Subchapter 3 - POSTING OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES AND NOTICES

Section 20-712

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

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

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

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

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.