SECTION 535:15-1-1. Purpose

(a)   The rules of this Chapter regulate the sale or storage of drugs, medicines, chemicals and poisons and the dispensing of drugs and medicines in all places where drugs and medicines are compounded, dispensed or stored.

(b)   The rules of this Chapter concern all places, including premises, equipment, contents and records, where drugs, medicines, chemicals or poisons are sold, stored, vended, given away, compounded, dispensed or manufactured, or the profession of pharmacy is practiced.

(c)   The rules of this Chapter further describe the Board's authority and duty to take and copy records and the duty to confiscate all drugs, medicines, chemicals or poisons found to be sold, stored, vended, given away, compounded, dispensed or manufactured contrary to the provisions of 59 O.S. Section 353 et seq.

(d)   The rules of this Chapter prescribe minimum standards with respect to floor space and other physical characteristics of pharmacies, including retail pharmacies with drug supplier and sterile compounding permits, and hospital pharmacies, which are necessary to the maintenance of professional surroundings and to the protection of the safety and welfare of the public, and which are required to receive new or renewal licenses or to close a pharmacy.

(e)   Compliance with the rules of this Chapter is the responsibility of both the pharmacy and pharmacy manager, and in some cases, the pharmacist working in the pharmacy.

[Source: Amended at 11 Ok Reg 3431, eff 6-27-94; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 2249, eff 7-11-10; Amended at 32 Ok Reg 1229, eff 8-27-15]