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§59-353.7.


§59-353.7.
   
   The State Board of Pharmacy shall have the powers and duties to:
   
   1. Regulate the practice of pharmacy;
   
   2. Regulate the sale of drugs, medicines, chemicals and poisons;
   
   3. Regulate the dispensing of drugs and medicines in all places where
   drugs and medicines are compounded or dispensed;
   
   4. Enter and inspect, by its members or by its duly authorized
   representatives, any and all places, including premises, equipment,
   contents and records, where drugs, medicines, chemicals or poisons are
   stored, sold, vended, given away, compounded, dispensed or
   manufactured;
   
   5. Employ the number of inspectors necessary to carry out the
   provisions of the Oklahoma Pharmacy Act at an annual salary to be
   fixed by the Board, and to authorize necessary expenses. Such
   inspectors shall have the same powers and authority as that granted to
   peace officers by the laws of this state for the purpose of enforcing
   the Oklahoma Pharmacy Act. In addition, such inspectors shall have the
   authority and the duty to confiscate all drugs, medicines, chemicals
   or poisons found to be stored, sold, vended, given away, compounded,
   dispensed or manufactured contrary to the provisions of the Oklahoma
   Pharmacy Act;
   
   6. Prescribe minimum standards with respect to floor space and other
   physical characteristics of pharmacies, as may be reasonably necessary
   to the maintenance of professional surroundings and to the protection
   of the safety and welfare of the public, and to refuse the issuance of
   new or renewal licenses for failure to comply with such standards;
   
   7. Examine and issue appropriate certificates of registration as
   pharmacists to all applicants whom it shall deem qualified to be such
   under the provisions of the Oklahoma Pharmacy Act;
   
   8. Investigate complaints, hold hearings and subpoena witnesses and
   records;
   
   9. Initiate prosecution;
   
   10. Reprimand or place on probation any holder of a certificate,
   license or permit; suspend or revoke certificates, licenses or
   permits, and levy fines not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00)
   for each count for which any holder of a certificate, license or
   permit has been convicted in Board hearings;
   
   11. Adopt and establish rules of professional conduct appropriate to
   the establishment and maintenance of a high standard of integrity and
   dignity in the profession of pharmacy. Such rules shall be subject to
   amendment or repeal by the Board as the need may arise;
   
   12. Perform such other duties, exercise such other powers and employ
   such other personnel as the provisions and enforcement of the Oklahoma
   Pharmacy Act may require; and
   
   13. Make and publish uniform rules such as may be necessary for
   carrying out and enforcing the provisions of the Oklahoma Pharmacy
   Act, Oklahoma drug laws and rules, federal drug laws and regulations,
   and such other areas as in its discretion may be necessary to protect
   the health, safety and welfare of the public.
   

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