(a) A pharmacy license shall be conspicuously posted within the pharmacy.
(b) Any person owning, managing or conducting any store, shop or place of business not being a pharmacy who exhibits within or upon the outside of such store, shop or place of business, or includes in any advertisement the words “drug store”, “pharmacy”, “apothecary”, “drug”, “drugs” or “medicine shop” or any combination of such terms or any other words, displays or symbols indicating that such store, shop or place of business is a pharmacy shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any person that provides pharmacy-related services directly to pharmacies or practitioners and does not offer such services and drugs or medical services directly to the public.
(1949 Rev., S. 4485; P.A. 95-264, S. 31; P.A. 07-252, S. 74; P.A. 08-184, S. 29; P.A. 12-80, S. 71.)
History: P.A. 95-264 inserted provisions as Subsec. (a) requiring pharmacy license to be posted in pharmacy, designated previous provisions as Subsec. (b), clarified the prohibition on use of specified terms, displays or symbols and deleted obsolete provisions prohibiting the use of show bottles and globes; Sec. 20-184 transferred to Sec. 20-609 in 1997; P.A. 07-252 amended Subsec. (b) to exempt from provisions persons who provide pharmacy-related services directly to pharmacies or practitioners and who do not offer drugs or pharmacy or medical services directly to the public; P.A. 08-184 made a technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 12-80 amended Subsec. (b) to replace penalty of a fine of not more than $200 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a class D misdemeanor and make technical changes.
Annotation to former section 20-184:
Cited. 141 C. 288.
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