Section 20-712
§ 20-712 Definitions. (a) "Current selling price" means the price to
be paid by the purchaser to the pharmacy for a listed drug.
(b) "Prescription drugs" means any drug which may be dispensed only
with a physician's prescription.
(c) "Pharmacy" means any retail outlet selling prescription drugs
within the city.
(d) "Emergency contraception" means one or more prescription drugs,
used separately or in combination, to be administered to or
self-administered by the patient in a dosage and manner for preventing
pregnancy when used after intercourse, found safe and effective for that
use by the United States food and drug administration, and dispensed for
that purpose in accordance with professional standards of practice.
Section 20-713
§ 20-713 Display of prescription drug prices. Every pharmacy must
post, at each counter over which prescription drugs are sold, a list
conspicuously displaying the current selling price of the drugs
designated on a form prescribed for that purpose by the department.
Section 20-713.1
§ 20-713.1 Display of information relating to emergency contraception.
Any pharmacy that does not sell emergency contraception must
conspicuously post, at or adjacent to each counter over which
prescription drugs are sold, indicating in large type that emergency
contraception is not sold at such pharmacy.
Section 20-714
§ 20-714 Regulations. (a) The commissioner shall promulgate
regulations designating those prescription drugs which, because of the
frequency with which they are prescribed, shall be posted pursuant to
section 20-713. The commissioner may exempt from such regulation such
drugs to the extent that, and under such conditions as are consistent
with the policy of this subchapter whenever the commissioner shall find
that, because of the nature of such prescription drugs, compliance with
section 20-713 is unreasonably burdensome or unnecessary for adequate
protection of consumers.
(b) The commissioner shall promulgate such other regulations as shall
be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter, including,
but not limited to, requirements as to the manner of display of
prescription drug prices.
Section 20-715
§ 20-715 Penalties. Any person who shall violate the provisions of
section 20-713, section 20-713.1, or regulations promulgated pursuant to
this subchapter shall pay a civil penalty of not less than two hundred
fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for the first offense
and for each succeeding offense a penalty of not less than five hundred
dollars nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars for each such
violation and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of
not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than five hundred
dollars for the first offense and for each succeeding offense a fine of
not less than five hundred dollars nor more than seven hundred fifty
dollars for each such violation. For the purposes of this section, if on
any single day the current selling price list is not displayed in
accordance with section 20.713 or regulations promulgated pursuant to
this subchapter, or the required signage is not displayed in accordance
with section 20.713.1 or regulations promulgated pursuant to this
subchapter, it shall be considered a single violation.