(1) All drug outlets shall annually register with the State Board of Pharmacy.

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Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 689.305

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Distribute: means the delivery of a drug other than by administering or dispensing. See Oregon Statutes 689.005
  • Drug outlet: means a pharmacy, nursing home, shelter home, convalescent home, extended care facility, drug abuse treatment center, penal institution, hospital, family planning clinic, student health center, retail store, wholesaler, manufacturer, mail-order vendor or other establishment with facilities located within or out of this state that is engaged in dispensing, delivery or distribution of drugs within this state. See Oregon Statutes 689.005
  • Institutional drug outlet: means hospitals and inpatient care facilities where medications are dispensed to another health care professional for administration to patients served by the hospitals or facilities. See Oregon Statutes 689.005
  • Manufacturer: means a person engaged in the manufacture of drugs. See Oregon Statutes 689.005
  • Nonprescription drug outlet: means a business or other establishment that is open to the general public for the sale or nonprofit distribution of nonprescription drugs and is registered under ORS § 689. See Oregon Statutes 689.005
  • Nonprescription drugs: means drugs that may be sold without a prescription and that are prepackaged for use by the consumer and labeled in accordance with the requirements of the statutes and regulations of this state and the federal government. See Oregon Statutes 689.005
  • Pharmacy: means a place that meets the requirements of rules of the board, is licensed and approved by the board where the practice of pharmacy may lawfully occur and includes apothecaries, drug stores, dispensaries, hospital outpatient pharmacies, pharmacy departments and prescription laboratories but does not include a place used by a manufacturer or wholesaler. See Oregon Statutes 689.005
  • Retail drug outlet: means a place used for the conduct of the retail sale, administering or dispensing or compounding of drugs or chemicals or for the administering or dispensing of prescriptions and licensed by the board as a place where the practice of pharmacy may lawfully occur. See Oregon Statutes 689.005
  • Third-party logistics provider: means an entity that:

    (a) Provides or coordinates warehousing of, or other logistics services for, a product in interstate commerce on behalf of a manufacturer, wholesale distributor or dispenser of the product; and

    (b) Does not take ownership of, or have responsibility to direct the sale or disposition of, the product. See Oregon Statutes 689.005

  • Wholesale distributor drug outlet: means a person, other than a manufacturer, manufacturer's colicensed partner, third-party logistics provider or repackager, as defined in 21 U. See Oregon Statutes 689.005

(2)(a) Each drug outlet shall apply for a certificate of registration in one or more of the following classifications:

(A) Retail drug outlet.

(B) Institutional drug outlet.

(C) Manufacturer drug outlet.

(D) Wholesale distributor drug outlet.

(E) Nonprescription drug outlet.

(F) Third-party logistics provider drug outlet.

(b) An individual who is employed by a corporation that is registered under any classification listed in paragraph (a) of this subsection is not required to register under the provisions of this section.

(3) The board shall establish by rule pursuant to ORS § 689.155 and 689.205 the criteria that each drug outlet must meet to qualify for registration in each classification designated in subsection (2)(a) of this section. The board may issue various types of certificates of registration with varying restrictions to the designated outlets where the board deems it necessary by reason of the type of drug outlet requesting a certificate.

(4) A drug outlet registered under this section may lawfully sell and distribute nonprescription drugs. Drug outlets engaging in the sale and distribution of nonprescription drugs may not be deemed to be improperly engaged in the practice of pharmacy. [1979 c.777 § 30; 1993 c.571 § 8; 2023 c.93 § 2]

 

[Amended by 1953 c.126 § 2; 1963 c.96 § 5; 1967 c.183 § 5; 1969 c.514 § 15; 1979 c.336 § 2; repealed by 1977 c.842 § 45 and 1979 c.777 § 59]