REPORT TITLE:
Prescription Drugs

DESCRIPTION:
Liberalizes regulatory controls and restrictions on the
distribution of medical oxygen and the dispensing of prescription
drug (non-controlled substances drugs).


 
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TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 328-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended as follows:
 
 3 (1)  By adding four new definitions to be appropriately inserted
 
 4      and to read as follows:
 
 5      ""Certificate of medical necessity" means the United States
 
 6 Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing
 
 7 Administration's FORM HCFA 484, which identifies the patient-
 
 8 recipient, the supplier, and the prescriber of medical services
 
 9 and establishes an estimated length of time of need for
 
10 equipment, therapy, or both to treat the ailment indicated by the
 
11 diagnosis codes listed thereon.
 
12      "Medical oxygen" means the prescription drug oxygen.
 
13      "Medical oxygen distributor" means any person, including a
 
14 prescription drug wholesale distributor, who distributes or
 
15 dispenses medical oxygen, pursuant to a prescription.
 
16      "Nonprescription drug," "over-the-counter drug," or
 
17 "nonlegend drug" means any packaged, bottled, or nonbulk
 
18 chemical, drug, or medicine which may be lawfully sold without a
 
19 prescription."
 

 
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 1 (2)  By amending the definitions of "drug" and "prescription
 
 2      drug" to read as follows:
 
 3      ""Drug" means:
 
 4      (1)  Articles recognized in the official United States
 
 5           Pharmacopoeia, official United States Pharmacopoeia
 
 6           Dispensing Information, official Homeopathic
 
 7           Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official
 
 8           National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them;
 
 9      (2)  Articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure,
 
10           mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in
 
11           humans or animals;
 
12      (3)  Articles (other than food[)] or clothing) intended to
 
13           affect the structure or any function of the body of
 
14           humans or animals; or
 
15      (4)  Articles intended for use as a component of any article
 
16           specified in [this definition above but not including
 
17           devices or their components, parts, or accessories.]
 
18           paragraph (1), (2), or (3); provided that the term
 
19           "drug" shall not include devices or their components,
 
20           parts or accessories, cosmetics, or liquor as defined
 
21           in section 281-1.
 
22      "Prescription drug" means any drug required by federal or
 

 
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 1 state statutes, regulations, or rules to be dispensed only [by]
 
 2 upon a prescription, including finished dosage forms and active
 
 3 ingredients subject to section 328-16, or section 503(b) of the
 
 4 Federal Act[.], or any drug product compounded or prepared
 
 5 pursuant to a prescription order."
 
 6      SECTION 2.  Section 328-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 7 amended to read as follows:
 
 8      "§328-16  Drugs limited to dispensing on prescription.(a)
 
 9 A prescription drug shall be dispensed only if its label bears
 
10 the following:
 
11      (1)  The name, business address, and telephone number of the
 
12           seller.  The business address shall be the physical
 
13           location of the pharmacy or the dispensing
 
14           practitioner's office;
 
15      (2)  The name of the person for whom the drug was prescribed
 
16           or the name of the owner of the animal for which the
 
17           drug was prescribed;
 
18      (3)  The serial number of the prescription;
 
19      (4)  The date of the prescription or of its filling;
 
20      (5)  The name of the practitioner if the seller is not the
 
21           practitioner;
 
22      (6)  The name, strength, and quantity of the drug;
 

 
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 1      (7)  The date the potency of the drug expires if the date is
 
 2           available from the manufacturer or principal labeler;
 
 3      (8)  The number of refills available, if any; and
 
 4      (9)  Specific directions for the drug's use; provided that
 
 5           if the specific directions for use are too lengthy for
 
 6           inclusion on the label, the notation "take according to
 
 7           written instructions" may be used if separate written
 
 8           instructions for use are actually issued with the drug
 
 9           by the practitioner or the pharmacist, but in no event
 
10           shall the notation "take as directed," referring to
 
11           oral instructions, be considered acceptable.
 
