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CT Gen Stat § 20-577. (Formerly Sec. 20-179) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400j - Pharmacy|Section 20-577. (Formerly Sec. 20-179) - Employment of inspectors by Commissioner of Consumer Protection; duties. Inspection of correctional, juvenile training and care-giving institutions, dispensing outpatient facilities, institutional and retail pharmacies by commissioner.

 (a) The commissioner shall employ inspectors whose duty it shall be to inspect all pharmacies and other places in which drugs and devices are or may be dispensed or retailed, and to report any violations of sections 20-570 to 20-630, inclusive, or other laws relating to drugs and devices and violations of laws regarding pharmacy licenses, nonlegend drug permits, licenses of pharmacists and supervision of pharmacy interns and pharmacy technicians.(b) The commissioner shall inspect correctional or juvenile training institutions and care-giving institutions throughout the state with respect to the handling of drugs, shall report violations of law and make recommendations for improvements in procedures to the authority responsible for the operation of the institution and shall take such other steps as may be necessary to ensure proper and adequate storage, handling and administration of drugs in such institutions. The commissioner may also inspect dispensing outpatient facilities and institutional pharmacies and take such steps as the commissioner considers appropriate to correct deficiencies found in such facilities or institutional pharmacies with respect to their operation.(c) The commissioner shall inspect each retail pharmacy not less than once every four years and shall develop a methodology to sample prescriptions dispensed by retail pharmacies for compliance with state laws concerning the dispensing of prescriptions. Such methodology shall be based on the number of prescriptions received by such retail pharmacies.(1949 Rev., S. 4479; 1969, P.A. 593, S. 15; P.A. 77-614, S. 205, 610; P.A. 95-264, S. 8; P.A. 99-175, S. 12; P.A. 05-212, S. 3.)History: 1969 act made employment of inspectors mandatory rather than optional, deleted requirement that inspections be made during usual business hours and included inspections of institutional pharmacies; P.A. 77-614 replaced commission of pharmacies with commissioner of consumer protection, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 95-264 deleted obsolete reference to assistant pharmacist and added Subsec. (b) re commissioner's inspection of correctional, juvenile training and care-giving institutions, dispensing outpatient facilities and institutional pharmacies; Sec. 20-179 transferred to Sec. 20-577 in 1997; P.A. 99-175 made technical and gender neutral changes and amended Subsec. (a) to replace reference to Sec. 20-625 with reference to Sec. 20-630; P.A. 05-212 added Subsec. (c) re inspection of retail pharmacies, effective July 6, 2005.See Sec. 21a-244 re regulations concerning storage and retrieval of prescription information for controlled substances.Annotation to former section 20-179:Cited. 207 C. 698.
CT Gen Stat § 20-580. (Formerly Sec. 20-167) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400j - Pharmacy|Section 20-580. (Formerly Sec. 20-167) - Revocation or suspension of nonlegend drug permit.

 A permit to sell nonlegend drugs issued under section 20-624 may be revoked or suspended by the commission for any violation of the provisions of chapter 419 or of sections 20-570 to 20-630, inclusive, or for any violation of any federal law concerning the sale or offer for sale of any nonlegend drug, or for the violation of any regulation concerning the sale or offer for sale of any nonlegend drugs.(1949 Rev., S. 4466; 1959, P.A. 270; February, 1965, P.A. 304, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 200, 610; P.A. 95-264, S. 11; P.A. 99-175, S. 15.)History: 1959 act applied commission's authority to make regulations to sale or offer for sale of compounds, etc. rather than to the grant of a selling permit to an unlicensed pharmacy, specified above provision's application to proprietary or patent medicinal compounds be in the alternative and extended conditions under which permit may be revoked or suspended from violation of commission's regulations to those stated in second sentence; 1965 act added reference to chapter 343; P.A. 77-614 transferred power to make regulations from commission of pharmacy to commissioner of consumer protection, retaining commission as advisor and replaced permittee's right to appeal with right to judicial review, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 95-264 deleted provisions concerning adoption of regulations re proprietary or patent medicines and substituted provisions re revocation or suspension of nonlegend drug permits; Sec. 20-167 transferred to Sec. 20-580 in 1997; P.A. 99-175 made a technical change and replaced reference to Sec. 20-625 with reference to Sec. 20-630.
CT Gen Stat § 20-581. (Formerly Sec. 20-185) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400j - Pharmacy|Section 20-581. (Formerly Sec. 20-185) - Penalty for violation of Pharmacy Practice Act. Exception.

