Ohio § 2925.56

§ 2925.56.

(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, no retailer or terminal distributor

of dangerous drugs or an employee of a retailer or terminal distributor of dangerous

drugs shall knowingly sell, offer to sell, hold for sale, deliver, or otherwise provide

to any individual an amount of pseudoephedrine product or ephedrine product that is

greater than either of the following: (a) Three and six-tenths grams within a period of a single day; (b) Nine grams within a period of thirty consecutive days. The maximum amounts specified in divisions (A)(1)(a) and (b) of this section apply

to the total amount of base pseudoephedrine or base ephedrine in the pseudoephedrine

product or ephedrine product, respectively.  The maximum amounts do not apply to the product's overall weight. (2)(a) Division (A)(1) of this section does not apply to any quantity of pseudoephedrine

product or ephedrine product dispensed by a pharmacist pursuant to a valid prescription

issued by a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs if the conduct

of the pharmacist and the licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs

is in accordance with Chapter 3719., 4715., 4723., 4729., 4730., 4731., 4741., or

4772. of the Revised Code. (b) It is not a violation of division (A)(1) of this section for a retailer, terminal

distributor of dangerous drugs, or employee of either to provide to an individual

more than an amount of pseudoephedrine product or ephedrine product specified in division

(A)(1)(a) or (b) of this section under either of the following circumstances: (i) The individual is an employee of the retailer or terminal distributor of dangerous

drugs, and the employee receives or accepts from the retailer, terminal distributor

of dangerous drugs, or employee the pseudoephedrine product or ephedrine product in

a sealed container in connection with manufacturing, warehousing, placement, stocking,

bagging, loading, or unloading of the product; (ii) A stop-sale alert is generated after the submission of information to the national

precursor log exchange under the conditions described in division (A)(2) of section 3715.052 of the Revised Code . (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, no retailer or terminal distributor

of dangerous drugs or an employee of a retailer or terminal distributor of dangerous

drugs shall sell, offer to sell, hold for sale, deliver, or otherwise provide a pseudoephedrine

product or ephedrine product to an individual who is under eighteen years of age. (2) Division (B)(1) of this section does not apply to any of the following: (a) A licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs or pharmacist who dispenses,

sells, or otherwise provides a pseudoephedrine product or ephedrine product to an

individual under eighteen years of age and whose conduct is in accordance with Chapter

3719., 4715., 4723., 4729., 4730., 4731., 4741., or 4772. of the Revised Code; (b) A parent or guardian of an individual under eighteen years of age who provides a

pseudoephedrine product or ephedrine product to the individual; (c) A person who, as authorized by the individual's parent or guardian, dispenses, sells,

or otherwise provides a pseudoephedrine product or ephedrine product to an individual

under eighteen years of age; (d) The provision by a retailer, terminal distributor of dangerous drugs, or employee

of either of a pseudoephedrine product or ephedrine product in a sealed container

to an employee of the retailer or terminal distributor of dangerous drugs who is under

eighteen years of age in connection with manufacturing, warehousing, placement, stocking,

bagging, loading, or unloading of the product. (C) No retailer or terminal distributor of dangerous drugs shall fail to comply with

the requirements of division (A) of section 3715.051 or division (A)(2) of section 3715.052 of the Revised Code . (D) No retailer or terminal distributor of dangerous drugs shall fail to comply with

the requirements of division (A)(1) of section 3715.052 of the Revised Code . (E) Whoever violates division (A)(1) of this section is guilty of unlawfully selling

a pseudoephedrine product or ephedrine product, a misdemeanor of the first degree. (F) Whoever violates division (B)(1) of this section is guilty of unlawfully selling

a pseudoephedrine product or ephedrine product to a minor, a misdemeanor of the fourth

degree. (G) Whoever violates division (C) of this section is guilty of improper sale of a pseudoephedrine

product or ephedrine product, a misdemeanor of the second degree. (H) Whoever violates division (D) of this section is guilty of failing to submit information

to the national precursor log exchange, a misdemeanor for which the offender shall

be fined not more than one thousand dollars per violation.