AI-assisted research summary: This provision makes many prescription-drug and medical-oxygen activities unlawful unless the actor first gets the required permit from the board, with some listed exceptions.
(a) It shall be unlawful: (1) For any person to sell or offer for sale at public auction, or to sell or offer for sale at private sale in a place where public auctions are conducted, any prescription drugs without first obtaining a permit from the board of pharmacy to do so; (2) For any person to distribute or dispense samples of any prescription drugs without first obtaining a permit from the board to do so; provided that nothing in this paragraph shall interfere with the furnishing of samples or drugs directly to physicians, druggists, dentists, veterinarians, and optometrists for use in their professional practice; (3) For wholesalers to sell, distribute, or dispense any prescription drug, except to a pharmacist, physician, dentist, veterinarian, or optometrist who is allowed to use pharmaceutical agents under chapter 459 or to a generally recognized industrial, agricultural, manufacturing, or scientific user of drugs for professional or business purposes; provided that it shall be unlawful for wholesalers to sell, distribute, or dispense any prescription pharmaceutical agent that is not approved by the board of examiners in optometry; (4) For any wholesale prescription drug distributor to sell or distribute medical oxygen except to a: (A) Licensed practitioner with prescriptive authority; (B) Pharmacist; (C) Medical oxygen distributor; (D) Patient or a patient's agent pursuant to a prescription; or (E) Emergency medical services for administration by trained personnel for oxygen deficiency and resuscitation; (5) For any medical oxygen distributor to supply medical oxygen pursuant to a prescription order, to a patient or a patient's agent, without first obtaining a permit from the board to do so; (6) For any person, as principal or agent, to conduct or engage in the business of preparing, manufacturing, compounding, packing, or repacking any drug without first obtaining a permit from the board to do so; and (7) For any out-of-state pharmacy or entity engaging in the practice of pharmacy, in any manner to distribute, ship, mail, or deliver prescription drugs or devices into the State without first obtaining a permit from the board; provided that the applicant shall: (A) Provide the location, names, and titles of all principal corporate officers; (B) Attest that the applicant or any personnel of the applicant has not been found in violation of any state or federal drug laws, including the illegal use of drugs or improper distribution of drugs; (C) Submit verification of a valid unexpired license, permit, or registration in good standing to conduct the pharmacy in compliance with the laws of the home state and agree to maintain in good standing the license, permit, or registration; and (D) Have in its employ a registered pharmacist whose registration is current and in good standing. (b) A person whose application for a permit has been denied may file for an administrative hearing in conformity with chapter 91. [L 1949, c 175, pt of §1; am L 1953, c 76, §2; RL 1955, §71-15; HRS ; am L 1985, c 294, §5; am L 1993, c 259, §1; am L 2000, c 83, §7; am L 2002, c 164, §5]