2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards
Chapter 400j - Pharmacy

PART I
COMMISSION OF PHARMACY. POWERS AND DUTIES

• Section 20-570 - Short title: Pharmacy Practice Act.
• Section 20-571 - (Formerly Sec. 20-184a). Definitions.
• Section 20-572 - (Formerly Sec. 20-163). Commission of Pharmacy. Appointment and term of members.
• Section 20-573 - (Formerly Sec. 20-165). Meetings of commission. Records.
• Section 20-574 - (Formerly Sec. 20-164a). General supervision by Commissioner of Consumer Protection.
• Section 20-575 - Powers and responsibilities.
• Section 20-576 - (Formerly Sec. 20-164). Regulations.
• Section 20-577 - (Formerly Sec. 20-179). Employment of inspectors by Commissioner of Consumer Protection; duties. Inspection of correctional, juvenile training and care-giving institutions, dispensing outpatient facilities, institutional and retail pharmacies by commissioner.
• Section 20-578 - (Formerly Sec. 21a-306). Information not to be disclosed. Exception.
• Section 20-579 - (Formerly Sec. 20-175). Causes for suspension, revocation or refusal to issue or renew licenses, temporary permits and registrations and for assessment of civil penalty.
• Section 20-580 - (Formerly Sec. 20-167). Revocation or suspension of nonlegend drug permit.
• Section 20-581 - (Formerly Sec. 20-185). Penalty for violation of Pharmacy Practice Act. Exception.
• Section 20-582 - (Formerly Sec. 20-176). Appeals of decisions of Commission of Pharmacy.
• Section 20-583 - Where appeals returnable.
• Section 20-584 to 20-589 - Reserved for future use.

PART II
LICENSING OF PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES.REGISTRATION OF PHARMACY INTERNSAND PHARMACY TECHNICIANS

• Section 20-590 - (Formerly Sec. 20-170). Issuance of license or temporary permit to practice pharmacy; requirements.
• Section 20-591 - Graduates of foreign pharmacy schools. Regulations.
• Section 20-592 - Licensure of individual who is a licensed pharmacist in another state or jurisdiction.
• Section 20-593 - (Formerly Sec. 20-172). Pharmacist license certificate; expiration; renewal; fee; display document.
• Section 20-594 - (Formerly Sec. 20-168). Pharmacy license; application; information required; issuance or renewal of license; expiration. Transfer of pharmacy to new location.
• Section 20-595 - (Formerly Sec. 20-168a). Pharmacy licenses held by corporations. Notice of change in officers or directors.
• Section 20-596 - (Formerly Sec. 20-168b). Ownership of pharmacies by prescribing practitioners.
• Section 20-597 - (Formerly Sec. 20-169). Pharmacy to be supervised and managed by pharmacist. Regulations re prescription department. Change in management, ownership or name of pharmacy.
• Section 20-598 - (Formerly Sec. 20-177). Registration of pharmacy interns.
• Section 20-598a - Registration and certification of pharmacy technicians.
• Section 20-599 - (Formerly Sec. 20-174a). Continuing education: Definitions.
• Section 20-600 - (Formerly Sec. 20-174b). Continuing education: Requirements; renewal of licenses; regulations.
• Section 20-601 - Fees.
• Section 20-602 to 20-604 - Reserved for future use.