12 If any prescription for [the] a drug does not indicate the number
 
13 of times it may be refilled, if any, the pharmacist shall not
 
14 refill that prescription unless [the pharmacist is] subsequently
 
15 authorized to do so by the practitioner.  The act of dispensing a
 
16 drug other than a professional sample or medical oxygen contrary
 
17 to this subsection shall be deemed to be an act that results in a
 
18 drug being misbranded while held for sale.
 
19      (b)  In addition to the requirements enumerated in
 
20 subsection (a), a prescription drug shall be dispensed only:
 
21      (1)  By a pharmacist or pharmacy intern [upon a written
 
22           prescription from a practitioner or an out-of-state
 

 
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 1           practitioner as provided in section 328-17.6; provided
 
 2           that all valid written prescriptions shall include the
 
 3           following information:
 
 4           (A)  The date of issuance;
 
 5           (B)  The original signature of the practitioner;
 
 6           (C)  The practitioner's printed name and business
 
 7                address;
 
 8           (D)  The name, strength, and quantity of the drug, and
 
 9                specific directions for the drug's use;
 
10           (E)  The name and address of the person for whom the
 
11                prescription was written or the name of the owner
 
12                of the animal for which the drug was prescribed,
 
13                unless the pharmacy filling the prescription has
 
14                the address on file;
 
15           (F)  The room number and route of administration, if
 
16                the patient is in an institutional facility; and
 
17           (G)  The number of allowable refills, if the
 
18                prescription is refillable.  If the number of
 
19                refills authorized by the practitioner is
 
20                indicated using the terms "as needed" or "prn",
 
21                the prescription may be refilled up to twelve
 
22                months from the date the original prescription was
 

 
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 1                written.  After the twelve- month period, the "as
 
 2                needed" or "prn" prescription may be refilled for
 
 3                a subsequent three-month period; provided:
 
 4                (i)  The prescription is refilled only once
 
 5                     during the three-month period;
 
 6               (ii)  The refill does not exceed a thirty-day
 
 7                     supply of the drug;
 
 8              (iii)  The refill does not provide any amount of the
 
 9                     drug fifteen months beyond the date the
 
10                     original prescription was written; and
 
11               (iv)  The provisions listed in this subparagraph
 
12                     shall apply only to pharmacies practicing in
 
13                     the State.] pursuant to a valid
 
14                     prescription;
 
15      (2)  [Upon an oral prescription from the practitioner;
 
16           provided that:
 
17           (A)  The pharmacist or pharmacy intern shall promptly
 
18                reduce to writing:
 
19                (i)  The oral prescription in full;
 
20               (ii)  The name, strength, and quantity of the drug,
 
21                     and specific directions for the drug's use;
 
22              (iii)  The date the oral prescription was received;
 

 
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 1               (iv)  The name and oral code designation of the
 
 2                     practitioner; and
 
 3                (v)  The name and address of the person for whom
 
 4                     the drug was prescribed or the name of the
 
 5                     owner of the animal for which the drug was
 
 6                     prescribed, unless the pharmacy filling the
 
 7                     prescription has the address on file;
 
 8           (B)  The prescriptions and records described in
 
 9                subparagraph (A) shall be subject to the
 
10                inspection of the department or its agents at all
 
11                times; and
 
12           (C)  The department of health assigns the oral code
 
13                designation to the practitioner;] By a medical
 
14           oxygen distributor pursuant to a valid prescription or
 
15           valid certificate of medical necessity; provided that
 
16           the drug to be dispensed is medical oxygen; or
 
17      (3)  By a practitioner[, other than a pharmacist,] to an
 
18           ultimate user; provided that:
 
19           (A)  The practitioner shall promptly record in the
 
20                practitioner's records:
 
21                (i)  The prescription in full;
 

 
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 1               (ii)  The name, strength, and quantity of the drug,
 
 2                     and specific directions for the drug's use;
 
 3              (iii)  The date the drug was dispensed; and
 
 4               (iv)  The name and address of the person for whom
 
 5                     the drug was prescribed or the name of the
 
 6                     owner of the animal for which the drug was
 
 7                     prescribed; and
 
 8           (B)  The records described in subparagraph (A) shall be
 
 9                subject to the inspection of the department or its
 
10                agents at all times[; and].
 
