Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4729 - Pharmacists; Dangerous Drugs

• Section 4729.01 - Pharmacists, Dangerous Drugs Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (A) "Pharmacy," except when used in a context that refers to the practice of pharmacy, means any area, room,...
• Section 4729.02 - State Board Of Pharmacy.
  There shall be a state board of pharmacy, consisting of nine members, eight of whom shall be pharmacists licensed under this chapter, representing to...
• Section 4729.021 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-22-1998
• Section 4729.03 - Organization.
  The state board of pharmacy shall organize by electing a president and a vice-president who are members of the board. The president shall preside...
• Section 4729.04 - Executive Director Of Board - Duties.
  (A) The executive director of the state board of pharmacy is the chief administrative officer of the board. (B) The executive director is an...
• Section 4729.041 - Amount Of Salvia Divinorum Or Salvinorin A Required For Impaired Operation.
  The executive director of the state board of pharmacy, as soon as possible after the necessary and appropriate scientific evidence is available and with...
• Section 4729.05 - Meetings Of Board.
  Five of the voting members of the state board of pharmacy shall constitute a quorum. The board shall meet at least once during each...
• Section 4729.06 - Records - Seals.
  The state board of pharmacy shall keep a record of its proceedings and a register of all persons to whom identification cards and licenses...
• Section 4729.07 - License Application - Examination.
  An individual desiring to be licensed as a pharmacist shall file with the executive director of the state board of pharmacy a verified application...
• Section 4729.071 - License Applicant To Comply With Rc Chapter 4776.
  (A) As used in this section, "license" and "applicant for an initial license" have the same meanings as in section 4776.01 of the Revised...
• Section 4729.08 - License Qualifications.
  Every applicant for examination and licensure as a pharmacist shall: (A) Be at least eighteen years of age; (B) Be of good moral character...
• Section 4729.09 - Reciprocity.
  The state board of pharmacy may license an individual as a pharmacist without examination and issue an identification card to the pharmacist if the...
• Section 4729.10 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-26-1991
• Section 4729.11 - Establishing Pharmacy Internship Program.
  The state board of pharmacy shall establish a pharmacy internship program for the purpose of providing the practical experience necessary to practice as a...
• Section 4729.12 - Identification Card - Issuing, Carrying, Displaying.
  An identification card issued by the state board of pharmacy under section 4729.08 of the Revised Code entitles the individual to whom it is...
• Section 4729.13 - Failure To Renew Identification Card.
  A pharmacist who fails to make application to the state board of pharmacy for a renewal identification card within a period of three years...
• Section 4729.131 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 12-31-1971
• Section 4729.14 - Issuing Replacement Licenses Or Identification Cards.
  A replacement license or identification card may be issued a person registered with the state board of pharmacy as a pharmacist or as a...
• Section 4729.15 - State Board Of Pharmacy - Fees.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the state board of pharmacy shall charge the following fees: (1) For applying for...
• Section 4729.16 - Discplinary Actions.
  (A) The state board of pharmacy, after notice and hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may revoke, suspend, limit, place...
• Section 4729.161 - Offering Services Through Authorized Business Entity.
  (A) An individual registered with the state board of pharmacy to engage in the practice of pharmacy may render the professional services of a...
• Section 4729.162 - Adoption Of Rules Regarding Review Of Patient Information Available Through Drug Database.
  (A) As used in this section, "drug database" means the database established and maintained by the state board of pharmacy pursuant to section 4729.75...
• Section 4729.17 - Single Member May Hold Hearing.
  Any investigation, inquiry, or hearing, which the state board of pharmacy is empowered to hold or undertake may be held or undertaken by or...
• Section 4729.18 - Standards For Approving And Designating Physicians And Facilities As Treatment Providers For Pharmacists With Substance Abuse Problems.
  The state board of pharmacy shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing standards for approving and designating physicians...
• Section 4729.19 - Cooperation In Investigation.
  Notwithstanding division (B)(4) of section 2317.02 of the Revised Code, a pharmacist shall cooperate with federal, state, and local government investigations and shall divulge...
• Section 4729.20 To 4729.24 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 12-31-1971
• Section 4729.25 - Enforcement.
