Sec. 20-615. (Formerly Sec. 20-184c). Prescriptions: Pharmacy to assign serial number and maintain records. Transfer of records to another pharmacy.
Sec. 20-615. (Formerly Sec. 20-184c). Prescriptions: Pharmacy to assign serial
number and maintain records. Transfer of records to another pharmacy. (a) An
institutional pharmacy dispensing a drug in circumstances described in subsection (g)
of this section and a pharmacy shall assign and record a serial number to each prescription
that it fills and shall keep all written prescriptions and the record of oral and electronically-transmitted prescriptions required in section 20-614 in numerical order in a suitable file or ledger for a period of not less than three years. The records shall indicate
the date of filling, the name and address of the prescribing practitioner, the name and
address of the patient or the name and address of the owner of an animal for whom the
prescription was written and the species of the animal and the initials of the pharmacist
who dispensed the drug.
(b) A refill of a prescription shall be recorded on the face or back of the original
prescription.
(c) Records maintained under this section shall be made available for inspection
upon request of any authorized agent of the commissioner or other person authorized
by law.
(d) When a pharmacy closes temporarily or permanently, the pharmacy shall, in
the interest of public health, safety and convenience, make its complete prescription
records immediately available to a nearby pharmacy and post a notice of this availability
on the window or door of the closed pharmacy.
(e) Any violation of this section shall be punishable as provided in section 20-581.
(f) This section shall not apply to records maintained in accordance with regulations
adopted pursuant to section 20-576 or 21a-244, to the extent such regulations are inconsistent with this section.
(g) When an institutional pharmacy in a hospital dispenses a drug or device for
outpatient use or dispenses a drug or device that is prescribed for an employee of the
hospital or for the employee's spouse or dependent children, the provisions of subsections (a), (b), (c) and (e) of this section shall apply.
(1969, P.A. 29; 1971, P.A. 156; P.A. 77-277, S. 6; 77-614, S. 206, 610; P.A. 95-264, S. 37; P.A. 99-175, S. 37.)
History: 1971 act allowed recording of refill on back of original prescription; P.A. 77-277 added Subsec. (b) excepting
certain records from provisions of section; P.A. 77-614 replaced agents of commission of pharmacy with agents of consumer
protection commissioner as inspectors of records, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 95-264 added provisions requiring a
pharmacy to record a serial number for each prescription it fills, made technical changes and added a new Subsec. (g) re
dispensing of drug or device by hospital pharmacy for outpatient use or for hospital employee or family member; Sec. 20-184c transferred to Sec. 20-615 in 1997; P.A. 99-175 amended Subsec. (c) to make technical changes.
Annotation to former section 20-184c:
Cited. 207 C. 698.