(a) “Remote dispensing site pharmacy” means a licensed pharmacy located in this state that is exclusively overseen and operated by a supervising pharmacy and staffed by one or more qualified registered pharmacy technicians, as defined in Section 4132, where pharmaceutical care services, including, but not limited to, the storage and dispensing of prescription drugs and controlled substances, drug regimen review, and patient counseling, are remotely monitored or provided, or both, by a licensed pharmacist through the use of telepharmacy technology.

(b) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, a remote dispensing site pharmacy shall comply with all state and federal laws regulating the practice of pharmacy.

(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 548, Sec. 2. (AB 401) Effective January 1, 2018.)