West Virginia Code 30-5-24 – Permits for mail-order pharmacy
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(a) A mail-order pharmacy which dispenses drugs shall register with the board.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 30-5-24
- Board: means the West Virginia Board of Pharmacy. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Mail-order pharmacy: means a pharmacy, regardless of its location, which dispenses greater than 25 percent of its prescription drugs via the mail or other delivery services. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Pharmacist-in-charge: means a pharmacist currently licensed in this state who accepts responsibility for the operation of a pharmacy in conformance with all laws and legislative rules pertinent to the practice of pharmacist care and the distribution of drugs and who is personally in full charge of the pharmacy and pharmacy personnel. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
- Pharmacy: means any place within this state where drugs are dispensed and pharmacist care is provided and any place outside of this state where drugs are dispensed and pharmacist care is provided to residents of this state. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
- wholesale distributor: means any person or entity engaged in wholesale distribution of prescription drugs, including, but not limited to, manufacturers, repackers, own-label distributors, jobbers, private-label distributors, brokers, warehouses, including manufacturers' and distributors' warehouses, chain drug warehouses and wholesale drug warehouses, independent wholesale drug traders, prescription drug repackagers, physicians, dentists, veterinarians, birth control and other clinics, individuals, hospitals, nursing homes and/or their providers, health maintenance organizations and other health care providers, and retail and hospital pharmacies that conduct wholesale distributions, including, but not limited to, any pharmacy distributor as defined in this section. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
(b) A mail-order pharmacy shall submit an application for a permit to the board. The application shall require the following information:
(1) The owner of the mail-order pharmacy, whether an individual, a partnership, or a corporation.
(2) The names and titles of all individual owners, partners or corporate officers.
(3) The pharmacy manager.
(4) The pharmacist-in-charge.
(5) The complete address, telephone number and fax number of the mail-order pharmacy.
(c) This section does not apply to any mail-order pharmacy which operates solely as a wholesale distributor.