Sec. 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 tra
Sec. 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. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (d) of this section, a drug or a legend
device may be dispensed pursuant to a prescription only in a pharmacy or institutional
pharmacy by a pharmacist or by a pharmacy intern when acting under the direct supervision of a pharmacist, or by an individual holding a temporary permit.
(b) In care-giving institutions and correctional or juvenile training institutions in
emergency situations when the pharmacist is not available for the dispensing of drugs
or devices from the institutional pharmacy, the prescription shall be reviewed by the
nursing supervisor or a physician before administration of the drug or device and recorded with the pharmacist in its original form or a copy thereof. After the required review
in such emergency situations, the person authorized by the institution may dispense
drugs and devices from the institutional pharmacy pursuant to regulations adopted by
the commissioner, with the advice and assistance of the commission, in accordance with
chapter 54.
(c) A pharmacy technician in a pharmacy or an institutional pharmacy may assist,
under the direct supervision of a pharmacist, in the dispensing of drugs and devices. A
person whose license to practice pharmacy is under suspension or revocation shall not
act as a pharmacy technician.
(d) Nothing in sections 20-570 to 20-630, inclusive, shall prevent a prescribing
practitioner from dispensing the prescribing practitioner's own prescriptions to the prescribing practitioner's own patients when authorized within the scope of the prescribing
practitioner's own practice and when done in compliance with sections 20-14c to 20-14g, inclusive.
(1969, P.A. 593, S. 18; P.A. 81-200, S. 2; P.A. 91-47, S. 2; P.A. 95-264, S. 34; P.A. 99-175, S. 35; P.A. 00-182, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 81-200 added Subsecs. (f) and (g) specifying the functions which may be performed by supportive
personnel and requiring the commissioner of consumer protection to adopt regulations governing the number and activities
of such personnel in institutional pharmacies; Sec. 19-504j transferred to Sec. 21a-308 in 1983; P.A. 91-47 authorized
supportive personnel in licensed pharmacies to compound and dispense medications and to perform other tasks and provided
for the adoption of regulations by the commissioner of consumer protection for supportive personnel in licensed pharmacies;
P.A. 95-264 deleted provisions governing refills, replaced provisions re permissible actions of support personnel with
provision re pharmacy technicians, added provision re dispensing of prescriptions by prescribing practitioners, changed
references to "drugs" in Subsec. (b) to "drugs and devices" and made technical changes; Sec. 21a-308 transferred to Sec.
20-613 in 1997; P.A. 99-175 made technical and gender neutral changes, amended Subsec. (b) to add provision requiring
adoption of regulations to be consistent with chapter 54 and amended Subsec. (d) to replace reference to Sec. 20-625 with
reference to Sec. 20-630; P.A. 00-182 amended Subsec. (a) by adding language re individual holding a temporary permit.