(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (d) of this section, a drug or a legend device may be dispensed pursuant to a prescription only in a pharmacy or institutional pharmacy by a pharmacist or by a pharmacy intern when acting under the direct supervision of a pharmacist, or by an individual holding a temporary permit.

(b) In care-giving institutions and correctional or juvenile training institutions in emergency situations when the pharmacist is not available for the dispensing of drugs or devices from the institutional pharmacy, the prescription shall be reviewed by the nursing supervisor or a physician before administration of the drug or device and recorded with the pharmacist in its original form or a copy thereof. After the required review in such emergency situations, the person authorized by the institution may dispense drugs and devices from the institutional pharmacy pursuant to regulations adopted by the commissioner, with the advice and assistance of the commission, in accordance with chapter 54.

(c) A pharmacy technician in a pharmacy or an institutional pharmacy may assist, under the direct supervision of a pharmacist, in the dispensing of drugs and devices. A person whose license to practice pharmacy is under suspension or revocation shall not act as a pharmacy technician.

(d) Nothing in sections 20-570 to 20-630, inclusive, shall prevent a prescribing practitioner from dispensing the prescribing practitioner's own prescriptions to the prescribing practitioner's own patients when authorized within the scope of the prescribing practitioner's own practice and when done in compliance with sections 20-14c to 20-14g, inclusive.

(1969, P.A. 593, S. 18; P.A. 81-200, S. 2; P.A. 91-47, S. 2; P.A. 95-264, S. 34; P.A. 99-175, S. 35; P.A. 00-182, S. 13.)

History: P.A. 81-200 added Subsecs. (f) and (g) specifying the functions which may be performed by supportive personnel and requiring the commissioner of consumer protection to adopt regulations governing the number and activities of such personnel in institutional pharmacies; Sec. 19-504j transferred to Sec. 21a-308 in 1983; P.A. 91-47 authorized supportive personnel in licensed pharmacies to compound and dispense medications and to perform other tasks and provided for the adoption of regulations by the commissioner of consumer protection for supportive personnel in licensed pharmacies; P.A. 95-264 deleted provisions governing refills, replaced provisions re permissible actions of support personnel with provision re pharmacy technicians, added provision re dispensing of prescriptions by prescribing practitioners, changed references to “drugs” in Subsec. (b) to “drugs and devices” and made technical changes; Sec. 21a-308 transferred to Sec. 20-613 in 1997; P.A. 99-175 made technical and gender neutral changes, amended Subsec. (b) to add provision requiring adoption of regulations to be consistent with chapter 54 and amended Subsec. (d) to replace reference to Sec. 20-625 with reference to Sec. 20-630; P.A. 00-182 amended Subsec. (a) by adding language re individual holding a temporary permit.