As used in division 4729:8 of the Administrative Code:
(A) "Controlled substance" has the same meaning as in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code and Chapter 4729:9-1 of the Administrative Code.
(B) "Central fill pharmacy" has the same meaning as in rule 4729:5-5-19 of the Administrative Code.
(C) "Distributor of dangerous drugs" or "drug distributor" means the following persons licensed in accordance with section 4729.52 of the Revised Code and division 4729:6 of the Administrative Code:
(1) Wholesale distributors of dangerous drugs, including virtual wholesalers.
(2) Manufacturers of dangerous drugs.
(3) Outsourcing facilities.
(D) "Designated representative" means the dispensary key employee responsible for acting in compliance with agency 3796 of the Administrative Code.
(E) "Dispense" means the final association of a drug with a particular patient pursuant to a prescription, drug order, or other lawful order of a prescriber and the professional judgment of and the responsibility for interpreting, preparing, compounding, labeling, and packaging a specific drug.
(F) "Dispensary" means a holder of a valid retail dispensary license in accordance with Chapter 3796. of the Revised Code.
(G) "Originating pharmacy" has the same meaning as in rule 4729:5-5-19 of the Administrative Code.
(H) "Opioid treatment program" has the same meaning as in Chapter 4729:5-21 of the Administrative Code.
(I) "Outpatient" means any person who receives drugs for use outside of an institutional facility as defined in agency 4729 of the Administrative Code.
(J) "Peer review committee" has the same meaning as in section 2305.25 of the Revised Code, except that it includes only a peer review committee of a hospital or a peer review committee of a nonprofit health care corporation that is a member of the hospital or of which the hospital is a member.
(K) "Personally furnish" means the distribution of drugs by a prescriber to the prescriber's patients for use outside the prescriber's practice setting.
(L) "Pharmacy" has the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code.
(M) "Prescriber" or "licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs" have the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code.
(N) "Terminal distributor of dangerous drugs" or "terminal distributor" has the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code.
(O) "Sale" and "sell" has the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code.
(P) "Wholesale sale" and "sale at wholesale" have the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. Wholesale sale also includes the following:
(1) An occasional sale conducted in accordance with section 4729.51 of the Revised Code;
(2) The sale of a sample or complimentary supply, as defined in rule 4729:6-3-08 of the Administrative Code, to a prescriber or terminal distributor;
(3) The transfer or sale of a non-patient specific dangerous drug to a prescriber or terminal distributor.
(Q) "Zero report" means either:
(1) A report documenting that none of the drugs listed in Chapter 4729:8-2 of the Administrative Code were sold, dispensed, or personally furnished during the required reporting period; or
(2) For a dispensary, a report documenting that no medical marijuana was sold or dispensed.
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