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17-92-302. Unlicensed practice — Penalty.
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17-92-302. Unlicensed practice — Penalty.
(a) No person shall fill a prescription, compound medicines, or otherwise perform the function of a licensed pharmacist unless the person is:
(1) An Arkansas-licensed pharmacist, except students or graduates of a recognized college of pharmacy serving internship as provided by law and regulated by the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy;
(2) A pharmacy technician performing the limited functions permitted under this chapter and rules promulgated hereunder; or
(3) A hospital pharmacy technician as defined in § 17-92-602 performing the limited functions permitted under that subchapter and rules promulgated thereunder.
(b) Any person who is not an Arkansas-licensed pharmacist or a student serving internship or a pharmacy technician performing the limited functions permitted under this chapter and rules promulgated hereunder or a hospital pharmacy technician as defined in § 17-92-602 performing the limited functions permitted under that subchapter and rules promulgated thereunder, who shall fill a prescription, compound or dispense medicine, or otherwise perform the functions of a pharmacist, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for the first offense and not less than one hundred dollars ($100) or thirty (30) days' imprisonment, or both fine and imprisonment, for each succeeding offense thereafter.
(c) Each day that the person shall fill prescriptions, compound or dispense medicines, or otherwise perform the functions of a pharmacist shall constitute a separate offense.
(d) Any licensed pharmacist who shall aid, abet, or encourage any person to violate the provisions of this section shall have his or her license or permit rev
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-92-302
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17-92-302. Unlicensed practice — Penalty.
(a) No person shall fill a prescription, compound medicines, or otherwise perform the function of a licensed pharmacist unless the person is:
(1) An Arkansas-licensed pharmacist, except students or graduates of a recognized college of pharmacy serving internship as provided by law and regulated by the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy;
(2) A pharmacy technician performing the limited functions permitted under this chapter and rules promulgated hereunder; or
(3) A hospital pharmacy technician as defined in § 17-92-602 performing the limited functions permitted under that subchapter and rules promulgated thereunder.
(b) Any person who is not an Arkansas-licensed pharmacist or a student serving internship or a pharmacy technician performing the limited functions permitted under this chapter and rules promulgated hereunder or a hospital pharmacy technician as defined in § 17-92-602 performing the limited functions permitted under that subchapter and rules promulgated thereunder, who shall fill a prescription, compound or dispense medicine, or otherwise perform the functions of a pharmacist, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for the first offense and not less than one hundred dollars ($100) or thirty (30) days' imprisonment, or both fine and imprisonment, for each succeeding offense thereafter.
(c) Each day that the person shall fill prescriptions, compound or dispense medicines, or otherwise perform the functions of a pharmacist shall constitute a separate offense.
(d) Any licensed pharmacist who shall aid, abet, or encourage any person to violate the provisions of this section shall have his or her license or permit revoked or suspended, within the discretion of the board.
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17-92-602. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Hospital” means a hospital as defined in § 20-9-201;
(2) “Hospital employee” means any individual employed by a hospital whose compensation for services or labor actually performed for a hospital is reflected on the payroll records of a hospital;
(3) “Hospital pharmacy” means the place or places in which drugs, chemicals, medicines, prescriptions, or poisons are prepared for distribution and administration for the use or benefit of patients in a hospital. The “hospital pharmacy” may also provide pharmacy services to patients in a “swing bed” within the hospital that may periodically swing back and forth from being a short-term acute hospital bed to a longer-term nursing home bed. The “hospital pharmacy” shall also mean the place or places in which drugs, chemicals, medicines, prescriptions, or poisons are compounded for the dispensing to hospital employees, members of the immediate families of hospital employees, patients being discharged, and for other persons in emergency situations;
(4) “Hospital pharmacy technicians” means persons other than licensed pharmacists who perform duties in conjunction with the overall hospital medication distribution system for inpatients; and
(5) “Licensed pharmacist” means any person licensed to practice pharmacy by the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-92-602
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