Ohio Code 3719.07 – Record of all controlled substances received, administered, dispensed, or used
(A) As used in this section, “description” means the dosage form, strength, and quantity, and the brand name, if any, or the generic name, of a drug or controlled substance.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3719.07
- Controlled substance: means a drug, compound, mixture, preparation, or substance included in schedule I, II, III, IV, or V. See Ohio Code 3719.01
- Federal drug abuse control laws: means the "Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970" 84 Stat. See Ohio Code 3719.01
- Manufacturer: means a person who manufactures a controlled substance, as "manufacture" is defined in section 3715. See Ohio Code 3719.01
- Person: means any individual, corporation, government, governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, or other legal entity. See Ohio Code 3719.01
- Pharmacist: means a person licensed under Chapter 4729 of the Revised Code to engage in the practice of pharmacy. See Ohio Code 3719.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Wholesaler: means a person who, on official written orders other than prescriptions, supplies controlled substances that the person has not manufactured, produced, or prepared personally and includes a "wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs" as defined in section 4729. See Ohio Code 3719.01
(B)(1) Every licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs shall keep a record of all controlled substances received and a record of all controlled substances administered, dispensed, or used other than by prescription. Every other person, except a pharmacist or a manufacturer, wholesaler, or other person licensed under section 4729.52 of the Revised Code, who is authorized to purchase and use controlled substances shall keep a record of all controlled substances purchased and used other than by prescription. The records shall be kept in accordance with division (C)(1) of this section.
(2) Manufacturers, wholesalers, and other persons licensed under section 4729.52 of the Revised Code shall keep records of all controlled substances compounded, mixed, cultivated, grown, or by any other process produced or prepared by them, and of all controlled substances received or sold by them. The records shall be kept in accordance with division (C)(2) of this section.
(3) Every terminal distributor of dangerous drugs with a category III license issued under section 4729.54 of the Revised Code shall keep records of all controlled substances received or sold. The records shall be kept in accordance with division (C)(3) of this section.
(4) Every person who sells or purchases for resale schedule V controlled substances exempted by section 3719.15 of the Revised Code shall keep a record showing the quantities and kinds thereof received or sold. The records shall be kept in accordance with divisions (C)(1), (2), and (3) of this section.
(C)(1) The records required by divisions (B)(1) and (4) of this section shall contain the following:
(a) The description of all controlled substances received, the name and address of the person from whom received, and the date of receipt;
(b) The description of controlled substances administered, dispensed, purchased, sold, or used; the date of administering, dispensing, purchasing, selling, or using; the name and address of the person to whom, or for whose use, or the owner and species of the animal for which the controlled substance was administered, dispensed, purchased, sold, or used.
(2) The records required by divisions (B)(2) and (4) of this section shall contain the following:
(a) The description of all controlled substances produced or prepared, the name and address of the person from whom received, and the date of receipt;
(b) The description of controlled substances sold, the name and address of each person to whom a controlled substance is sold, the amount of the controlled substance sold to each person, and the date it was sold.
(3) The records required by divisions (B)(3) and (4) of this section shall contain the following:
(a) The description of controlled substances received, the name and address of the person from whom controlled substances are received, and the date of receipt;
(b) The name and place of residence of each person to whom controlled substances, including those otherwise exempted by section 3719.15 of the Revised Code, are sold, the description of the controlled substances sold to each person, and the date the controlled substances are sold to each person.
(D) Every record required by this section shall be kept for a period of five years, unless otherwise specified in rules adopted by the state board of pharmacy.
The keeping of a record required by or under the federal drug abuse control laws, containing substantially the same information as specified in this section, constitutes compliance with this section.
Every person who purchases for resale or who sells controlled substance preparations exempted by section 3719.15 of the Revised Code shall keep the record required by or under the federal drug abuse control laws.