54-1719. MEDICATIONS — DRUGS — DEVICES — OTHER MATERIALS. The board of pharmacy shall also have the following responsibilities in regard to medications, drugs, devices and other materials used in this state in the diagnosis, mitigation and treatment or prevention of injury, illness and disease:
(1) The regulation of the sale at retail and the dispensing of medications, drugs, devices and other materials, including the method of dispensing in institutional facilities and including the right to seize such drugs, devices and other materials found to be detrimental to the public health and welfare by the board after appropriate hearing as required under the administrative procedure act;
(2) The specifications of minimum professional and technical equipment, environment, supplies and procedures for the compounding, dispensing and distribution of such medications, drugs, devices and other materials within the practice of pharmacy;
(3) The control of the purity and quality of such medications, drugs, devices and other materials within the practice of pharmacy; and
(4) The issuance and renewal of certificates of drug outlets for purposes of ascertaining those persons engaged in the manufacture and distribution of drugs.
History:
[54-1719, added 1979, ch. 131, sec. 3, p. 412; am. 1990, ch. 144, sec. 1, p. 324; am. 2013, ch. 270, sec. 2, p. 702; am. 2021, ch. 54, sec. 7, p. 165.]