-633e. - Pharmacy and institutional pharmacy perpetual inventory of Schedule II controlled substances. Regulations. - (a) As used in this section, “pharmacy” and “institutional pharmacy”...
Section 20-633i. - Issuance of prescriptions for epinephrine auto injectors by pharmacists. - (a) For purposes of this section, “epinephrine auto injector” means...
Section 20-635. - Prescription error reporting. Definitions. Informational signs and statements. Regulations. Nondisclosure of records. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Dispensing” means those...
Section 20-636. - Sign re storage and disposal of prescription drugs. - Not later than January 1, 2023, each pharmacy, as defined...