32-1983 - Arizona Statutes

32-1983. Restrictions on transactions A. A full service wholesale permittee may accept prescription-only drug returns or exchanges from a pharmacy or chain pharmacy warehouse pursuant to the terms of an agreement between the full service wholesale permittee and the pharmacy or chain pharmacy warehouse. The full service wholesale permittee shall not accept as returns or exchanges from the pharmacy or chain pharmacy warehouse: 1. Adulterated or counterfeited prescription-only drugs. 2. An amount or quantity of a prescription-only drug that exceeds the amount or quantity that the full service wholesale permittee or another full service wholesale permittee under common ownership sold to the pharmacy or chain pharmacy warehouse. B. A full service wholesale permittee may furnish prescription-only drugs only to a pharmacy or medical practitioner. The full service wholesale permittee must first verify that person holds a valid license or permit. C. The full service wholesale permittee must deliver prescription-only drugs only to the premises listed on the license or permit. A full service wholesale permittee may furnish prescription-only drugs to an authorized person or agent of that premises if: 1. The full service wholesale permittee properly establishes the person's identity and authority. 2. Delivery to an authorized person or agent is used only to meet the immediate needs of a particular patient of the authorized person. D. A full service wholesale permittee may furnish prescription-only drugs to a pharmacy receiving area if a pharmacist or authorized receiving personnel sign, at the time of delivery, a receipt showing the type and quantity of the prescription-only drug received. Any discrepancy between receipt and the type and quantity of the prescription-only drug actually received must be reported to the full service wholesale permittee by the next business day after the delivery to the pharmacy receiving area. E. A full service wholesale permittee shall not accept payment for or allow the use of a person or entity's credit to establish an account for the purchase of prescription-only drugs from any person other than the owner of record, the chief executive officer or the chief financial officer listed on the license or permit of a person or entity legally authorized to receive prescription-only drugs. Any account established for the purchase of prescription-only drugs must bear the name of the licensee or permittee.