Section 61-02-08-01 - Purpose and scope1. The state board of pharmacy is responsible for maintaining, continuing, and enhancing the development of the education and professional role of the pharmacist for the protection of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of North Dakota. 2. Rural North Dakota is facing an accessibility problem due to closing pharmacies. 3. In order to maintain or make pharmacy services available in areas that have lost their pharmacies or are in jeopardy of losing their pharmacies, rules are necessary to permit telepharmacies. 4. This chapter applies to central pharmacies, each with one or more remote sites. Both the central pharmacy and remote site may be located within North Dakota, either the remote site or the central pharmacy, may be located in a contiguous state. N.D. Admin Code 61-02-08-01
Effective October 1, 2001; amended effective December 1, 2003; January 1, 2005.General Authority: NDCC 43-15-10(7)(9)(11)(12)(14)(19)
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-15-10, 43-15-32, 43-15-34, 43-15-35