2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 12 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-315-310) › HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS (§§ 12-170-101 — 12-315-310) › Article 280 - PHARMACISTS, PHARMACY BUSINESSES, AND PHARMACEUTICALS (§§ 12-280-101 — 12-280-604) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 12-280-101 — 12-280-143) › Section 12-280-118 - Prescription drug outlet under charge of pharmacist - rules

(1)
(a)
A prescription drug outlet must be under the direct charge of a pharmacist manager. A proprietor who is not a pharmacist shall comply with this requirement and shall provide a manager who is a pharmacist. Nothing in this article 280 or rules implementing this article 280 shall prohibit the pharmacist manager of a central pharmacy from simultaneously serving as the pharmacist manager of a telepharmacy outlet.
(b)
The registration of any prescription drug outlet becomes void if the pharmacist manager in whose name the prescription drug outlet registration was issued ceases to be engaged as the manager. The owner shall close the prescription drug outlet unless the owner:
(I)
Employs a new pharmacist manager; and
(II)
Within thirty days after termination of the former manager's employment:
(A)
Applies to transfer the registration to the new pharmacist manager; and
(B)
Pays the registration transfer fee.
(c)
At the time the pharmacist manager in whose name the registration was obtained ceases to be employed as the pharmacist manager, he or she shall immediately report to the board the fact that he or she is no longer manager of the prescription drug outlet. The pharmacist manager is responsible as the manager until the cessation of employment is reported. The proprietor of the prescription drug outlet shall also notify the board of the termination of managership.
(2)
A prescription drug outlet shall not commence business until it applies to the board for a registration and receives from the board a registration showing the name of the proprietor and the name of the manager. Upon transfer of the ownership of a prescription drug outlet, the new proprietor shall submit to the board an application to transfer the registration of the prescription drug outlet, and, upon approval of the transfer by the board, the board shall transfer the registration to the new proprietor. Upon the change of name or location of a prescription drug outlet, the registrant shall submit an application to change the name or location and the applicable fee, and, upon approval of the application, the board shall issue a new registration showing the new name or new location.
(3)
(a)
A prescription drug outlet operated by the state of Colorado or any political subdivision of the state is not required to be registered but, in lieu of a registration, must apply to the board, on a form approved by the board, for a certificate of compliance. The board shall determine whether the prescription drug outlet is operated in accordance with the laws of this state and the rules of the board. If the board determines that the prescription drug outlet is operated in accordance with state laws and board rules, except for the holding of a prescription drug outlet registration, the board shall issue a certificate of compliance, which certificate expires and may be renewed in accordance with section
12-20-202 (1)
. Once the board issues the certificate of compliance, the prescription drug outlet has the rights and privileges of, and is treated in all respects as, a registered prescription drug outlet. The provisions of this article 280 with respect to the denial, suspension, or revocation of a prescription drug outlet registration apply to a certificate of compliance.
(b)
An outlet as recognized in section
12-280-119 (1)(d)
need not be under the direct charge of a pharmacist, but a licensed pharmacist shall either initially interpret all prescription orders compounded or dispensed from the outlet or provide written protocols for compounding and dispensing by pharmacy technicians. An outlet qualifying for registration under this subsection (3)(b) may also apply to the board for a waiver of the requirements concerning physical space, equipment, inventory, or business hours as necessary and consistent with the outlet's limited public welfare purpose. In determining the granting or denial of a waiver application, the board shall ensure that the public interest criteria set forth in section
12-280-101
are satisfied. All other provisions of this article 280, except as specifically waived by the board, apply to the outlet.
(c)
A telepharmacy outlet is required to have a pharmacist manager. A telepharmacy outlet is considered to be under the direct charge or control of the pharmacist manager, or the licensed pharmacist delegate, who provides remote supervision to the telepharmacy outlet.
(4)
Every outlet and every pharmacist and pharmacy intern regularly practicing shall conspicuously display the registration and license, respectively, within the premises of the place of practice or outlet.
(5)
(a)
Except as specified in subsection (5)(b) of this section, the pharmacist responsible for the prescription order or chart order may delegate the following tasks to the following individuals if, in the pharmacist's professional judgment, the delegation is appropriate:
(I)
Specific tasks, excluding tasks described in section
12-280-103
(38.5)(a), to ancillary personnel, other than a pharmacist or pharmacy intern, who are under the pharmacist's supervision, which tasks may include:
(A)
Cashier transactions;
(B)
Medication shipping and handling;
(C)
Medication transportation;
(D)
Record keeping;
(E)
Telephone or communication triage; or
(F)
Inventory management; or
(II)
Specific tasks described in section
12-280-103
(38.5)(a) or in board rules adopted pursuant to section
12-280-103
(38.5)(a)(IX) to a pharmacy technician who is under the pharmacist's supervision.
(b)
The pharmacist shall not make a delegation described in subsection (5)(a) of this section if the delegation jeopardizes the public health, safety, or welfare, is prohibited by rule of the board, or violates section
12-280-129 (1)
.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 148,§ 2, eff. 8/7/2023.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 484, § 3, eff. 8/10/2022.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 314, § 8, eff. 9/1/2021.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 434, § 9, eff. 10/1/2019.
Renumbered from C.R.S. §
12-42.5-116
and amended by 2019 Ch. 136, § 1, eff. 10/1/2019.
This section is similar to former § 12-42.5-116 as it existed prior to 2019.
2023 Ch. 148, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2022 Ch. 484, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).