(a) The commissioner may, with the advice and assistance of the commission, adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to govern the performance of the commission's duties, the practice of pharmacy and the business of retailing drugs and devices. Such regulations may include, but are not limited to, provisions (1) concerning the licensing of any pharmacist or pharmacy, disciplinary action that may be taken against a licensee, the conduct of a pharmacist and the operation of a pharmacy, (2) specifying various classes of pharmacy licenses issued under section 20-594, including, but not limited to, licenses for infusion therapy pharmacies and nuclear pharmacies and specifying requirements for operation of pharmacies under the classes of pharmacy licenses permitted under the regulations, (3) concerning creation and maintenance of prescription records, and (4) concerning registration and activities of pharmacy interns, registered pharmacy technicians and certified pharmacy technicians.

(b) The commissioner shall, with the advice and assistance of the commission, adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, governing (1) the storage and retrieval of prescription information for noncontrolled substances, including refills, by pharmacists through the use of electronic data processing systems or other systems for the efficient storage and retrieval of information, (2) the operation of institutional pharmacies pursuant to chapters 368a and 418, and sections 17a-210 to 17a-273, inclusive, 19a-490 to 19a-520, inclusive, and 20-570 to 20-630, inclusive, and (3) the activities of pharmacy technicians in pharmacies and institutional pharmacies, including ratios of registered pharmacy technicians and certified pharmacy technicians to pharmacists in pharmacies and institutional pharmacies.

(1949 Rev., S. 4464; 1955, S. 2236d; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13; P.A. 75-254, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 197, 610; P.A. 95-264, S. 7; P.A. 98-31, S. 3; P.A. 99-175, S. 11; P.A. 04-208, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 75-254 deleted authority for commission to publish and distribute regulations and to employ attorney to conduct prosecutions for violations of chapter, allowed commission to compel production of documents by subpoena, required annual report to commissioner of consumer protection rather than to governor and required certification of records “by executive secretary to the commission”, replacing less specific requirement for certification “by its secretary”; P.A. 77-614 transferred power to adopt regulations from commission to commissioner of consumer protection, retaining commission in advisory role and deleted provision re election of chairman, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 95-264 added Subsec. (a)(1) to (4), inclusive, and Subsec. (b) re matters subject to regulation; Sec. 20-164 transferred to Sec. 20-576 in 1997; P.A. 98-31 amended Subsec. (a)(4) by adding reference to pharmacy technicians; P.A. 99-175 made technical changes and amended Subsec. (b) to require regulations to be adopted in accordance with chapter 54 and to replace reference to Sec. 20-625 with reference to Sec. 20-630; P.A. 04-208 added references to registered pharmacy technicians and certified pharmacy technicians, effective June 3, 2004.