63 Pa. Stat. § 390-4.1

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-95
Section 390-4.1 - Nonresident Pharmacies
(a) A nonresident pharmacy shall register on a biennial basis with the board and obtain a certificate of registration to conduct a pharmacy in accordance with this section. The nonresident pharmacy shall:
(1) Disclose on the initial and renewal registration applications the location, names and titles of all principal corporate officers, if applicable, and the pharmacist in charge. A nonresident pharmacy shall report to the board within thirty days after any change of location or pharmacist in charge.
(2) Submit a statement that the nonresident pharmacy complies with all lawful directions and requests for information from the regulatory or licensing agency of the state in which it is licensed as well as complies with all requests for information made by the board pursuant to this section.
(3) Maintain at all times, a valid unexpired license, permit or registration to conduct the pharmacy in compliance with the laws of the state in which the nonresident pharmacy is located.
(4) Before receiving a certificate of registration from the board, submit a copy of the most recent inspection report resulting from an inspection conducted by the regulatory or licensing agency of the state in which the nonresident pharmacy is located or by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy's Verified Pharmacy Program.
(b) A nonresident pharmacy shall, during its regular hours of operation, but not less than six days per week, and for a minimum of forty hours per week, provide a toll-free telephone number to facilitate communication between patients in this Commonwealth and a pharmacist who is licensed in this Commonwealth or in the state in which the nonresident pharmacy is located and who has access to the patient's records. The toll-free telephone number shall be disclosed on a label affixed to each container of drugs dispensed to patients in this Commonwealth.
(c) A nonresident pharmacy shall report to the board within thirty days of final disposition any disciplinary action taken by the regulatory or licensing agency of the state in which the nonresident pharmacy is located.
(d) A nonresident pharmacy may not engage in the business of shipping, mailing or delivering legend devices or legend drugs in this Commonwealth unless the nonresident pharmacy has been issued a certificate of registration by the board and has paid the fee established by the board by regulation for issuance or renewal of the certificate of registration. Applications for a certificate of registration or renewal as a nonresident pharmacy shall be made on a form furnished by the board. The board may require the information it deems reasonably necessary to carry out the purpose of this section.
(e) The board may deny, revoke or suspend any certificate of registration as a nonresident pharmacy for failure to comply with any requirement of this section.
(f) The board may deny, revoke or suspend any certificate of registration as a nonresident pharmacy for conduct which causes serious bodily injury or serious psychological injury to a resident of this Commonwealth provided that the board has referred the matter to the regulatory or licensing agency in the state in which the nonresident pharmacy is located.
(g) The board may deny, revoke or suspend any certificate of registration as a nonresident pharmacy upon proof satisfactory to the board that the nonresident pharmacy's permit to conduct a pharmacy was suspended or revoked or the nonresident pharmacy was otherwise disciplined by the proper licensing authority of another state.
(h) It shall be unlawful for a nonresident pharmacy that has not been issued a certificate of registration pursuant to this section to advertise its services in this Commonwealth, or for a person who is a resident of this Commonwealth to advertise the pharmacy services of a nonresident pharmacy that has not received a certificate of registration from the board, with the knowledge that the advertisement will or is likely to induce members of the public in this Commonwealth to use the pharmacy for dispensing prescriptions.

63 P.S. § 390-4.1

Added by P.L. TBD 2015 No. 43, § 3, eff. 12/6/2015.