Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 535 - Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy › Chapter 10 - Pharmacists; and Interns, Preceptors and Training Areas › Subchapter 3 - Pharmacists › Section 535:10-3-1.1 - Rules of professional conduct

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The rules of professional conduct are as follows:
(1)
Compliance with laws.
Business conducted as a pharmacist will at all times be in conformity with all
				federal, state and municipal laws.
(2)
Substitution.
At no time
				will a pharmacist substitute or cause to be substituted any drug, medicine,
				chemical or pharmaceutical preparation without the authority of the prescriber
				or purchaser.
(3)
Conduct.
A pharmacist shall conduct himself at all times in a
				manner which will entitle him to the respect and confidence of the community in
				which he practices. Evidence of willful untruthfulness in the course of a
				pharmacist's professional capacity shall presumptively constitute a failure to
				comply with this standard of professional conduct required of a pharmacist.
(4)
Unprofessional
				promotion.
A pharmacist will not lend his support or his name to the
				promotion or exploitation of objectionable or unworthy products, nor will he
				participate in any advertising or promotional program which would tend to lower
				the honor and dignity of his profession.
(5)
Professional fee.
A
				pharmacist's fee for professional services will be fair and equitable, and
				commensurate with his knowledge and skill in the compounding and dispensing of
				prescriptions, and the rendering of other professional services.
(6)
Patient Health and Safety
				and
Confidentiality.
The health and safety of patients
				shall be a pharmacist's first consideration and the nature of their problems or
				ailments or any confidence entrusted to him in his professional capacity will
				not be divulged by the pharmacist except in response to legal requirements or
				in the best interest of the patron.
(7)
Practice of medicine.
A
				pharmacist will refrain from any attempt at diagnosis or treatment that might
				infringe upon the legally constituted right or obligation of any licensed
				practitioner or mid-level practitioner.
(8)
Arrangements.
Licensees
				shall oppose any arrangement inimical to public health. Such an arrangement
				could include, but is not limited to, an arrangement between a licensee and a
				prescriber whereby fees are divided or in which private formulas are concerned.
(9)
Promote
				profession.
A pharmacist will seek to attract people of good moral
				character, good habits and high intellect to the profession and share freely of
				his knowledge and experiences as a further aid to their instruction.
(10)
Professional services.
A
				pharmacist will at all times make his professional services available to the
				allied professions, state and local government agencies and to the office of
				civilian defense in any project beneficial to public health and the welfare or
				defense of our country.
(11)
Governing body.
A pharmacist will recognize the Board as the
				governing body of the practice of pharmacy in the State of Oklahoma and report
				to it any violation of pharmacy laws or regulations that may come to his
				attention.
Amended and renumbered
				  from 530:10-3-1 at 17 Ok Reg 2618, eff 7-1-00; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 1793, eff
				  7-1-02