11      (c)  A valid prescription may be communicated in writing,
 
12 orally, by facsimile, or by electronic transmission and shall
 
13 include the following information:
 
14      (1)  The date of issuance;
 
15      (2)  The authorization of the practitioner noted as follows:
 
16           (A)  Written prescriptions shall include the original
 
17                signature of the practitioner;
 
18           (B)  Oral prescriptions shall be promptly reduced to
 
19                writing by the pharmacist, pharmacist intern, or
 
20                medical oxygen distributor and shall include the
 
21                practitioner's oral code designation; and
 
22           (C)  Facsimile or electronic prescriptions shall be
 

 
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 1                traceable to the prescribing practitioner;
 
 2      (3)  The practitioner's name and business address;
 
 3      (4)  The name, strength, and quantity of the drug to be
 
 4           dispensed, and specific directions for the drug's use;
 
 5      (5)  The name and address of the person for whom the
 
 6           prescription was written or the name of the owner of
 
 7           the animal for which the drug was prescribed, unless
 
 8           the pharmacy or medical oxygen distributor filling the
 
 9           prescription has the address on file;
 
10      (6)  The room number and route of administration, if the
 
11           patient is in an institutional facility; and
 
12      (7)  The number of allowable refills, if the prescription is
 
13           refillable.  If the number of refills authorized by the
 
14           practitioner is indicated using the terms "as needed"
 
15           or "prn," the prescription may be refilled up to twelve
 
16           months from the date the original prescription was
 
17           written.  After the twelve-month period, the "as
 
18           needed" or "prn" prescription may be refilled for a
 
19           subsequent three-month period; provided:
 
20           (A)  The prescription is refilled only once during the
 
21                three-month period;
 
22           (B)  The refill does not exceed a thirty-day supply of
 

 
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 1                the drug;
 
 2           (C)  The refill does not provide any amount of the drug
 
 3                fifteen months beyond the date the original
 
 4                prescription was written;
 
 5           (D)  In the case of medical oxygen, the duration of
 
 6                therapy indicated on a valid certificate of
 
 7                medical necessity shall supercede any limitations
 
 8                or restrictions on refilling; and
 
 9           (E)  The provisions listed in this subparagraph shall
 
10                apply only to pharmacies and medical oxygen
 
11                distributors practicing in the State.
 
12      [(4)](d)  [By refilling any] Any written or oral
 
13 prescription may be refilled by the pharmacy and a written or
 
14 oral prescription for medical oxygen may be refilled by the
 
15 medical oxygen distributor if that refilling is authorized by the
 
16 practitioner either:
 
17      [(A)](1)  In the original prescription; or
 
18      [(B)](2)  By oral order, which shall be reduced promptly to
 
19      writing and filed by the receiving pharmacist [or], pharmacy
 
20      intern[.], or medical oxygen distributor.
 
21      [(c)](e)  For the purposes of this section, a "prescription
 
22 drug" is a drug intended for use by a person which:
 

 
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 1      (1)  Is a habit forming drug to which section 328-15(4)
 
 2           applies;
 
 3      (2)  Because of its toxicity or other potentiality for
 
 4           harmful effect, or the method of its use, or the
 
 5           collateral measures necessary to its use, is not safe
 
 6           for use except under the supervision of a practitioner;
 
 7           or
 
 8      (3)  Is limited by an approved application under section 505
 
 9           of the Federal Act or section 328-17 to use under the
 
10           professional supervision of a practitioner.
 
11      [(d)](f)  Any drug other than medical oxygen dispensed by
 
12 filling or refilling a [written or oral] prescription of a
 
13 practitioner shall be exempt from the requirements of section
 
14 328-15 (except paragraphs (1), (9), (11), and (12), and the
 
15 packaging requirements of paragraphs (7) and (8)), if the drug
 
16 bears a label containing:
 
17      (1)  The name and address of the pharmacy;
 
18      (2)  The serial number and the date of the prescription or
 
19           of its filling;
 
20      (3)  The name of the practitioner; and
 
21      (4)  If stated in the prescription, the name of the patient,
 
22           and the directions for use and cautionary statements,
 

 
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 1           if any, contained in the prescription.
 