  (A) The state board of pharmacy shall enforce, or cause to be enforced, this chapter. If it has information that any provision of this...
• Section 4729.26 - Administrative Rules.
  The state board of pharmacy may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, not inconsistent with the law, as may...
• Section 4729.261, 4729.262 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-22-1998
• Section 4729.27 - Pharmacist Must Be In Full And Actual Charge Of Pharmacy.
  A person not a pharmacist, who owns, manages, or conducts a pharmacy, shall employ a pharmacist to be in full and actual charge of...
• Section 4729.28 - Unauthorized Practice.
  No person who is not a pharmacist or a pharmacy intern under the personal supervision of a pharmacist shall compound, dispense, or sell dangerous...
• Section 4729.281 - Conditions For Refill Of Prescription.
  (A) A pharmacist may dispense or sell a dangerous drug, other than a schedule II controlled substance as defined in section 3719.01 of the...
• Section 4729.29 - Exemptions.
  Divisions (A) and (B) of section 4729.01 and section 4729.28 of the Revised Code do not do any of the following: (A) Apply to...
• Section 4729.291 - Drugs Personally Furnished By Prescriber.
  (A) When a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs personally furnishes drugs to a patient pursuant to division (B) of section 4729.29 of...
• Section 4729.292 - On-site Inspection Of A Community Mental Health Services Provider Or Community Addiction Services Provider.
  The state board of pharmacy shall annually conduct an on-site inspection of a community mental health services provider or community addiction services provider that...
• Section 4729.30 - Sale Of Paris Green.
  Sections 4729.27 and 4729.28 of the Revised Code shall not prohibit a person from selling Paris green and other materials or compounds used exclusively...
• Section 4729.31 - Exceptions.
  Sections 4729.27 and 4729.28 of the Revised Code shall not apply to, interfere with, or prohibit any person, firm, or corporation from selling completely...
• Section 4729.32 - Requirements For Sale Of Denatured Or Wood Alcohol In Five Gallon Lots Or More.
  No person shall have in his possession, or dispense or sell packages or containers of completely denatured alcohol or wood alcohol containing five wine...
• Section 4729.33 - Requirements For Sale Of Denatured Or Wood Alcohol In Less Than Five Gallon Lots.
  No person shall dispense or sell completely denatured alcohol or wood alcohol in packages containing less than five wine gallons without having affixed thereto...
• Section 4729.34 - Advertising.
  No person shall dispense, sell, or offer for sale completely denatured alcohol or wood alcohol, or shall display a sign or use a label...
• Section 4729.35 - Violations Deemed Public Nuisance.
  The violation by a pharmacist or other person of any laws of Ohio or of the United States of America or of any rule...
• Section 4729.36 - Advertisements.
  (A) No place except a pharmacy licensed as a terminal distributor of dangerous drugs and no person except a licensed pharmacist shall display any...
• Section 4729.361 - Disclosing Price Information.
  (A) A retail seller of dangerous drugs shall disclose price information regarding dangerous drugs to any person requesting such information. (B) Pursuant to division...
• Section 4729.37 - Filling Prescriptions - Records.
  A copy of an original prescription may only be filled in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the state board of pharmacy....
• Section 4729.38 - Selecting Generically Equivalent Drugs.
  (A) Unless instructed otherwise by the person receiving the drug pursuant to the prescription, a pharmacist filling a prescription for a drug prescribed by...
• Section 4729.381 - Licensed Pharmacist - Immunity.
  No licensed pharmacist shall be liable for civil damages or in any criminal prosecution arising from the dispensing of a drug based upon a...
• Section 4729.39 - Consult Agreement With Physicians.
  (A) A pharmacist may enter into a consult agreement with a physician authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and...
• Section 4729.41 - Adult Immunizations.
  (A) (1) A pharmacist licensed under this chapter who meets the requirements of division (B) of this section, and a pharmacy intern licensed under...
• Section 4729.42 - Unauthorized Conduct By Pharmacy Technicians.
  (A) As used in this section, "qualified pharmacy technician" means a person who is under the personal supervision of a pharmacist and to whom...
• Section 4729.43 - Delivery Of Certain Non-self-injectable Cancer Drugs Prohibited.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Home health agency" has the same meaning as in section 3701.881 of the Revised Code. (2) "Hospice...
