2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 21a-256. (Formerly Sec. 19-463). Labeling of package or container of controlled substances.
Sec. 21a-256. (Formerly Sec. 19-463). Labeling of package or container of controlled substances. (a) When a manufacturer sells or dispenses a controlled substance
and when a wholesaler sells, dispenses or distributes a controlled substance in a package
prepared by him, he shall securely affix to each package in which that substance is
contained a label showing in legible English the name and address of the vendor and
the quantity, kind and form of controlled substance contained therein and any additional
information required under the federal food and drug laws and the state food, drug and
cosmetic laws. No person, except a practitioner dispensing a controlled substance under
this chapter, shall alter, deface or remove any label so affixed.
(c) When aqueous or oleaginous preparations are sold under subsection (c) of section 21a-250, a label shall be affixed to the container containing the preparation which bears the name, address and BNDD numbers of the vendor and vendee, the date of sale, the kind and quantity of substance sold and the serial number of the official written order. No person shall alter, deface or remove any label affixed pursuant to subsection (b) or this subsection.
(1967, P.A. 555, S. 19; 1972, P.A. 278, S. 11; P.A. 73-681, S. 10, 29; P.A. 82-419, S. 39, 47; P.A. 96-19, S. 3; P.A. 99-102, S. 36.)
History: 1972 act replaced "drug" with "substance" throughout section, made Subsec. (b) provisions applicable to podiatrists' prescriptions, required label to include prescription serial number, date of filing and necessary precautionary statements and deleted provision re label requirements for narcotic drugs, and replaced "registry" with "BNDD" numbers in Subsec. (c); P.A. 73-681 specified "aqueous or oleaginous" preparations in Subsec. (c); P.A. 82-419 amended Subsec. (b) to permit physician's last name only, rather than full name, on label and to change date of filing to date of filling or refilling; Sec. 19-463 transferred to Sec. 21a-256 in 1983; P.A. 96-19 expanded reference to prescriptions by physicians in Subsec. (b) to include advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants; P.A. 99-102 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting obsolete references to osteopathy and making technical changes.
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