ORS Chapter 689 — Pharmacists; Drug Outlets;

ORS 689.005. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) Administer means the direct application of a drug or device whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient or research subject by: (a) A practitioner or the practitioners authorized agent; or (b) The patient or research subject at the direction of the practitioner. (2) Approved continuing pharmacy education program means those seminars, classes, meetings, workshops and other educational programs on the subject of pharmacy approved by the State Board of Pharmacy. (3) Clinical pharmacy agreement means an agreement between a pharmacist or pharmacy and a health care organization or a physician as defined in ORS 677.010 or a naturopathic physician as defined in ORS 685.010 that permits the pharmacist to engage in the practice of clinical pharmacy for the benefit of the patients of the health care organization, physician or naturopathic physician. (4) Continuing pharmacy education means: (a) Professional, pharmaceutical post-graduate education in the general areas of socio-economic and legal aspects of health care; (b) The properties and actions of drugs and dosage forms; and (c) The etiology, characteristics and therapeutics of the disease state. (5) Continuing pharmacy education unit means the unit of measurement of credits for approved continuing education courses and programs. (6) Deliver or delivery means the actual, constructive or attempted transfer of a drug or device other than by administration from one person to another, whether or not for a consideration. (7) Device means an instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent or other similar or related article, including any component part or accessory, which is required under federal or state law to be prescribed by a practitioner and dispensed by a pharmacist. (8) Dispense or dispensing means the preparation and delivery of a prescription drug pursuant to a lawful order of a practitioner in a suitable container appropriately labeled for subsequent administration to or use by a patient or other individual entitled to receive the prescription drug. (9) Distribute means the delivery of a drug other than by administering or dispensing. (10) Drug means: (a) Articles recognized as drugs in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official National Formulary, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia, other drug compendium or any supplement to any of them; (b) Articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in a human or other animal; (c) Articles, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals; and (d) Articles intended for use as a component of any articles specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this subsection. (11) Drug order means a written order, in a hospital or other inpatient care facility, for an ultimate user of any drug or device issued and signed by a practitioner, or an order transmitted by other means of communication from a practitioner, that is immediately reduced to writing by a pharmacist, licensed nurse or other practitioner. (12) Drug outlet means a pharmacy, nursing home, shelter home, convalescent home, extended care facility, drug abuse treatment center, penal institution, hospital, family planning clinic, student health center, retail store, wholesaler, manufacturer, mail-order vendor or other establishment with facilities located within or out of this state that is engaged in dispensing, delivery or distribution of drugs within this state. (13) Drug room means a secure and lockable location within an inpatient care facility that does not have a licensed pharmacy. (14) Electronically transmitted or electronic transmission means a communication sent or received through technological apparatuses, including computer terminals or other equipment or mechanisms linked by telephone or microwave relays, or similar apparatus having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar capabilities. (15) Injectable hormonal contraceptive means a drug composed of a hormone or a combination of hormones that is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to prevent pregnancy and that a health care practitioner administers to the patient by injection. (16) Institutional drug outlet means hospitals and inpatient care facilities where medications are dispensed to another health care professional for administration to patients served by the hospitals or facilities. (17) Intern means a person who is enrolled in or has completed a course of study at a school or college of pharmacy approved by the board and who is licensed with the board as an intern. (18) Internship means a professional experiential program approved by the board under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist registered with the board as a preceptor. (19) Labeling means the process of preparing and affixing of a label to any drug container exclusive, however, of the labeling by a manufacturer, packer or distributor of a nonprescription drug or commercially packaged legend drug or device. (20) Manufacture means the production, preparation, propagation, compounding, conversion or processing of a device or a drug, either directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of natural origin or independently by means of chemical synthesis or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis and includes any packaging or repackaging of the substances or labeling or relabeling of its container, except that this term does not include the preparation or compounding of a drug by an individual for their own use or the preparation, compounding, packaging or labeling of a drug: (a) By a practitioner as an incident to administering or dispensing of a drug in the course of professional practice; or (b) By a practitioner or by the practitioners authorization under supervision of the practitioner for the purpose of or as an incident to research, teaching or chemical analysis and not for sale. (21) Manufacturer means a person engaged in the manufacture of drugs. (22) Nonprescription drug outlet means a business or other establishment that is open to the general public for the sale or nonprofit distribution of nonprescription drugs and is registered under ORS 689.305. (23) Nonprescription drugs means drugs that may be sold without a prescription and that are prepackaged for use by the consumer and labeled in accordance with the requirements of the statutes and regulations of this state and the federal government. (24) Person means an individual, corporation, partnership, association or other legal entity. (25) Pharmacist means an individual licensed by this state to engage in the practice of pharmacy or to engage in the practice of clinical pharmacy. (26) Pharmacy means a place that meets the requirements of rules of the board, is licensed and approved by the board where the practice of pharmacy may lawfully occur and includes apothecaries, drug stores, dispensaries, hospital outpatient pharmacies, pharmacy departments and prescription laboratories but does not include a place used by a manufacturer or wholesaler. (27) Pharmacy technician means a person licensed by the board who assists in the practice of pharmacy pursuant to rules of the board. (28) Practice of clinical pharmacy means: (a) The health science discipline in which, in conjunction with the patients other practitioners, a pharmacist provides patient care to optimize medication therapy and to promote disease prevention and the patients health and wellness; (b) The provision of patient care services, including but not limited to post-diagnostic disease state management services; and (c) The practice of pharmacy by a pharmacist pursuant to a clinical pharmacy agreement. (29) Practice of pharmacy means: (a) The interpretation and evaluation of prescription orders; (b) The compounding, dispensing and labeling of drugs and devices, except labeling by a manufacturer, packer or distributor of nonprescription drugs and commercially packaged legend drugs and devices; (c) The prescribing and administering of vaccines and immunizations and the providing of patient care services pursuant to ORS 689.645; (d) The administering of drugs and devices to the extent permitted under ORS