§6800. Introduction.
This article applies to the profession of pharmacy. The general provisions for all professions contained in article one hundred thirty of this title apply to this article.
This article applies to the profession of pharmacy. The general provisions for all professions contained in article one hundred thirty of this title apply to this article.
* NB Repealed July 1, 2024
Only a person licensed or otherwise authorized under this article shall practice pharmacy or use the title "pharmacist" or any derivative.
A state board of pharmacy shall be appointed by the regents on recommendation of the commissioner for the purpose of assisting the regents and the department on matters of professional licensing and professional conduct in accordance with section sixty-five hundred eight of this title. The board shall be composed of not less than nine pharmacists licensed in this state for at least five years and two registered pharmacy technicians. The initial registered pharmacy technician members of the state board of pharmacy need not be licensed prior to their appointment but shall have met all other requirements of licensure pursuant to section sixty-eight hundred forty-two of this title except for filing an application and paying a fee. An executive secretary to the board shall be appointed by the regents on recommendation of the commissioner and shall be a pharmacist licensed in this state for at least five years. The board shall provide assistance to the department:
Every pharmacist on duty shall be identified by a badge designed by the state board of pharmacy, which shall contain his name and title.
It shall be a class A misdemeanor for:
It shall be a violation, punishable by a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars, for a manufacturer, distributor, or seller of drugs or an employee or agent thereof to distribute a free sample of any drug, other than a cosmetic not intended for ingestion, to any residential dwelling unless the sample is given directly to a person who is, or reasonably appears to be, over the age of eighteen. This section shall not be construed to permit distribution where otherwise prohibited by this chapter or any other law.
For the purpose of enforcing provisions of this article, carriers engaged in commerce, and persons receiving drugs, devices or cosmetics in commerce or holding such articles so received, shall, upon the request of an officer duly assigned by the secretary, permit such officer, at reasonable times, to have access to and to copy all records showing the movement in commerce of any drug, device or cosmetic, or the holding thereof during or after such movement, and the quantity, shipper, and consignee thereof: and it shall be unlawful for any such carrier or person to fail to permit such access to and copying of any such record so requested when such request is accompanied by a statement in writing specifying the nature or kind of drug, device or cosmetic to which such request relates: Provided, that evidence obtained under this section shall not be used in a criminal prosecution of the person from whom obtained: Provided further, that carriers shall not be subject to the other provisions of this article by reason of their receipt, carriage, holding or delivery of drugs, devices or cosmetics in the usual course of business as carriers.