 2 This exemption shall not apply to any drug dispensed in the
 
 3 course of the conduct of a business of dispensing drugs pursuant
 
 4 to diagnosis by mail, or to a drug dispensed in violation of
 
 5 [subsections] subsection (a) [and], (b), (c), or (d) of this
 
 6 section.
 
 7      [(e)](g)  The director of health, may, by regulation, remove
 
 8 drugs subject to sections 328-15(4) and 328-17 from the
 
 9 requirements of [subsections] subsection (a)[and], (b), (c), or
 
10 (d) of this section when such requirements are not necessary for
 
11 the protection of the public health.  Drugs removed from the
 
12 prescription requirements of the Federal Act by regulations
 
13 issued thereunder may also, by regulations issued by the
 
14 director, be removed from the requirements of [subsections]
 
15 subsection (a)[and], (b), (c), or (d) of this section.
 
16      [(f)](h)  A drug which is subject to [subsections]
 
17 subsection (a)[and] ,(b), (c), or (d) of this section shall be
 
18 deemed to be misbranded if at any time prior to dispensing its
 
19 label fails to bear the statement "Caution: Federal law prohibits
 
20 dispensing without prescription," or "Caution: State law
 
21 prohibits dispensing without prescription."  A drug to which
 
22 [subsections] subsection (a) [and], (b), (c), or (d) of this
 

 
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 1 section [do] does not apply shall be deemed to be misbranded if
 
 2 at any time prior to dispensing its label bears the caution
 
 3 statement quoted in the preceding sentence.
 
 4      [(g)](i)  Nothing in this section shall be construed to
 
 5 relieve any person from any requirement, prescribed by or under
 
 6 authority of law with respect to drugs now included or which may
 
 7 hereafter be included within the classifications of [narcotic
 
 8 drugs or marijuana] controlled substances as defined in the
 
 9 applicable federal and state laws relating to [narcotic drugs and
 
10 marijuana] controlled substances.
 
11      (j)  Oral code numbers or designations shall be issued by
 
12 the department of public safety, pursuant to applicable statutes
 
13 and rules."
 
14      SECTION 3.  Section 328-17.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
15 amended to read as follows:
 
16      "[[]§328-17.5[]]  Principal labeler responsibility under
 
17 recall of drug.  Whenever the manufacturer of a drug voluntarily
 
18 recalls the drug or the Federal Food and Drug Administration or a
 
19 court orders the recall of a drug, the principal labeler of the
 
20 drug shall remove the drug from all pharmacies, prescriber
 
21 offices, medical oxygen distributors, and health care
 
22 facilities."
 

 
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 1      SECTION 4.  Section 328-17.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended to read as follows:
 
 3      "§328-17.6  Out-of-state prescriptions.(a)  An out-of-
 
 4 state practitioner may [make] issue a written or [orally-
 
 5 ordered] oral prescription within the confines of the
 
 6 practitioner's license and in accordance with Hawaii laws and
 
 7 rules.  [The prescription may either be filled one time or
 
 8 refilled one time, but not both; provided that:
 
 9      (1)  The prescription filled or refilled pursuant to this
 
10           section shall be limited to not more than a thirty-day
 
11           supply of any drug; and
 
12      (2)  If orally-ordered, the] An oral prescription shall be
 
13           personally [ordered] communicated by [an] the out-of-
 
14           state practitioner and received only by a
 
15           pharmacist[.], except that a medical oxygen order may
 
16           be received by a medical oxygen distributor.
 
17      (b)  An out-of-state pharmacy may transfer prescription
 
18 information for refilling purposes and an out-of-state medical
 
19 oxygen distributor may transfer prescription information for the
 
20 purpose of refilling a medical oxygen order.
 
