Connecticut General Statutes 20-615 – Prescriptions: Pharmacy to assign serial number and maintain records. Transfer of records to another pharmacy
(a) An institutional pharmacy dispensing a drug in circumstances described in subsection (g) of this section and a pharmacy shall assign and record a serial number to each prescription that it fills and shall keep all written prescriptions and the record of oral and electronically-transmitted prescriptions required in section 20-614 in numerical order in a suitable file, electronic file or ledger for a period of not less than three years. The records shall indicate the date of filling, the name and address of the prescribing practitioner, the name and address of the patient or the name and address of the owner of an animal for whom the prescription was written and the species of the animal and the name of the pharmacist who dispensed the drug.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 20-615
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Consumer Protection. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Device: means instruments, apparatuses and contrivances, including their components, parts and accessories, intended (A) for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in humans or other animals, or (B) to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals, but does not mean contact lenses. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
- Drug: means (A) an article recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them, (B) an article intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in humans or other animals, (C) an article, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or any other animal, and (D) an article intended for use as a component of any article specified in this subdivision, but does not include a device. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
- Institutional pharmacy: means that area within a care-giving institution or within a correctional or juvenile training institution, commonly known as the pharmacy, that is under the direct charge of a pharmacist and in which drugs are stored and dispensed. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
- Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate trust, partnership, association, joint venture or any other legal or commercial entity. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
- Pharmacist: means an individual who is licensed to practice pharmacy under the provisions of section 20-590, 20-591, 20-592 or 20-593, and who is thereby recognized as a health care provider by the state of Connecticut. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
- Pharmacy: means a place of business where drugs and devices may be sold at retail and for which a pharmacy license has been issued to an applicant under the provisions of section 20-594. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
- Prescribing practitioner: means an individual licensed by the state of Connecticut, 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 who is authorized to issue a prescription within the scope of the individual's practice. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
- Prescription: means a lawful order of a prescribing practitioner transmitted either orally, in writing or by electronic means for a drug or device for a specific patient. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
(b) A refill of a prescription shall be recorded on the face or back of the original prescription or in an electronic system.
(c) Records maintained under this section shall be made available for inspection upon request of any authorized agent of the commissioner or other person authorized by law.
(d) When a pharmacy closes temporarily or permanently, the pharmacy shall, in the interest of public health, safety and convenience, make its complete prescription records immediately available to a nearby pharmacy and post a notice of this availability on the window or door of the closed pharmacy.
(e) Any violation of this section shall be punishable as provided in section 20-581.
(f) This section shall not apply to records maintained in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to section 20-576, 21a-244 or 21a-244a.
(g) When an institutional pharmacy in a hospital dispenses a drug or device for outpatient use or dispenses a drug or device that is prescribed for an employee of the hospital or for the employee’s spouse or dependent children, the provisions of subsections (a), (b), (c) and (e) of this section shall apply.