Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-1930

• Automated prescription-dispensing kiosk: means a mechanical system that is operated as an extension of a pharmacy, that maintains all transaction information within the pharmacy operating system, that is separately permitted from the pharmacy and that performs operations that either:

  (a) Accept a prescription or refill order, store prepackaged or repackaged medications, label and dispense patient-specific prescriptions and provide counseling on new or refilled prescriptions. See Arizona Laws 32-1901

• Compressed medical gas distributor: means a person that holds a current permit issued by the board to distribute compressed medical gases to compressed medical gas suppliers and other entities that are registered, licensed or permitted to use, administer or distribute compressed medical gases. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
• Compressed medical gas supplier: means a person that holds a current permit issued by the board to supply compressed medical gases pursuant to a compressed medical gas order and only to the consumer or the patient. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
• Controlled substance: means a drug, substance or immediate precursor that is identified, defined or listed in Title 36, Chapter 27, Article 2 or the rules adopted pursuant to Title 36, Chapter 27, article 2. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
• Director: means the director of the division of narcotics enforcement and criminal investigation of the department of public safety. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
• Dispense: means to deliver to an ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including prescribing, administering, packaging, labeling or compounding as necessary to prepare for that delivery. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
• Distributor: means a person who distributes. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
• Drug: means :

  (a) Articles that are recognized, or for which standards or specifications are prescribed, in the official compendium. See Arizona Laws 32-1901

• Durable medical equipment: means technologically sophisticated medical equipment as prescribed by the board in rule that a patient or consumer may use in a home or residence and that may be a prescription-only device. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
• Limited service pharmacy: means a pharmacy that is approved by the board to practice a limited segment of pharmacy as indicated by the permit issued by the board. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
• Medical practitioner: means any medical doctor, doctor of osteopathic medicine, dentist, podiatrist, veterinarian or other person who is licensed and authorized by law to use and prescribe drugs and devices to treat sick and injured human beings or animals or to diagnose or prevent sickness in human beings or animals in this state or any state, territory or district of the United States. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
• Package: means a receptacle that is defined or described in the United States pharmacopeia and the national formulary as adopted by the board. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
• Pharmacy: means :

  (a) Any place where drugs, devices, poisons or related hazardous substances are offered for sale at retail or where prescription orders are dispensed by a licensed pharmacist. See Arizona Laws 32-1901

• Practitioner: means any physician, dentist, veterinarian, scientific investigator or other person who is licensed, registered or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to or administer a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or research in this state, or any pharmacy, hospital or other institution that is licensed, registered or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to or administer a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or research in this state. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
• Prescription: means either a prescription order or a prescription medication. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
• revoke: means the official cancellation of a license, permit, registration or other approval authorized by the board for a period of two years unless otherwise specified by the board. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
• Third-party logistics provider: means an entity that provides or coordinates warehousing or other logistics services for the following items, but that does not take ownership of the items, and that distributes those items as directed by a manufacturer, wholesaler, dispenser or durable medical equipment supplier that is permitted by the board:

  (a) Narcotic drugs or other controlled substances. See Arizona Laws 32-1901

• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215