PART III*
PRACTICE OF PHARMACY

• Section 20-605 - Practice of pharmacy without license or temporary permit prohibited.
• Section 20-606 - (Formerly Sec. 20-178). Use of the title “pharmacist”.
• Section 20-607 - (Formerly Sec. 20-173). Certificate of license, temporary permit or registration to be available for inspection.
• Section 20-608 - (Formerly Sec. 20-174). Use of certificate of license, temporary permit or display document by unlicensed person prohibited.
• Section 20-609 - (Formerly Sec. 20-184). Pharmacy license to be posted. Business which is not a pharmacy prohibited from using words, displays or symbols indicating it is a pharmacy; exemption.
• Section 20-609a - Use of electronic technology or telepharmacy by hospital. Quality assurance evaluations.
• Section 20-610 - (Formerly Sec. 20-166). Dispensing or retail sale of legend drugs, legend devices and certain other drugs by other than pharmacies and hospitals, prohibited.
• Section 20-611 - (Formerly Sec. 20-175b). Advertising legend drug prices.
• Section 20-612 - Only pharmacy may accept prescription for dispensing.
• Section 20-612a - Confirmation of identification prior to release of controlled substance. Exceptions.
• Section 20-613 - (Formerly Sec. 21a-308). Dispensing of drug or legend device pursuant to prescription only; exceptions. Emergency dispensing of drug or device in care-giving, correctional or juvenile training institutions; regulations. Pharmacy technicians. Prescribing practitioner authorized to dispense own prescription, when.
• Section 20-613a - Requests for controlled substance issued on results of answers to electronic questionnaire. Regulations.
• Section 20-614 - (Formerly Sec. 20-184b). Prescriptions: Form and content. Electronic data intermediaries.
• Section 20-615 - (Formerly Sec. 20-184c). Prescriptions: Pharmacy to assign serial number and maintain records. Transfer of records to another pharmacy.
• Section 20-616 - (Formerly Sec. 20-184d). Prescriptions: Refills; transfers.

PART III
PRACTICE OF PHARMACY

• Section 20-616a - Prescription refills for quantity of drug greater than initial quantity prescribed. Conditions.

PART III*
PRACTICE OF PHARMACY

• Section 20-617 - (Formerly Sec. 20-184e). Prescriptions: Notation of drug quantity, expiration date, generic name and drug manufacturer and MedWatch program information. Label information for generic drug substitutions.
• Section 20-617a - Flavoring agent added to prescription product.
• Section 20-618 - (Formerly Sec. 21a-107). Repackaged drugs not considered misbranded, when.
• Section 20-619 - (Formerly Sec. 20-185a). Substitution of generic drugs. Regulations.
• Section 20-620 - (Formerly Sec. 20-185g). Pharmacist’s duties towards Medicaid recipients: To obtain, record and maintain pertinent patient information about the recipient; to undertake a review of the drugs previously dispensed to the recipient and to offer to discuss the drugs to be dispensed and to counsel the recipient on their correct usage. Exception.
• Section 20-621 - (Formerly Sec. 20-185h). Relabeling and dispensing of parenteral medication in hospital and nursing home pharmacies: When allowed.
• Section 20-622 - (Formerly Sec. 20-180a). Licensed practitioners may authorize medication to be dispensed from a hospital emergency room.
• Section 20-623 - Sale of nonlegend drugs. Labels, packaging and contents. Penalty.
• Section 20-624 - Permit to sell nonlegend drugs.
• Section 20-625 - Nonlegend veterinary drugs.
• Section 20-626 - Confidentiality of pharmacy records.
• Section 20-627 - Nonresident pharmacy. Definitions. Certificate of registration. Requirements.
• Section 20-628 - Shipping, mailing or delivering legend devices or drugs.
• Section 20-629 - Denial, revocation or suspension of nonresident pharmacy certificate of registration. Referral by commission.
• Section 20-630 - Advertising.
• Section 20-631 - Collaborative drug therapy management agreements between pharmacists and physicians. Scope. Pharmacist competency requirements. Regulations.
• Section 20-631a - Collaborative drug management agreements between pharmacists employed by community pharmacies and one or more physicians. Pilot program.
• Section 20-631b - Collaborative drug therapy management agreements entered into prior to October 1, 2010.
• Section 20-632 - Regulatory action report re disciplinary action against persons with controlled substance registrations and sanctions against pharmacists or pharmacies.
• Section 20-633 - Administration of vaccines by licensed pharmacists. Regulations.
• Section 20-633a - Pharmacy rewards program. Plain language summary. Violation.
• Section 20-633b - Sterile compounding pharmacies. Requirements. Regulations.

PART III
PRACTICE OF PHARMACY

• Section 20-633c - Prescribing of opioid antagonists by licensed pharmacists. Regulations.

PART III*
PRACTICE OF PHARMACY

• Section 20-634 - Reserved for future use.

PART IV
PRESCRIPTION ERROR REPORTING

• Section 20-635 - Prescription error reporting. Definitions. Informational signs and statements. Regulations. Nondisclosure of records.
• Section 20-636 to 20-639 - Reserved for future use.