1. (a)

   1. (1) All prescription drugs shall be stored, maintained, administered, dispensed, and prescribed in compliance with federal and state laws.
   2. (2) Veterinarians who dispense pharmaceuticals must comply with the following minimum standards for drug procedures.

2. (b) Except for labeled manufactured drugs with proper instructions, all drugs dispensed shall be labeled with:

   1. (1) Name, address, and telephone number of the facility;
   2. (2) Name of client;
   3. (3) Animal identification;
   4. (4) Date dispensed;
   5. (5) Directions for use;
   6. (6) Name and strength of drug;
   7. (7) Quantity dispensed;
   8. (8) Name of the prescribing veterinarian; and
   9. (9) The statement “For Veterinary Use Only”.
3. (c) A lay employee may count, fill, and label a prescription under the direct order of the veterinarian according to his or her specific instructions.
4. (d) A record of all drugs administered or dispensed shall be kept in the records of the individual animal if the animal is a companion animal, or in the client’s record if the animal is an economic animal.

5. (e)

   1. (1) Prescription drugs may not be purchased, advertised, displayed, sold, or bartered by veterinarians except in the course of their professional practice.
   2. (2) The fact that the individual is a veterinarian does not provide any exception that is not also available to nonveterinarians.
   3. (3) Veterinarians who are in the employ of drug manufacturers or distributors and veterinarians who operate their own drug distributorship or sales outlets cannot legally sell prescription drugs or issue prescriptions for them outside the scope of a professional practice.

6. (f)

   1. (1) Practicing veterinarians and their employees cannot legally sell prescription drugs to walk-in customers unless a valid veterinarian-client-patient relationship exists.
   2. (2) Prescription drugs may only be sold through a retail outlet, by mail order, a route salesman, or other sales method on the written order (prescription) of a licensed veterinarian who has established a valid veterinarian-client-patient relationship and that written order (prescription) is filled by a veterinarian or pharmacist currently licensed by the State of Arkansas.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided the following at the beginning of the section: “(Adopted: 6/23/1993) (Amended: 11/12/2008) (Effective: 1/1/2009)”.