Sec. 20-576. (Formerly Sec. 20-164). Regulations.
Sec. 20-576. (Formerly Sec. 20-164). Regulations. (a) The commissioner may,
with the advice and assistance of the commission, adopt regulations, in accordance
with chapter 54, to govern the performance of the commission's duties, the practice of
pharmacy and the business of retailing drugs and devices. Such regulations may include,
but are not limited to, provisions (1) concerning the licensing of any pharmacist or
pharmacy, disciplinary action that may be taken against a licensee, the conduct of a
pharmacist and the operation of a pharmacy, (2) specifying various classes of pharmacy
licenses issued under section 20-594, including, but not limited to, licenses for infusion
therapy pharmacies and nuclear pharmacies and specifying requirements for operation
of pharmacies under the classes of pharmacy licenses permitted under the regulations,
(3) concerning creation and maintenance of prescription records, and (4) concerning
registration and activities of pharmacy interns, registered pharmacy technicians and
certified pharmacy technicians.
(b) The commissioner shall, with the advice and assistance of the commission, adopt
regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, governing (1) the storage and retrieval of
prescription information for noncontrolled substances, including refills, by pharmacists
through the use of electronic data processing systems or other systems for the efficient
storage and retrieval of information, (2) the operation of institutional pharmacies pursuant to chapters 368a and 418, and sections 17a-210 to 17a-273, inclusive, 19a-490 to
19a-520, inclusive, and 20-570 to 20-630, inclusive, and (3) the activities of pharmacy
technicians in pharmacies and institutional pharmacies, including ratios of registered
pharmacy technicians and certified pharmacy technicians to pharmacists in pharmacies
and institutional pharmacies.
(1949 Rev., S. 4464; 1955, S. 2236d; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13; P.A. 75-254, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 197, 610;
P.A. 95-264, S. 7; P.A. 98-31, S. 3; P.A. 99-175, S. 11; P.A. 04-208, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 75-254 deleted authority for commission to publish and distribute regulations and to employ attorney to
conduct prosecutions for violations of chapter, allowed commission to compel production of documents by subpoena,
required annual report to commissioner of consumer protection rather than to governor and required certification of records
"by executive secretary to the commission", replacing less specific requirement for certification "by its secretary"; P.A.
77-614 transferred power to adopt regulations from commission to commissioner of consumer protection, retaining commission in advisory role and deleted provision re election of chairman, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 95-264 added
Subsec. (a)(1) to (4), inclusive, and Subsec. (b) re matters subject to regulation; Sec. 20-164 transferred to Sec. 20-576 in
1997; P.A. 98-31 amended Subsec. (a)(4) by adding reference to pharmacy technicians; P.A. 99-175 made technical changes
and amended Subsec. (b) to require regulations to be adopted in accordance with chapter 54 and to replace reference to
Sec. 20-625 with reference to Sec. 20-630; P.A. 04-208 added references to registered pharmacy technicians and certified
pharmacy technicians, effective June 3, 2004.