21      [(b)](c)  Any pharmacist or medical oxygen distributor who
 
22 fills or refills a prescription from an out-of-state
 

 
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 1 [prescription] practitioner shall:
 
 2      (1)  Note the following on the [pharmacist's] prescription
 
 3           record:  the out-of-state practitioner's full name,
 
 4           address, and telephone number[, and Drug Enforcement
 
 5           Administration registration number; provided that the
 
 6           Drug Enforcement Administration registration number
 
 7           shall be required only for original fills communicated
 
 8           via telephone or facsimile];
 
 9      (2)  Be responsible for validating [the authenticity of the
 
10           out-of-state practitioner's Drug Enforcement
 
11           Administration registration number;] and verifying the
 
12           practitioner's prescriptive authority by virtue of a
 
13           valid out-of-state license, a Drug Enforcement
 
14           Administration registration number, or other measures
 
15           as appropriate; and
 
16      (3)  Demand proper identification from the person whose name
 
17           appears on the prescription prior to filling the
 
18           prescription, in addition to complying with any
 
19           identification procedures established by the department
 
20           for filling and refilling an out-of-state prescription.
 
21      [(c)](d)  Before refilling [an] a transferred out-of-state
 
22 prescription, a pharmacist or medical oxygen distributor
 

 
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 1 [receiving transferred prescription information] shall:
 
 2      (1)  Advise the person whose name appears on the
 
 3           prescription that the prescription on file at the
 
 4           originating out-of-state pharmacy or medical oxygen
 
 5           distributor may be canceled [before the pharmacist can
 
 6           refill the prescription]; and
 
 7      (2)  Record all information required to be on a
 
 8           prescription, including, but not limited to:
 
 9           (A)  The date of issuance of the original prescription;
 
10           (B)  The number of refills authorized on the original
 
11                prescription;
 
12           (C)  The date the original prescription was dispensed;
 
13           (D)  The number of valid refills remaining and the date
 
14                of the last refill;
 
15           (E)  The out-of-state pharmacy's or out-of-state
 
16                medical oxygen distributor's name[,] and
 
17                address,[and Drug Enforcement Administration
 
18                registration number,] and the original
 
19                prescription number or control number from which
 
20                the prescription information was transferred; and
 
21           (F)  The name of the transferor pharmacist[.] or
 
22                medical oxygen distributor agent.
 

 
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 1      [(d)](e)  A pharmacist or medical oxygen distributor who
 
 2 fills or refills an out-of-state prescription shall be
 
 3 responsible if the prescription is not written in the form
 
 4 prescribed by Hawaii laws and rules.
 
 5      [(e)](f)  [The pharmacist shall follow all labeling
 
 6 procedures established by the department for filling and
 
 7 refilling an out-of-state prescription.  The]  An out-of-state
 
 8 prescription shall be appropriately identified as "Out-of-State
 
 9 Filled" or "Out-of-State Refilled", and shall state the date of
 
10 filling or refilling and the local address of the person whose
 
11 name appears on the prescription.
 
12      [(f)](g)  All transferred prescriptions shall be maintained
 
13 for a period of five years from the date of filling or refilling.
 
14 Filled out-of-state prescriptions shall be kept in a special file
 
15 for five years.  The department may establish additional
 
16 recordkeeping and reporting procedures for filled and refilled
 
17 out-of-state prescriptions.
 
18      [(g)](h)  This section shall not apply to prescriptions for
 
19 controlled substances and habit forming drugs."
 
20      SECTION 5.  Section 328-17.7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
21 amended to read as follows:
 
22      "§328-17.7  Record of prescriptions.  Every practitioner
 

 
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 1 [or], pharmacist, or medical oxygen distributor who compounds,
 
 2 sells, or delivers any [prescription containing any poisonous
 
 3 drug, or substance deleterious to human life, to be used as
 
 4 medicine, shall enter upon the practitioner's or pharmacist's
 
 5 books the prescription written out in full, with the date
 
 6 thereof, with the practitioner's or pharmacist's own name
 
 7 appended thereto, or the name of the practitioner who prescribed
 
 8 the same, and the person to whom the same was delivered.]
 
