(1) No person shall take, use or exhibit the title of drug, drug store, pharmacy or apothecary, or any combination of such names or titles, or any title, name or description of like import, or any form designed to take the place of such a title, or use any place with respect to which any of those terms are used in any advertisement or telephone directory listing, unless the facility has been issued a permit by the board.
(2) No person shall call himself or hold himself out as or use the title of “pharmacist,” “registered pharmacist,” “licensed pharmacist,” “druggist,” or use the initials “R.Ph.” or terms which would imply that he is a pharmacist, unless he is duly licensed under the provisions of KRS Chapter 315.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 315.030

  • Board: means the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy. See Kentucky Statutes 315.010
  • Drug: means any of the following:
    (a) Articles recognized as drugs or drug products in any official compendium or supplement thereto. See Kentucky Statutes 315.010
  • Pharmacist: means a natural person licensed by this state to engage in the practice of the profession of pharmacy. See Kentucky Statutes 315.010
  • Pharmacy: means every place where:
    (a) Drugs are dispensed under the direction of a pharmacist. See Kentucky Statutes 315.010

(3) Effective April 1, 2009, a person shall not call himself or herself or hold himself or herself out as a or use the title of “pharmacy technician” unless the person is duly registered under KRS § 315.136 or 315.138.
Effective: July 15, 2008
History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 148, sec. 9, effective July 15, 2008. — Amended
1982 Ky. Acts ch. 191, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1982. — Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch.
221, sec. 3. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1376t.