• Section 4729.44 - Dispensing Naloxone.
  (A) As used in this section : (1) "Board of health" means a board of health of a city or general health district or...
• Section 4729.50 - Contracts With Private Entities To Process Applications.
  (A) The state board of pharmacy may enter into contracts with private entities under which the entities process applications and renewal applications for wholesale...
• Section 4729.51 - [Effective Until 2/1/2016] Selling, Purchasing, Distributing, Or Delivering Dangerous Drugs.
  (A) (1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, no person other than a registered wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs shall possess...
• Section 4729.51 - [Effective 2/1/2016] Selling, Purchasing, Distributing, Or Delivering Dangerous Drugs.
  (A) (1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, no person other than a registered wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs shall possess...
• Section 4729.511 - Naloxone Distributor; Priorities.
  (A) As used in this section, "naloxone distributor" means either of the following: (1) A wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs; (2) A terminal distributor...
• Section 4729.52 - Registering As Wholesale Distributor.
  (A) A person desiring to be registered as a wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs shall file with the executive director of the state board...
• Section 4729.53 - Registration Requirements.
  (A) The state board of pharmacy shall not register any person as a wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs unless the applicant for registration furnishes...
• Section 4729.531 - Limited License To Animal Shelters For Use Of Drugs For Euthanizing Animals.
  (A) The state board of pharmacy may issue a limited license to animal shelters solely for the purpose of purchasing, possessing, and administering combination...
• Section 4729.532 - Performing Euthanasia By Means Of Lethal Injection On Animal.
  (A) No agent or employee of an animal shelter shall perform euthanasia by means of lethal injection on an animal by use of any...
• Section 4729.54 - Terminal Distributor Licenses.
  (A) As used in this section : (1) "Category I" means single-dose injections of intravenous fluids, including saline, Ringer's lactate, five per cent dextrose...
• Section 4729.541 - Persons Not Requiring Terminal Distributor License; Pain Management Clinics.
  (A) (1) Except as provided in divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section, a business entity described in division (B)(1)(j) or (k) of section...
• Section 4729.55 - Terminal Distributor License Requirements.
  No license shall be issued to an applicant for licensure as a terminal distributor of dangerous drugs unless the applicant has furnished satisfactory proof...
• Section 4729.551 - Licensing Of Retail Sellers.
  Each person, whether located within or outside this state, who sells dangerous drugs at retail for delivery or distribution to persons residing in this...
• Section 4729.552 - License As A Category III Terminal Distributor Of Dangerous Drugs With A Pain Management Clinic Classification.
  (A) To be eligible to receive a license as a category III terminal distributor of dangerous drugs with a pain management clinic classification, an...
• Section 4729.56 - Disciplinary Actions - Wholesale Distributor.
  (A) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the board of pharmacy may suspend, revoke, or refuse to grant or renew any...
• Section 4729.57 - Discplinary Actions - Terminal Distributor.
  (A) The state board of pharmacy may suspend, revoke, or refuse to grant or renew any license as a terminal distributor of dangerous drugs...
• Section 4729.571 - Suspension Of Terminal Distributor's License Without Hearing.
  If the state board of pharmacy determines that there is clear and convincing evidence that the method used by a terminal distributor of dangerous...
• Section 4729.58 - Renewals.
  The board of pharmacy, within thirty days after receipt of an application filed in the form and manner set forth in section 4729.52 or...
• Section 4729.59 - Maintenance Of Register And Roster Of Wholesale And Terminal Distributors.
  The executive director of the state board of pharmacy shall maintain a register of the names, addresses, and the date of registration of those...
• Section 4729.60 - [Effective Until 2/1/2016] Obtaining Certificates Prior To Transactions.
  (A) Before a registered wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs may sell dangerous drugs at wholesale to any person, other than the persons specified in...
• Section 4729.60 - [Effective 2/1/2016] Obtaining Certificates Prior To Transactions.
  (A) Before a registered wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs may sell dangerous drugs at wholesale to any person, other than the persons specified in...
• Section 4729.61 - False Or Fraudulent Certificates Or Licenses.
  (A) No person shall make or cause to be made, or furnish or cause to be furnished to a wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs,...
• Section 4729.62 - Surrendering License.