 9 prescribed drug to a patient or a patient's agent shall maintain
 
10 records that identify the specific drug product, the prescribing
 
11 practitioner, the patient, the date of prescribing or filling,
 
12 and the name of the practitioner, pharmacist, or medical oxygen
 
13 distributor dispensing the drug.  No prescription shall be
 
14 compounded, sold, or delivered unless the name of the person
 
15 compounding, selling, or delivering the same, or the name of the
 
16 practitioner prescribing the same, is appended to the
 
17 prescription in full, and every prescription shall be preserved
 
18 for a period of not less than five years.  The [books and
 
19 prescriptions] prescription records shall be subject at all times
 
20 to the inspection of the director of health or the director's
 
21 agent."
 
22      SECTION 6.  Section 461-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 

 
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 1 amended as follows:
 
 2 (1)  By adding four new definitions to be appropriately inserted
 
 3      and to read as follows:
 
 4      ""Medical oxygen" means the prescription drug oxygen.
 
 5      "Medical oxygen distributor" means any person, including a
 
 6 prescription drug wholesale distributor, who distributes or
 
 7 dispenses medical oxygen, pursuant to a prescription.
 
 8      "Nonprescription drug," "over-the-counter drug," or
 
 9 "nonlegend drug" means any packaged, bottled, or nonbulk
 
10 chemical, drug, or medicine which may be lawfully sold without a
 
11 prescription.
 
12      "Prescription drug" means any drug sold on prescription."
 
13 (2) By amending the definitions of "cosmetics," "drug" and
 
14 "pharmacy" to read as follows:
 
15      ""Cosmetics," which includes "soap", "dentifrice", and
 
16 "toilet article", means:
 
17      (2)  [articles] Articles intended to be rubbed, poured, or
 
18           sprinkled on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to
 
19           the human body, or any part thereof, for cleansing,
 
20           beautifying, or promoting attractiveness; and
 
21      (3)  [articles] Articles intended for use as a component of
 
22           any such articles.
 

 
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 1      "Drug" means:
 
 2      (1)  [articles] Articles recognized in the official United
 
 3           States pharmacopoeia, official homeopathic
 
 4           pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official
 
 5           national formulary, or any supplement to any of
 
 6           them[,];
 
 7      (2)  Articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure,
 
 8           mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in
 
 9           human beings or animals; [and (2) articles]
 
10      (3)  Articles (other than food or clothing) intended to
 
11           affect the structure or any function of the body of
 
12           human beings or animals; and [(3) articles]
 
13      (4)  Articles intended for use as a component of any
 
14           articles specified in [clause] paragraph (1), [or] (2),
 
15           or (3), above; provided that the term "drug" shall not
 
16           include [patent medicines, electrical or mechanical
 
17           devices] devices or their components, parts or
 
18           accessories, cosmetics, [and] or liquor as defined in
 
19           section 281-1.
 
20      "Pharmacy" means every store, shop, or place [where]:
 
21      (1)  Where prescription drugs are dispensed or sold at
 
22           retail, or displayed for sale at retail; or
 

 
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 1      (2)  [where physicians] Where practitioners' prescriptions
 
 2           or drug preparations are compounded; or
 
 3      (3)  [which] Which has upon it or displayed within it, or
 
 4           affixed to or used in connection with it, a sign
 
 5           bearing the word or words "pharmacist", "pharmacy",
 
 6           "apothecary", "drug store", "druggist", "drugs",
 
 7           "medicines", "medicine store", "drug sundries",
 
 8           "remedies", or any word or words of similar or like
 
 9           import; or
 
10      (4)  [any store or shop or other place with respect to
 
11           which] Where any of the above words or combination of
 
12           words are used in any advertisement.
 
13 The meaning of "pharmacy" shall not include any medical oxygen
 
14 distributor."
 
15 (3) By repealing the definition of "patent medicine."
 
