OAR 855-062-0050
Prohibited Practices


(1)

The following practices are expressly prohibited:

(a)

A Drug Distribution Agent may not participate in the purchase of a drug from a closed-door pharmacy;

(b)

A Drug Distribution Agent may not participate in any way in the sale, distribution or transfer of a drug to a person who is required by the laws and rules of Oregon to be registered with the Board and who is not appropriately registered. Before authorizing or facilitating the distribution of a drug, a Drug Distribution Agent must verify that the person supplying or receiving the drug is appropriately registered with the Board.

(2)

A Drug Distribution Agent may not perform, cause the performance of, or aid the performance of any of the following:

(a)

The manufacture, repackaging, sale, delivery, holding, or offering for sale of a drug that is adulterated, misbranded, counterfeit, suspected counterfeit, or is otherwise unfit for distribution;

(b)

The adulteration, misbranding, or counterfeiting of a drug;

(c)

The receipt of a drug that is adulterated, misbranded, stolen, obtained by fraud or deceit, counterfeit, or suspected counterfeit, and the delivery or proffered delivery of the drug for pay or otherwise;

(d)

The alteration, mutilation, destruction, obliteration, or removal of the whole or a part of the labeling of a drug or the commission of another act with respect to a drug that results in the drug being misbranded;

(e)

The forging, counterfeiting, simulating, or falsely representing a drug using a mark, stamp, tag, label, or other identification device;

(f)

The purchase or receipt of a drug from a person that is not registered to distribute drugs to the purchaser or recipient;

(g)

The sale or transfer of a drug to a person that is not authorized under the law of the jurisdiction in which the person receives the drug, to purchase or receive drugs from the person selling or transferring the drug;

(h)

The failure to maintain or provide records as required under these rules;

(i)

Providing the Board, a representative of the Board, or a state or federal official with false or fraudulent records or making false or fraudulent statements regarding a matter related to these rules;

(j)

Participating in the wholesale distribution of a drug that was:

(A)

Purchased by a public or private hospital or other health care entity under the terms of an “own-use” contract; or

(B)

Donated or supplied at a reduced price to a charitable organization; or

(C)

Stolen or obtained by fraud or deceit; or

(D)

Illegally imported into the USA.

(k)

Facilitating the distribution or attempting to facilitate the distribution of a drug by fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation;

(l)

Facilitating the distribution of a drug that was previously dispensed by a retail pharmacy or a practitioner;

(m)

Failing to report an act prohibited by any of the rules in OAR Chapter 855 to the appropriate state or federal authorities.

Source: Rule 855-062-0050 — Prohibited Practices, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=855-062-0050.

Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

Rule 855-062-0050’s source at or​.us