  If a wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs who has been registered ceases to engage in the sale of dangerous drugs at wholesale, or if...
• Section 4729.63 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 05-18-2005
• Section 4729.64 - Injunctions.
  In addition to the remedies provided and irrespective of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law, the board of pharmacy may...
• Section 4729.65 - Depositing Receipts.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, all receipts of the state board of pharmacy, from any source, shall be deposited...
• Section 4729.66 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 05-18-2005
• Section 4729.67 - Effect Of Child Support Default On License Or Certificate.
  On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the state board of pharmacy shall comply with sections 3123.41 to...
• Section 4729.68 - Completion Of Diabetes Education Program.
  The state board of pharmacy shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code specifying for the purposes of sections 3719.172 and...
• Section 4729.69 - Establishment And Administration Of Drug Take-back Program.
  (A) The state board of pharmacy, in collaboration with the director of mental health and addiction services and attorney general, shall establish and administer...
• Section 4729.70 - Establishing And Implementing Medical Gases Safety Program.
  (A) As used in this section, "cryogenic vessel" means an insulated metal container in the form of a cylinder or other design used to...
• Section 4729.75 - Drug Database May Be Established By Board Of Pharmacy.
  The state board of pharmacy may establish and maintain a drug database. The board shall use the drug database to monitor the misuse and...
• Section 4729.76 - Duties Of Administrator Of Drug Database.
  If the state board of pharmacy establishes and maintains a drug database pursuant to section 4729.75 of the Revised Code, the executive director of...
• Section 4729.77 - Drug Database Information To Be Supplied By Terminal Distributors.
  (A) If the state board of pharmacy establishes and maintains a drug database pursuant to section 4729.75 of the Revised Code, each pharmacy licensed...
• Section 4729.78 - Drug Database Information To Be Supplied By Wholesale Distributors.
  (A) If the state board of pharmacy establishes and maintains a drug database pursuant to section 4729.75 of the Revised Code, each wholesale distributor...
• Section 4729.79 - Information To Be Provided By Licensees Who Personally Furnish Drugs To Patients.
  (A) If the state board of pharmacy establishes and maintains a drug database pursuant to section 4729.75 of the Revised Code, each licensed health...
• Section 4729.80 - Information Provided From Drug Database - Record Of Requests - Confidentiality.
  (A) If the state board of pharmacy establishes and maintains a drug database pursuant to section 4729.75 of the Revised Code, the board is...
• Section 4729.81 - Board Review Of Drug Database For Violations Of Law.
  If the state board of pharmacy establishes and maintains a drug database pursuant to section 4729.75 of the Revised Code, the board shall review...
• Section 4729.82 - Retention And Purging Of Drug Database Information.
  If the state board of pharmacy establishes a drug database pursuant to section 4729.75 of the Revised Code, the information collected for the database...
• Section 4729.83 - No Charges To Be Imposed To Establish Or Maintain Drug Database; Acceptance Of Grants, Gifts, Or Donations.
  (A) If the state board of pharmacy establishes and maintains a drug database pursuant to section 4729.75 of the Revised Code, the board may...
• Section 4729.84 - Board To Adopt Drug Database Rules.
  For purposes of establishing and maintaining a drug database pursuant to section 4729.75 of the Revised Code, the state board of pharmacy shall adopt...
• Section 4729.85 - Drug Database Reports.
  If the state board of pharmacy establishes and maintains a drug database pursuant to section 4729.75 of the Revised Code, the board shall prepare...
• Section 4729.86 - Applicable Additional Provisions Regarding Drug Database.
  If the state board of pharmacy establishes and maintains a drug database pursuant to section 4729.75 of the Revised Code, all of the following...
• Section 4729.861 - Restriction Of Database Use; Notification Of Licensor.
  If the state board of pharmacy establishes and maintains a drug database pursuant to section 4729.75 of the Revised Code and if the board...
• Section 4729.87 - Compliance With Law Regarding Sanctions For Human Trafficking.
  The state board of pharmacy shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code. Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.169, HB 247, §1, eff.
• Section 4729.99 - Penalty.
  (A) Whoever violates section 4729.16, division (A) or (B) of section 4729.38, or section 4729.57 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor...

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