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Pharmacy

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Short title: Pharmacy Practice Act.

(Formerly Sec. 20-184a) - Definitions.

(Formerly Sec. 20-163) - Commission of Pharmacy. Appointment and term of members.

(Formerly Sec. 20-165) - Meetings of commission. Records.

(Formerly Sec. 20-164a) - Supervision by Commissioner of Consumer Protection.

Powers and responsibilities.

(Formerly Sec. 20-164) - Regulations.

Section
20-576a

Acceptance and disposal of unused prescription drugs at pharmacies. Regulations.

(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 pharmacies by commissioner.

(Formerly Sec. 21a-306) - Information not to be disclosed. Exception.

(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.

(Formerly Sec. 20-167) - Revocation or suspension of nonlegend drug permit.

(Formerly Sec. 20-185) - Penalty for violation of Pharmacy Practice Act. Exception.

(Formerly Sec. 20-176) - Appeals of decisions of Commission of Pharmacy.

Where appeals returnable.

Sections
20-584 to 20-589

Reserved for future use.

(Formerly Sec. 20-170) - Issuance of license or temporary permit to practice pharmacy; requirements.

Graduates of foreign pharmacy schools. Regulations.

Licensure of individual who is a licensed pharmacist in another state or jurisdiction.

(Formerly Sec. 20-172) - Pharmacist license certificate; expiration; renewal; fee; display document.

(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.

(Formerly Sec. 20-168a) - Pharmacy licenses held by corporations. Notice of change in officers or directors.

(Formerly Sec. 20-168b) - Ownership of pharmacies by prescribing practitioners.

(Formerly Sec. 20-169) - Pharmacy to be supervised and managed by pharmacist. Regulations re prescription department. Change in management, ownership or name of pharmacy.

(Formerly Sec. 20-177) - Registration of pharmacy interns.

Section
20-598a

Registration and certification of pharmacy technicians.

(Formerly Sec. 20-174a) - Continuing education: Definitions.

(Formerly Sec. 20-174b) - Continuing education: Requirements; renewal of licenses; regulations.

Fees.

Sections
20-602 to 20-604

Reserved for future use.

Practice of pharmacy without license or temporary permit prohibited.

(Formerly Sec. 20-178) - Use of the title “pharmacist”.

(Formerly Sec. 20-173) - Certificate of license, temporary permit or registration to be available for inspection.

(Formerly Sec. 20-174) - Use of certificate of license, temporary permit or display document by unlicensed person prohibited.

(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.

Section
20-609a

Use of electronic technology or telepharmacy by hospital. Quality assurance evaluations.

(Formerly Sec. 20-166) - Dispensing or retail sale of legend drugs, legend devices and certain other drugs by other than pharmacies and hospitals, prohibited.

(Formerly Sec. 20-175b) - Advertising legend drug prices.

Only pharmacy may accept prescription for dispensing.

Section
20-612a

Confirmation of identification prior to release of controlled substance. Exceptions.

(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 technicians. Prescribing practitioner authorized to dispense own prescription, when.

Section
20-613a

Requests for controlled substance issued on results of answers to electronic questionnaire. Regulations.

(Formerly Sec. 20-184b) - Prescriptions: Form and content. Offer to consult with pharmacist. Electronic data intermediaries.

(Formerly Sec. 20-184c) - Prescriptions: Pharmacy to assign serial number and maintain records. Transfer of records to another pharmacy.

(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.

Section
20-616a

Prescription refills for quantity of drug greater than initial quantity prescribed. Conditions.

(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.

Section
20-617a

Flavoring agent added to prescription product.

(Formerly Sec. 21a-107) - Repackaged drugs not considered misbranded, when.

(Formerly Sec. 20-185a) - Substitution of generic drugs and biological products. Definitions. Interchangeable biological products. Prescribing practitioners. Pharmacy signs. Dispensing. Records. Regulations.

Section
20-619a

Biological product prescribing. Prescribing practitioner discussion with patient or representative. Documentation. Patient request to sign for delivery.

(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 to offer to discuss the drugs to be dispensed and to counsel the recipient on their correct usage. Exception.

(Formerly Sec. 20-185h) - Relabeling and dispensing of parenteral medication in hospital and nursing home pharmacies: When allowed.

(Formerly Sec. 20-180a) - Licensed practitioners may authorize medication to be dispensed from a hospital emergency room.

Sale of nonlegend drugs. Labels, packaging and contents. Penalty.

Permit to sell nonlegend drugs.

Nonlegend veterinary drugs.

Confidentiality of pharmacy records.

Nonresident pharmacy. Definitions. Certificate of registration. Requirements.

Shipping, mailing or delivering legend devices or drugs.

Denial, revocation or suspension of nonresident pharmacy certificate of registration. Referral by commission.

Advertising.

Collaborative drug therapy management agreements between pharmacists and physicians or advanced practice registered nurses. Scope. Pharmacist competency requirements. Regulations.

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.

Section
20-631b

Collaborative drug therapy management agreements entered into prior to October 1, 2010.

Regulatory action report re disciplinary action against persons with controlled substance registrations and sanctions against pharmacists or pharmacies.

Administration of vaccines by licensed pharmacists. Regulations.

Section
20-633a

Pharmacy rewards program. Plain language summary. Violation.

Section
20-633b

Sterile compounding pharmacies. Requirements. Regulations.

Section
20-633c

Prescribing of opioid antagonists by licensed pharmacists. Regulations.

Section
20-633d

Medical protocol standing order for dispensing of opioid antagonists by licensed pharmacists. Regulations.

Section
20-633e

Pharmacy and institutional pharmacy perpetual inventory of Schedule II controlled substances. Regulations.

Reserved for future use.

Prescription error reporting. Definitions. Informational signs and statements. Regulations. Nondisclosure of records.

Sections
20-636 to 20-639

Reserved for future use.