 Any person who violates any provision of sections 20-570 to 20-631, inclusive, and section 20-635 for the violation of which no other penalty has been provided shall be guilty of a class D felony. For the purposes of this section, each instance of patient contact or consultation that is in violation of any provision of sections 20-570 to 20-631, inclusive, and section 20-635 shall be a separate offense. Failure to renew in a timely manner any license issued under said sections is not a violation for purposes of this section.(1949 Rev., S. 4486; P.A. 84-526, S. 12; P.A. 95-264, S. 12; P.A. 99-175, S. 16; P.A. 05-73, S. 1; P.A. 13-258, S. 87.)History: P.A. 84-526 amended section by changing penalty for violation of any provision of Secs. 20-163 to 20-184c, inclusive, to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than five years, and added provisions that each instance of patient contact or consultation shall constitute a separate offense and failure to renew license in timely manner is not a violation for purposes of section; P.A. 95-264 increased maximum fine from $500 to $5,000 for violations of the Pharmacy Practice Act, excluding failure to renew license in a timely manner; Sec. 20-185 transferred to Sec. 20-581 in 1997; P.A. 99-175 made technical changes and replaced references to Sec. 20-625 with references to Sec. 20-630; P.A. 05-73 included references to Secs. 20-631 and 20-635, effective May 31, 2005; P.A. 13-258 changed penalty from fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony and made a technical change.
CT Gen Stat § 20-582. (Formerly Sec. 20-176) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400j - Pharmacy|Section 20-582. (Formerly Sec. 20-176) - Appeals of decisions of Commission of Pharmacy.

 Any person (1) holding a license, permit or registration under sections 20-570 to 20-630, inclusive, who has been disciplined by the commission, or (2) who has been refused a license, permit or registration under said sections or refused a renewal of a license or permit under said sections, may appeal as provided in section 4-183.(1949 Rev., S. 4473; 1971, P.A. 179, S. 13; 870, S. 61; P.A. 76-436, S. 425, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 71, 125; 77-614, S. 204, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 41, 42, 127; P.A. 95-264, S. 13; P.A. 99-175, S. 17.)History: 1971 acts required that appeals be taken between 12 and 30 days after service rather than on next return day or the “next but one” and replaced superior court with court of common pleas, effective September 1, 1971, except that courts with cases pending retain jurisdiction unless pending matters deemed transferable; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court and added references to judicial districts, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-603 replaced appeal provisions, except those concerning venue and privileged status with statement that appeals be in accordance with Sec. 4-183; P.A. 77-614 deleted provisions concerning venue and privileged status of appeals, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-280 restored venue provision and provision granting appeals privileged status; P.A. 95-264 deleted provisions on where appeals are returnable; Sec. 20-176 transferred to Sec. 20-582 in 1997; P.A. 99-175 added Subdiv. indicators and added references to Secs. 20-570 to 20-630, inclusive.Annotation to former section 20-176:Cited. 179 C. 415.
CT Gen Stat § 20-583 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400j - Pharmacy|Section 20-583 - Where appeals returnable.

 An appeal of a decision by the commission to discipline a person licensed to practice pharmacy or registered as a pharmacy intern or pharmacy technician, to refuse a person's application for a license to practice pharmacy or to refuse to register a person as a pharmacy intern or pharmacy technician shall be made returnable to the judicial district in which the person resides or, if the person does not reside in Connecticut, to the judicial district of New Britain. An appeal of a decision by the commission to discipline the holder of a pharmacy license or the holder of a permit to sell nonlegend drugs or to refuse a person's application for such a license or permit appeal shall be made returnable to the judicial district in which the building or store is located, for which the license or permit was sought or in which it was suspended or revoked. All appeals under the provisions of this section shall be treated as privileged and shall be assigned for trial and tried as soon as may be practicable.(P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; 95-264, S. 14; P.A. 98-31, S. 5; P.A. 99-215, S. 24, 29.)History: (Revisor's note: P.A. 88-230, 90-98, 93-142 and 95-220 authorized substitution of “judicial district of Hartford” for “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” in 1995 public and special acts, effective September 1, 1998); P.A. 98-31 added provisions re pharmacy technicians; P.A. 99-215 replaced “judicial district of Hartford” with “judicial district of New Britain”, effective June 29, 1999.
CT Gen Stat § 20-591 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400j - Pharmacy|Section 20-591 - Graduates of foreign pharmacy schools. Regulations.

 (a) An individual who has graduated from a foreign school of pharmacy not approved by the commission may apply for a license to practice pharmacy under this section.(b) The individual shall comply with the requirements of subdivisions (1), (2), (4) and (5) of subsection (a) of section 20-590 and with regulations adopted as provided in subsection (c) of this section.(c) The commissioner shall, with the advice and assistance of the commission, adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 concerning licensure as a pharmacist of an individual who has graduated from and received an entry-level professional pharmacy degree from a foreign school of pharmacy. The regulations shall include a requirement that such a graduate pass a proficiency test for written and spoken English, a foreign pharmacy graduate equivalency examination and the examination described in subsection (b) of section 20-590.(P.A. 95-264, S. 16; P.A. 99-175, S. 19; P.A. 11-121, S. 2.)History: P.A. 99-175 made a technical change in Subsec. (a); P.A. 11-121 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to Sec. 20-590(a)(6), effective January 1, 2012.
CT Gen Stat § 20-592 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400j - Pharmacy|Section 20-592 - Licensure of individual who is a licensed pharmacist in another state or jurisdiction.

