§ 5-19.1-30 - List of drugs to be posted – Display of current selling price required – Exception. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 5-19.1-30

   § 5-19.1-30  List of drugs to be posted– Display of current selling price required – Exception. – (a) The director of the department of health shall compile a list of at leastten (10) prescribed health maintenance drugs and forward it to the board ofpharmacy which shall distribute that list to all pharmacies in the state. Eachpharmacy shall post, in a clear and legible form, on that list, the currentselling price of each prescription drug listed.

   (b) "Current selling price" means the actual price to be paidby a retail purchaser to the pharmacy for any prescription drug listed at theusual strength and amount listed.

   (c) Each pharmacy:

   (1) Shall conspicuously display the list of the ten (10)prescribed health maintenance prescription drugs at or adjacent to the place inthe pharmacy where prescriptions are presented for compounding and dispensing;

   (2) Shall, upon request, provide to a consumer who possessesa prescription for any listed prescription drug, the current selling price ofthat drug; and

   (3) May change the current selling price and the posting ofthat price on the list at any time.

   (d) The requirements of this section do not apply to an orderto dispense a drug for immediate administration to a hospital patient.