SECTION 535:20-1-1. Purpose


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  • (a)   The rules in this Chapter regulate the manufacture, repackaging, distribution, compounding and 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. The rules regulate any and all places, including premises, vehicles, equipment, contents and records, where drugs, medicines, chemicals or poisons are sold, stored, vended, given away, compounded, dispensed, manufactured, repackaged or distributed.
    (b)   The rules in this Chapter further concern the Board's authority and duty to confiscate all drugs, medicines, chemicals or poisons found to be sold, stored, vended, given away, compounded, dispensed, manufactured, repackaged or distributed contrary to the provisions of 59 O.S. Section 353 et seq.
    (c)   The rules in this Chapter prescribe minimum standards, for the issuance of new or renewal licenses, with respect to floor space and other physical characteristics necessary to the maintenance of professional surroundings and to the protection of the safety and welfare of the public.
    (d)   The rules of this Chapter are necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
    (e)   The rules in this Chapter implement the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended by the Drug Quality and Security Act of 2013, other applicable federal statutes and rules and the Act, 59 O.S. Section 353 et seq. and the Board's Rules, OAC 535.
[Source: Amended at 11 Ok Reg 3441, eff 6-27-94; Amended at 32 Ok Reg 1233, eff 8-27-15]