 Any individual who is a licensed pharmacist in any other state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, may be licensed to practice pharmacy in this state in accordance with regulations adopted under sections 20-570 to 20-630, inclusive, in accordance with chapter 54.(P.A. 95-264, S. 17; P.A. 99-175, S. 20.)History: P.A. 99-175 amended Subsec. (a) to delete subsection designation and reference to Subsec. (b) and replace reference to Sec. 20-625 with reference to Sec. 20-630 and deleted Subsec. (b).
CT Gen Stat § 20-595. (Formerly Sec. 20-168a) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400j - Pharmacy|Section 20-595. (Formerly Sec. 20-168a) - Pharmacy licenses held by corporations. Notice of change in officers or directors.

 Any corporation applying for a new or renewal pharmacy license under the provisions of section 20-594 shall state in the application the names of the officers and directors of the corporation. Notice of any change in such officers or directors shall be given by the corporation to the commission within ten days after the change. Such notice shall be accompanied by the filing fee set forth in section 20-601. Any such corporation that fails to give notice of a change in the officers or directors of the corporation within ten days of the change shall pay the late fee required in section 20-601.(February, 1965, P.A. 421; P.A. 79-224, S. 1; P.A. 89-251, S. 97, 203; P.A. 95-264, S. 20; P.A. 99-175, S. 23.)History: P.A. 79-224 imposed $25 fine for failure to give notice of change in officers or directors or to apply for renewal upon change in location or name; P.A. 89-251 increased fee for notice of change from $10 to $30; P.A. 95-264 replaced specific filing and late fees with references to fees set forth in Sec. 20-601; Sec. 20-168a transferred to Sec. 20-595 in 1997; P.A. 99-175 made technical changes.
CT Gen Stat § 20-598. (Formerly Sec. 20-177) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400j - Pharmacy|Section 20-598. (Formerly Sec. 20-177) - Registration of pharmacy interns.

 (a) Each individual who is employed by or is serving under the supervision of a pharmacist in a pharmacy or institutional pharmacy for the purpose of obtaining the professional experience required under the provisions of section 20-590 shall register as a pharmacy intern with the commission at the time of commencing employment or service under such supervision. The applicant may not be registered as a pharmacy intern unless the applicant has successfully completed two years of college and is enrolled in a professional program at a school or college of pharmacy, accredited by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education and approved by the commission, or has completed the requirements for graduation from such a school or college, or, if the applicant is a graduate from a foreign pharmacy school not approved by the commission, has passed a proficiency test for written and spoken English and a foreign pharmacy graduate equivalency examination. The application for registration shall be certified to, under oath, by the applicant.(b) The fee required in section 20-601 shall accompany an application for registration and an identification number and card shall be issued by the commission to the applicant. The identification number and card shall become void and shall be returned to the commission if the pharmacy intern does not complete the requirements for graduation from, or terminates enrollment at, an accredited and approved school or college of pharmacy.(1949 Rev., S. 4474; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 56; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 63; P.A. 82-70, S. 1, 2; P.A. 89-251, S. 100, 203; P.A. 95-264, S. 23; P.A. 99-175, S. 26.)History: 1959 act increased fee from $0.50 to $5; 1971 act increased fee to $10; P.A. 82-70 required that pharmacy interns successfully complete two years of college and be enrolled in an accredited program or graduate from such college and be employed in a pharmacy before beginning the internship; and eliminated all references to an apprenticeship; P.A. 89-251 increased the registration fee from $10 to $30; P.A. 95-264 replaced provisions on registration of pharmacy interns with new provisions concerning the registration of pharmacy interns; Sec. 20-177 transferred to Sec. 20-598 in 1997; P.A. 99-175 made technical changes.
CT Gen Stat § 20-598a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400j - Pharmacy|Section 20-598a - Registration and certification of pharmacy technicians.