16      "["Patent medicine" means any packaged, bottled, or nonbulk
 
17 chemical, drug, or medicine, when identified by and sold under a
 
18 trademark, trade name, or other trade symbol privately owned or
 
19 registered in the United States Patent Office, or registered as
 
20 provided by the laws of the State, and which is labeled with
 
21 directions for use, and bears the name and address of the
 
22 manufacturer or distributor; provided that the chemical, drug, or
 

 
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 1 medicine meets the requirements of the pure food and drug laws of
 
 2 the United States and the State.  "Patent medicine" shall not
 
 3 include therapeutic vitamins when used either alone, or in
 
 4 combination with other drugs.]"
 
 5      SECTION 7.  Section 461-15, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 6 amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
 
 7      "(a) It shall be unlawful:
 
 8      (1)  For any person to sell or offer for sale at public
 
 9           auction, or to sell or offer for sale at private sale
 
10           in a place where public auctions are conducted, any
 
11           prescription drugs without first obtaining a permit
 
12           from the board of pharmacy to do so;
 
13      (2)  For any person to [in any manner] distribute or
 
14           dispense samples of any prescription drugs [or medical
 
15           supplies] without first obtaining a permit from the
 
16           board to do so; provided that nothing in this paragraph
 
17           shall interfere with the furnishing of samples or drugs
 
18           directly to physicians, druggists, dentists,
 
19           veterinarians, and optometrists for use in their
 
20           professional practice;
 
21      (3)  For wholesalers to sell, distribute, or dispense any
 
22           prescription drug, except to a pharmacist, physician,
 

 
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 1           dentist, veterinarian, or optometrist who is allowed to
 
 2           use pharmaceutical agents under chapter 459 or to a
 
 3           generally recognized industrial, agricultural,
 
 4           manufacturing, or scientific user of drugs for
 
 5           professional or business purposes; provided that it
 
 6           shall be unlawful for wholesalers to sell, distribute,
 
 7           or dispense any prescription pharmaceutical agent which
 
 8           is not listed under section 459-15 to any optometrist;
 
 9      (4)  For any wholesale prescription drug distributor to sell
 
10           or distribute medical oxygen except to a licensed
 
11           practitioner with prescriptive authority, a pharmacist,
 
12           a medical oxygen distributor, to a patient or a
 
13           patient's agent, pursuant to a prescription, or to a
 
14           legitimate recipient for "emergency use".
 
15      (5)  For any medical oxygen distributor to supply medical
 
16           oxygen pursuant to a prescription order to a patient or
 
17           a patient's agent without first obtaining a permit from
 
18           the board to do so; and
 
19      [(4)](6)  For any person, as principal or agent, to conduct
 
20           or engage in the business of preparing, manufacturing,
 
21           compounding, packing, or repacking any drug without
 
22           first obtaining a permit from the board to do so; and
 

 
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 1      [(5)](7)  For any out-of-state pharmacy or entity engaging
 
 2           in the practice of pharmacy, in any manner to
 
 3           distribute, ship, mail, or deliver prescription drugs
 
 4           or devices into the State without first obtaining a
 
 5           permit from the board; provided that the applicant
 
 6           shall:
 
 7           (A)  Provide the location, names, and titles of all
 
 8                principal corporate officers;
 
 9           (B)  Attest that the applicant or any personnel of the
 
10                applicant has not been found in violation of any
 
11                state or federal drug laws, including the illegal
 
12                use of drugs or improper distribution of drugs;
 
13           (C)  Submit verification of a valid unexpired license,
 
14                permit, or registration in good standing to
 
15                conduct the pharmacy in compliance with the laws
 
16                of the home state and agree to maintain in good
 
17                standing such license, permit, or registration;
 
18                and
 
19           (D)  Have in its employ a registered pharmacist whose
 
20                registration is current and in good standing."
 
21      SECTION 8.  Section 461-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
22 amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
 

 
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 1      "(a)  The board shall collect application, license, and
 
 2 permit fees for each permit to operate a pharmacy or for each
 
 3 license to operate as a wholesale prescription drug distributor
 
 4 and a fee for the issuance of a permit in accordance with section
 
 5 461-15(a)(1), [(4), and] (5)[.], (6) and (7)."
 
 6      SECTION 9.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 7 New statutory material is underscored.
 
 8      SECTION 10.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
 9 
 
10                           INTRODUCED BY: ________________________
 

 
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