Sec. 30-36. Druggist permit.
Sec. 30-36. Druggist permit. A druggist permit may be issued by the Department
of Consumer Protection to a drug store proprietor. No druggist permit shall be issued
covering a new drug store or a new location for an old drug store until the Commission
of Pharmacy is satisfied that a drug store at such location is necessary to the convenience
and best interest of the public. A druggist permit (1) shall allow the use of alcoholic
liquors for the compounding of prescriptions of physicians, advanced practice registered
nurses, physician assistants and dentists and for the manufacturing of all United States
Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary preparations and all other medicinal preparations, (2) shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor in containers of not less than eight
ounces or one hundred eighty-seven and one-half milliliters and not more than one quart
or one liter capacity except that beer may be sold in containers of not more than forty
ounces or twelve hundred milliliters capacity, to any person, and (3) shall forbid the
drinking of such alcoholic liquor on the premises of any drug store. Such permittee
shall keep all alcoholic liquors in compartments, which compartments shall be securely
locked except during those hours when the sale of alcoholic liquor is permitted by law.
The holder of a druggist permit shall not display any alcoholic liquors or containers,
marked or labeled or in any other way suggesting the contents of intoxicating liquors,
in the windows of the permit premises. The Commission of Pharmacy shall revoke or
suspend the pharmacy license of any pharmacist upon whose premises any violation of
any provision of this section occurs. The annual fee for a druggist permit shall be four
hundred dollars plus the sum required by section 30-66.
(1949 Rev., S. 4257; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 21; 1967, P.A. 109, S. 8; P.A. 75-259, S. 4, 8; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 610;
P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 81-367, S. 4, 9; P.A. 82-332, S. 8, 13; P.A. 84-478, S. 3, 5; P.A. 93-139, S. 38; P.A. 95-195, S. 40, 83; P.A. 96-19, S. 4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1967 act allowed compounding of dentist's prescriptions under druggist's permit; P.A. 75-259 added references
to milliliter and liters as measurements of container size; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission
with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made
division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding
provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 81-367 eliminated
provisions re druggist permit for beer only as of May 29, 1981; P.A. 82-332 eliminated requirement that applicant have
certificate of fitness issued by pharmacy commission; P.A. 84-478 allowed holders of a druggist permit to sell beer in
containers of not more than 40 ounces or 1,200 milliliters capacity; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes and added the
annual fee for a druggist permit; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor
Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-19 expanded reference to prescriptions by physicians and dentists to include
advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and
Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
See Sec. 30-91 re hours and days of closing.
Under former statute a regulation of the commission in effect refusing to issue druggist permits was beyond its powers.
118 C. 262. Constitutionality upheld. Id. Locking store when sales not permitted not a compliance with requirement of
locked compartments. 138 C. 564. Cited. 149 C. 680. Sale of alcoholic beverages under a drugstore permit differentiated
from sale in a package store, hence nonconforming use of property was expanded by use as a package store. 167 C. 596.
Cited. 184 C. 75.