 (a) No person shall act as a pharmacy technician unless registered with, or certified with, the department.(b) The department shall, upon authorization of the commission, register as a pharmacy technician any person who presents evidence satisfactory to the department that such person is qualified to perform, under the direct supervision of a pharmacist, routine functions in the dispensing of drugs that do not require the use of professional judgment. The qualifications for registration as a pharmacy technician under this section shall be in accordance with (1) the standards of an institutional pharmacy, a care-giving institution or a correctional or juvenile training institution, in the case of employment in any such pharmacy or institution, or (2) the standards established by regulation adopted by the commissioner in accordance with chapter 54, in the case of employment in a pharmacy. As used in this subsection, “direct supervision” means a supervising pharmacist (A) is physically present in the area or location where the pharmacy technician is performing routine drug dispensing functions, and (B) conducts in-process and final checks on the pharmacy technician's performance.(c) The department shall, upon authorization of the commission, certify as a pharmacy technician any person who meets the requirements for registration as a pharmacy technician, pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and who holds a certification from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board or any other equivalent pharmacy technician certification program approved by the department.(d) The fee required by section 20-601 shall accompany an application for registration under this section. A registration as a pharmacy technician shall be valid for one year and may be renewed upon application and payment of the fee required by section 20-601.(P.A. 98-31, S. 1: P.A. 99-175, S. 27; P.A. 04-208, S. 2.)History: P.A. 99-175 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (b); P.A. 04-208 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “or certified with”, added new Subsec. (c) providing for the certification of pharmacy technicians, and relettered existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d), effective June 3, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 20-599. (Formerly Sec. 20-174a) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400j - Pharmacy|Section 20-599. (Formerly Sec. 20-174a) - Continuing education: Definitions.

 As used in this section and section 20-600:(1) “Accredited continuing professional education” means any education of pharmacists which is designed to maintain professional competence in the practice of pharmacy and which is provided by an organization, institution or agency approved by the commission. Such education may include, but is not limited to, courses concerning: (A) The social, economic, behavioral, legal, administrative and managerial aspects of health care; (B) the properties and actions of drugs and dosage forms; (C) the etiology, characteristics, therapeutics and prevention of the disease states; (D) the pharmaceutical monitoring and management of patients; and (E) other areas of information unique to specialized types of professional pharmacy practice;(2) “Certificate of continuing education units” means a document issued to a pharmacist by an organization, institution or agency approved by the commission which offers accredited continuing professional education, which (A) certifies that the pharmacist has satisfactorily completed a specified number of continuing education units, and (B) bears the name of such organization, institution or agency, the title of the program, the dates during which the program was conducted, the number of continuing education units satisfactorily completed and the signature of the director of such organization, institution or agency or the director's authorized agent;(3) “Continuing education unit” means ten contact hours of participation in accredited continuing professional education;(4) “Contact hours” means fifty to sixty minutes of participation in accredited continuing professional education;(5) “Retired pharmacist” means a pharmacist who is at least sixty-two years of age and no longer actively engaged in the practice of pharmacy; and(6) “Inactive license” means a license that is issued, in the same manner and for the same fee as specified in this chapter for a license to practice pharmacy, to a retired pharmacist which license does not authorize the retired pharmacist to practice pharmacy and on which the word “inactive” is printed or stamped.(P.A. 87-401, S. 1, 4; P.A. 89-265, S. 1; P.A. 95-264, S. 24; P.A. 99-175, S. 28.)History: P.A. 89-265 added definitions of “retired pharmacist” and “inactive license” as Subdivs. (6) and (7), renumbering former Subdiv. (6) as (8); P.A. 95-264 deleted definitions of “commission” and “department”, renumbering remaining Subdivs. as necessary; Sec. 20-174a transferred to Sec. 20-599 in 1997; P.A. 99-175 made technical and gender neutral changes and added Subpara. indicators in Subdivs. (1) and (2).
CT Gen Stat § 20-605 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400j - Pharmacy|Section 20-605 - Practice of pharmacy without license or temporary permit prohibited.

 No individual may engage in the practice of pharmacy unless the individual holds a current license or temporary permit to practice pharmacy issued by the department.(P.A. 95-264, S. 27; P.A. 99-175, S. 31; P.A. 00-182, S. 10.)History: P.A. 99-175 made a technical change; P.A. 00-182 added “or temporary permit”.
CT Gen Stat § 20-606. (Formerly Sec. 20-178) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400j - Pharmacy|Section 20-606. (Formerly Sec. 20-178) - Use of the title “pharmacist”.

 A pharmacist who conforms to the regulations of the commissioner, adopted with the advice and assistance of the commission in accordance with chapter 54, may have, use and exhibit the title “pharmacist” in the practice of pharmacy.(1949 Rev., S. 4476; P.A. 95-264, S. 28; P.A. 99-175, S. 32.)History: P.A. 95-264 deleted references to licensed and assistant pharmacists and provisions which had prohibited pharmacist supervising more than one pharmacy and had allowed assistant pharmacist to work under supervision of pharmacist or during his temporary absence; Sec. 20-178 transferred to Sec. 20-606 in 1997; P.A. 99-175 replaced provision requiring adoption of regulations by commission with provision requiring adoption of regulations consistent with chapter 54 by commissioner with advice and assistance of commission.