The Board of Pharmacy shall have the power and duty to:

1. 1. Regulate the practice of pharmacy;
2. 2. Regulate the sale of drugs, medicines, chemicals and poisons;
3. 3. Regulate the dispensing of drugs and medicines in all places where drugs and medicines are compounded or dispensed;
4. 4. Enter and inspect, by its members or by its duly authorized representatives, any and all places, including premises, equipment, contents and records, where drugs, medicines, chemicals or poisons are stored, sold, vended, given away, compounded, dispensed or manufactured;
5. 5. Administer oaths in all matters pertaining to the affairs of the Board and to take evidence and compel the attendance of witnesses on questions pertaining to the enforcement of the Oklahoma Pharmacy Act;
6. 6. Employ the number of inspectors necessary to carry out the provisions of the Oklahoma Pharmacy Act at an annual salary to be fixed by the Board, and to authorize necessary expenses. Such inspectors shall have the same powers and authority as that granted to peace officers by the laws of this state for the purpose of enforcing the Oklahoma Pharmacy Act. In addition, such inspectors shall have the authority and the duty to confiscate all drugs, medicines, chemicals or poisons found to be stored, sold, vended, given away, compounded, dispensed or manufactured contrary to the provisions of the Oklahoma Pharmacy Act;
7. 7. Prescribe minimum standards with respect to floor space and other physical characteristics of pharmacies, as may be reasonably necessary to the maintenance of professional surroundings and to the protection of the safety and welfare of the public, and to refuse the issuance of new or renewal licenses for failure to comply with such standards;
8. 8. Examine and issue appropriate certificates of registration as Doctor of Pharmacy to all applicants whom it shall deem qualified to be such under the provisions of the Oklahoma Pharmacy Act;
9. 9. Investigate complaints, hold hearings and subpoena witnesses and records;
10. 10. Initiate prosecution;
11. 11. Reprimand or place on probation any holder of a certificate, license or permit; suspend or revoke certificates, licenses or permits, and levy fines not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each count for which any holder of a certificate, license or permit has been convicted in Board hearings. Provided, as a condition of corrective disciplinary sanctions, the Board may require extra continuing education or attendance at a live continuing education program, and may require participation in a rehabilitation program for the impaired. The Board may take such actions singly or in combination, as the nature of the violation requires;
12. 12. Adopt and establish rules of professional conduct appropriate to the establishment and maintenance of a high standard of integrity and dignity in the profession of pharmacy. Such rules shall be subject to amendment or repeal by the Board as the need may arise;
13. 13. Perform such other duties, exercise such other powers and employ such other personnel as the provisions and enforcement of the Oklahoma Pharmacy Act may require; and
14. 14. Make and publish uniform rules such as may be necessary for carrying out and enforcing the provisions of the Oklahoma Pharmacy Act, Oklahoma drug laws and rules, federal drug laws and regulations, and such other areas as in its discretion may be necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public.

Laws 1961, HB 655, c. 8, § 7, emerg. eff. May 22, 1961; Amended by Laws 1976, SB 642, c. 83, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 1976; Amended by Laws 1982, SB 376, c. 172, § 2, emerg. eff. April 16, 1982; Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1213, c. 199, § 6, emerg. eff. May 24, 1993; Amended by Laws 1997, SB 275, c. 250, § 3, eff. November 1, 1997 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2001, HB 1297, c. 281, § 3, eff. November 1, 2001 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2002, HB 2715, c. 408, § 2, emerg. eff. June 5, 2002 (superseded document available).