Sections
49 entriesSection 4015Establishes that the definitions contained in the article control interpretation of the chapter unless another provision indicates otherwise. The chapter therefore uses…Section 4016Defines “administer” as directly applying a drug or device to the body of a patient or research subject. The direct application may…Section 4016.5Defines an “advanced pharmacist practitioner” as a licensed pharmacist recognized in that status by the board. Allows a board-recognized advanced pharmacist practitioner…Section 4017Defines “authorized officers of the law” to include inspectors of the California State Board of Pharmacy, inspectors of the Food and Drug…Section 4017.3Defines an automated drug delivery system as a mechanical drug storage, dispensing, or distribution system, excluding compounding and administration, and requires it…Section 4018Defines “board” to mean the California State Board of Pharmacy. References to the board throughout the pharmacy chapter therefore identify that specific…Section 4019Defines a qualifying hospital chart or medical-record order by an authorized prescriber as authorization to administer drugs from hospital stocks and, when…Section 4021Defines “controlled substance” as any substance listed in the specified Health and Safety Code chapter beginning with the referenced section. The pharmacy…Section 4021.5Defines a “correctional pharmacy” as a board-licensed pharmacy that provides drugs and pharmaceutical care to inmates of the Department of Corrections and…Section 4022Defines “dangerous drug” or “dangerous device” as a drug or device unsafe for self-use in humans or animals. Includes drugs or devices…Section 4022.5Defines a “designated representative” as an individual licensed in that capacity, while exempting a pharmacist performing the designated duties from obtaining that…Section 4022.6Defines “designated representative-reverse distributor” as a licensed individual responsible for supervising a licensed wholesaler that acts only as a reverse distributor. A…Section 4022.7Defines a “designated representative-3PL” as an individual licensed in that capacity, while exempting a pharmacist performing the specified duties from obtaining that…Section 4023Defines “device” as an instrument, apparatus, machine, implant, in vitro reagent, contrivance, component, part, product, byproduct, or accessory intended for disease diagnosis,…Section 4023.5Defines “direct supervision and control” to require a pharmacist to be physically present on the premises at all times and fully aware…Section 4024Defines “dispense” as furnishing drugs or devices on specified practitioners’ prescriptions or authorized orders, including orders to furnish drugs or transmit prescriptions…Section 4025Defines “drug” to include articles recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, National Formulary, Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia, or their supplements; articles intended to…Section 4025.1Defines “nonprescription drug” as a drug that may legally be sold without a prescription and is labeled for consumer use in accordance…Section 4025.2Defines a “nonprescription diabetes test device” as a glucose meter or test strip used in treating prediabetic or diabetic individuals that may…Section 4026Defines “furnish” to mean supplying something by any means, whether through a sale or otherwise. The term therefore covers commercial sales and…Section 4026.5Defines “good standing” as a license issued by the board that is unrestricted by disciplinary action taken under the specified administrative adjudication…Section 4027Defines health-facility terms for specified pharmacy provisions by incorporating or adapting Health and Safety Code licensing categories. “Licensed health care facility,” “health…Section 4028Defines a “licensed hospital” as an institution, place, building, or agency operating organized facilities for diagnosis, care, and treatment of human illness…Section 4029Defines a hospital pharmacy as a board-licensed pharmacy within qualifying overnight-care facilities and permits certain pharmacies in another hospital-regulated physical plant, provided…Section 4030Defines “intern pharmacist” as a person who has been issued the license required by the referenced provision. The term therefore applies only…Section 4031Defines “laboratory” as a research, teaching, or testing laboratory that uses dangerous drugs or dangerous devices for scientific or teaching purposes but…Section 4032Defines “license” broadly to include any license, permit, registration, certificate, or exemption issued by the Board of Pharmacy, together with the processes…Section 4033Defines “manufacturer” to include persons preparing, producing, compounding, or repackaging drugs or devices and specified application holders, private-label distributors, and distributor agents.…Section 4034Defines an “outsourcing facility” as a facility located at one United States address that compounds sterile and nonsterile drugs, is federally registered…Section 4034.5Defines an “emergency medical services automated drug delivery system,” or EMSADDS, as an automated drug delivery system that stores and distributes drugs…Section 4035Defines “person” broadly to include a firm, association, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, state governmental agency, trust, or political subdivision. The listed…Section 4036Defines “pharmacist” as a natural person licensed by the board, except where the chapter specifically provides otherwise. Allows a holder of an…Section 4036.5Defines “pharmacist-in-charge” as a pharmacist proposed by a pharmacy and approved by the board to act as the supervisor or manager responsible…Section 4037Defines “pharmacy” as a board-licensed area, place, or premises where pharmacists practice and prescriptions are compounded, including licensed locations handling controlled substances,…Section 4038Defines a “pharmacy technician” as an individual who assists a pharmacist in a pharmacy with specified pharmacy-related duties. Defines a “pharmacy technician…Section 4039Defines specified health professions as persons authorized by a current, valid, unrevoked California license to practice their respective professions. Defines “physician” to…Section 4040Defines “prescription” as an individualized oral, written, or electronic order containing specified patient, drug, direction, date, prescriber, and signature information and issued…Section 4040.5Defines “reverse distributor” as a person acting as an agent for pharmacies, drug wholesalers, third-party logistics providers, manufacturers, or other entities by…Section 4040.6Defines “self-assessment process” as a facility’s self-evaluation of compliance with state and federal laws to promote compliance through self-examination and education. Requires…Section 4041Defines a veterinary food-animal drug retailer as a nonpharmacy premises holding a valid board wholesaler license from which veterinary drugs for food-producing…Section 4042Defines “veterinary food-animal drugs” to include drugs for food-producing animals bearing the specified federal legend restricting use to a licensed veterinarian’s use…Section 4043Defines “wholesaler” to include wholesale merchants, brokers, jobbers, customs brokers, reverse distributors, agents, and nonresident wholesalers who resell, negotiate distribution of, or…Section 4044Defines “repackager” as a person or entity registered with the federal Food and Drug Administration as a repackager that operates an establishment…Section 4044.3Defines a remote dispensing site pharmacy as a California-licensed pharmacy exclusively overseen and operated by a supervising pharmacy, staffed by qualified registered…Section 4044.5Defines a reverse third-party logistics provider as an entity managing disposition of outdated or nonsaleable dangerous drugs or devices for a manufacturer,…Section 4044.6Defines a supervising pharmacy as a California-licensed pharmacy whose majority beneficial interest, management, and control reside with at least one board-licensed pharmacist…Section 4044.7Defines “telepharmacy” as a system used by a supervising pharmacy to monitor prescription-drug dispensing by a remote dispensing site pharmacy and to…Section 4045Defines a third-party logistics provider as an entity that provides or coordinates warehousing or other logistics services for dangerous drugs or dangerous…Section 4046Defines a “surplus medication collection and distribution intermediary” as a firm, association, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, state governmental agency, or political…