Oklahoma § 59-355.1 - Dispensing dangerous drugs - Procedure - Registration Exemptions

§ 59-355.1. Dispensing dangerous drugs - Procedure - Registration Exemptions

A. Except as provided for in Section 353.1 et seq. of this

title, only a licensed practitioner may dispense dangerous

drugs to such practitioner's patients, and only for the

expressed purpose of serving the best interests and

promoting the welfare of such patients. The dangerous

drugs shall be dispensed in an appropriate container to

which a label has been affixed. Such label shall include

the name and office address of the licensed practitioner,

date dispensed, name of patient, directions for

administration, prescription number, the trade or generic

name and the quantity and strength, not meaning

ingredients, of the drug therein contained; provided, this

requirement shall not apply to compounded medicines.

The licensed practitioner shall keep a suitable book, file or

record in which shall be preserved for a period of not less

than five (5) years a record of every dangerous drug

compounded or dispensed by the licensed practitioner.

B. A prescriber desiring to dispense dangerous drugs pursuant

to this section shall register annually with the appropriate

licensing board as a dispenser, through a regulatory procedure

adopted and prescribed by such licensing board.

C. A prescriber who dispenses professional samples to patients

shall be exempt from the requirement of subsection B of this section

if:

1. The prescriber furnishes the professional samples to the

patient in the package provided by the manufacturer;

2. No charge is made to the patient; and

3. An appropriate record is entered in the patient's chart.

D. This section shall not apply to the services provided

through the State Department of Health, city/county health

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departments, or the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Services.

E. This section shall not apply to organizations and services

incorporated as state or federal tax-exempt charitable nonprofit

entities and/or organizations and services receiving all or part of

their operating funds from a local, state or federal governmental

entity; provided, such organizations and services shall comply with

the labeling and recordkeeping requirements set out in subsection A

of this section.

Added by Laws 1987, c. 20, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1987. Amended by Laws

1987, c. 168, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 1990, c. 51, § 122,

emerg. eff. April 9, 1990; Laws 1997, c. 250, § 5, eff. Nov. 1,

1997; Laws 2015, c. 230, § 21, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.