Hawaii Revised Statutes 461. Pharmacists and Pharmacy

  • 461-1 Definitions.
    For the purposes of this chapter: "Board" means the board of pharmacy of the State except where another meaning is clearly manifested by the...
  • 461-2 Board of Pharmacy; Appointment; Qualifications.
    There shall be a board of pharmacy of seven members. Five members of the board shall be graduates of a school or college of...
  • 461-3 Records.
    The executive secretary, subject to the direction of the board, shall make and keep all records and record books required to be kept by...
  • 461-4 Repealed.
    L 1992, c 202, §225.
  • 461-4.5 Powers and Duties.
    (a) In addition to any other powers and duties authorized by law, the board: (1) Shall adopt, amend, and repeal rules pursuant to chapter...
  • 461-5 Qualifications for License.
    (a) Any applicant for a license as a pharmacist shall submit an application on a form prescribed by the board and shall provide evidence...
  • 461-6 Examination; License.
    (a) Every applicant for a license as a pharmacist shall meet all qualifications set by the board including, but not limited to, passing all...
  • 461-7 Temporary License.
    (a) A registered pharmacist of any state or territory of the United States who does not have an encumbered license or any pending disciplinary...
  • 461-8 Renewal of Licenses; Continuing Education Requirement.
    (a) All licenses issued by the board, except temporary licenses issued under section 461-7, shall be renewed biennially on or before December 31 of...
  • 461-8.5 Reciprocity.
    (a) Any pharmacist who is registered or licensed under the laws of any state or territory of the United States with qualifications for licensure...
  • 461-8.6 Wholesale Prescription Drug Distributor License.
    It shall be unlawful for any person to operate, maintain, open, change location, or establish any wholesale prescription drug distribution business within the State without...
  • 461-9 Pharmacist in Charge; Pharmacy Personnel.
    (a) A registered pharmacist shall be in personal and immediate charge of the pharmacy and personnel employed in the pharmacy. Temporary absences of the...
  • 461-10 Pharmacies.
    Any proprietor or manager of a pharmacy who fails or neglects to place a registered pharmacist in charge thereof or who permits the compounding...
  • 461-10.5 Remote Dispensing Pharmacy; Operations
    . [Section repealed January 1, 2016. L 2013, c 184, §2.] (a) A remote dispensing pharmacy shall be under the direct supervision of the registered...
  • 461-11 Duties of Registered Pharmacist.
    Every registered pharmacist in charge of a pharmacy shall comply with all laws and rules. The pharmacist shall be responsible for the management of...
  • 461-11.4 Vaccinations; Children
    . (a) A pharmacist may administer a vaccine to persons between fourteen and seventeen years of age pursuant to a valid prescription. The pharmacist shall...
  • 461-11.5 Repealed.
    L 2004, c 190, §§5, 11; am L 2010, c 51, §3.
  • 461-12 Adequate Equipment.
    A pharmacy that compounds drugs shall be equipped with adequate pharmaceutical equipment to ensure the proper compounding of prescriptions. The board shall by rules...
  • 461-13 Prescription Record.
    A pharmacy shall keep prescription records of each prescription compounded or dispensed at the pharmacy for a period of not less than five years....
  • 461-14 Permits for Operation of Pharmacy.
    [Section effective January 1, 2016. For section effective until December 31, 2015, see below.] (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate,...
  • 461-15 Miscellaneous Permits.
    (a) It shall be unlawful: (1) For any person to sell or offer for sale at public auction, or to sell or offer for sale...
  • 461-16 Fees for Permits and Licenses; Renewal.
    (a) The board shall collect application, license, and permit fees for each permit to operate a pharmacy or for each license to operate as...
  • 461-16.5 Repealed.
    L 1992, c 202, §226.
  • 461-17 Penalties.
    Any person violating this chapter or the rules duly prescribed by the board of pharmacy shall be fined not more than $500, or imprisoned...
  • 461-18 Right of Injunction.
    The department may, in addition to any other remedies available, apply to a court having competent jurisdiction for an injunction to restrain any violation...
  • 461-19 Application of Law.
    This chapter shall not apply to any practitioner legally licensed by the State or authorized by the laws of the State to prescribe prescription...
  • 461-20 Poison Law Not Amended.
    Nothing in this chapter amends chapter 330. [L 1949, c 175, §2; RL 1955, §71-20; HRS §461-20]
  • 461-21 Disciplinary Action.
    (a) In addition to any other actions authorized by law, the board may deny, revoke, or suspend any license or permit applied for or...
  • 461-22 Cumulative Remedies.
    The remedies or penalties provided by this chapter are cumulative to each other and to the remedies or penalties available under all other laws...

Note

Prescription drug benefits, mail order opt out option; reports to legislature (2014-2015); applicability. L 2013, c 226, 4, 5, 8.

Cross References

Board of pharmacy licensure or regulatory requirements not applicable to medical use of marijuana, see 329-131.

Expedited partner therapy, see chapter 453, pt III.

Health care professionals, see chapter 451D.

Prescription drug benefits, see chapter 431R.

Prescription drugs; mail order opt out option, see 87A-16.3.

Sale of sterile syringes for prevention of diseases, see 325-21.

Sunset evaluations modified, see 26H-4 and 26H-5.

Law Journals and Reviews

Compelled Expression of the Religiously Forbidden: Pharmacists, "Duty to Fill" Statutes, and the Hybrid Rights Exception. 29 UH L. Rev. 97 (2006).

Last modified: October 27, 2016