OAR 855-050-0070
Prescription Drugs


(1)

The following are prescription drugs:

(a)

Drugs required by federal law to be labeled with either of the following statements:

(A)

“Caution: Federal law prohibits dispensing without prescription”

(B)

“Caution: Federal law restricts this drug to be used by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian”; or

(C)

“Rx only”

(b)

Drugs designated as prescription drugs by the Oregon Board of Pharmacy

(2)

The Oregon Board of Pharmacy designates the following drugs as prescription drugs:

(a)

Preparations containing codeine or salts of codeine

(b)

Preparations containing opium/paregoric

(3)

No person shall sell, give away, barter, transfer, purchase, receive or possess prescription drugs except upon the prescription of a practitioner.

(4)

The following are exempt from the prohibition of section (3) of this rule:

(a)

Manufacturers

(b)

Wholesalers;

(c)

Institutional and retail drug outlets;

(d)

Practitioners.

(5)

Individuals who purchase, receive, or possess a prescription drug for the purpose of administration or delivery to a patient are exempt from the prohibition against purchasing, receiving, or possessing prescription drugs contained in section (3) of this rule and ORS 689.765(6).
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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