(1)(a) All persons licensed or registered under this
article 280 shall keep and maintain records of the receipt, distribution, or other
disposal of prescription drugs or controlled substances, shall make the records
available to the board upon request for inspection, copying, verification, or any
other purpose, and shall retain the records for two years or for a period otherwise
required by law.
(b)The board may permit a wholesaler to maintain a portion of its records at
a central location that is different from the storage facility of the wholesaler. If the
board grants the permission, the wholesaler shall make available all relevant
records within forty-eight hours after a request for inspection, copying, verification,
or any other purpose by the board. The wholesaler shall m
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(1) (a) All persons licensed or registered under this
article 280 shall keep and maintain records of the receipt, distribution, or other
disposal of prescription drugs or controlled substances, shall make the records
available to the board upon request for inspection, copying, verification, or any
other purpose, and shall retain the records for two years or for a period otherwise
required by law.
(b) The board may permit a wholesaler to maintain a portion of its records at
a central location that is different from the storage facility of the wholesaler. If the
board grants the permission, the wholesaler shall make available all relevant
records within forty-eight hours after a request for inspection, copying, verification,
or any other purpose by the board. The wholesaler shall make all other records that
are available for immediate access readily available to the board.
(2) A wholesaler shall establish and maintain inventories and records of all
transactions regarding the receipt and distribution of prescription drugs. A
wholesaler shall make its records available to the board in accordance with
subsection (1) of this section. A wholesaler shall include the following information in
its records:
(a) The source of the prescription drugs, including the name and principal
address of the seller or transferor of the prescription drugs and the address of the
location from which the prescription drugs were shipped;
(b) The identity and quantity of the drugs received, distributed, or disposed
of by the wholesale distributor; and
(c) The dates of receipt, distribution, or other disposition of the prescription
drugs.
(3) The record of any controlled substance distributed, administered,
dispensed, or otherwise used must show the date the controlled substance was
distributed, administered, dispensed, used, or otherwise disposed of, the name and
address of the person to whom or for whose use the controlled substance was
distributed, administered, dispensed, used, or otherwise disposed of, and the kind
and quantity of the controlled substance.
(4) Manufacturing records of controlled substances must include the kind
and quantity of controlled substances produced or removed from process of
manufacture and the dates of production or removal from process of manufacture.
(5) A person who maintains a record required by federal law that contains
substantially the same information as set forth in subsections (1) to (4) of this
section is deemed to comply with the record-keeping requirements of this section.
(6) A person required to maintain records pursuant to this section shall keep
a record of any controlled substance lost, destroyed, or stolen, the kind and
quantity of the controlled substance, and the date of the loss, destruction, or theft.
(7) Prescription drug outlets shall report thefts of controlled substances to
the proper law enforcement agencies and to the board within thirty days after the
occurrence of the thefts.
(8) A person licensed, registered, or otherwise authorized under this article
280 or other laws of this state shall distribute, administer, dispense, use, or
otherwise dispose of controlled substances listed in schedule I or II of part 2 of
article 18 of title 18 only pursuant to an order form. Compliance with the provisions
of federal law respecting order forms is deemed compliance with this section.
(9) Prescriptions, orders, and records required by this part 1 and stocks of
controlled substances are open for inspection only to federal, state, county, and
municipal officers whose duty it is to enforce the laws of this state or of the United
States relating to controlled substances or the regulation of practitioners. No
officer having knowledge by virtue of his or her office, of a prescription, order, or
record shall divulge his or her knowledge, except in connection with a prosecution
or proceeding in court or before a licensing or registration board or officer to which
prosecution or proceeding the person to whom the prescriptions, orders, or records
relate is a party.
(10) The board shall allow electronic storage of records required to be
maintained pursuant to this section.