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...on 3719.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Drug of abuse" and "person with a drug dependency" have the same meanings as in section 3719.011 of the Revised Code. (C) "Drug," "dangerous drug," "licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs," and "prescription" have the same meanings as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. (D) "Bulk amount" of a controlled substance means any of the following: (1) ...

...he other person to become a person with drug dependency; (3) By any means, administer or furnish to another or induce or cause another to use a controlled substance, and thereby cause serious physical harm to the other person, or cause the other person to become a person with drug dependency; (4) By any means, do any of the following: (a) Furnish or administer a controlled substance to a juvenile who is at leas...

...h professionals authorized to prescribe drugs, pharmacists, owners of pharmacies, and other persons whose conduct is in accordance with Chapters 3719., 4715., 4723., 4729., 4730., 4731., 4741., and 4772. of the Revised Code; (2) If the offense involves an anabolic steroid, any person who is conducting or participating in a research project involving the use of an anabolic steroid if the project has been approved by...

...n (A) of this section that involves any drug other than marihuana is guilty of illegal manufacture of drugs, and whoever commits a violation of division (A) of this section that involves marihuana is guilty of illegal cultivation of marihuana. (2) Except as otherwise provided in this division, if the drug involved in the violation of division (A) of this section is any compound, mixture, preparation, or substance i...

...ion of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs. Except as otherwise provided in this division, illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs is a felony of the third degree, and, except as otherwise provided in division (C)(1) or (2) of this section, division (C) of section 2929.13 of the Revised Code applies in determining whether to impose a prison term on the offender. If the offense was ...

...e in the following amount: (1) If the drug to be sold or offered for sale is any compound, mixture, preparation, or substance included in schedule I or II, with the exception of marihuana, cocaine, L.S.D., heroin, any fentanyl-related compound, and hashish, or schedule III, IV, or V, an amount of the drug that equals or exceeds the bulk amount of the drug; (2) If the drug to be sold or offered for sale is marihua...

... approved by the United States food and drug administration for administration to human beings. (B) This section does not apply to any person listed in division (B)(1), (2), or (3) of section 2925.03 of the Revised Code to the extent and under the circumstances described in those divisions. (C) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of illegal administration or distribution of anabolic steroids, ...

... manufacture, possess, sell, or use any drug, other than a controlled substance, that is not approved by the United States food and drug administration, or the United States department of agriculture, unless one of the following applies: (1) The United States food and drug administration has approved an application for investigational use in accordance with the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 52 Stat. 1040 (...

...h professionals authorized to prescribe drugs, pharmacists, owners of pharmacies, and other persons whose conduct was in accordance with Chapters 3719., 4715., 4723., 4729., 4730., 4731., 4741., and 4772. of the Revised Code; (b) If the offense involves an anabolic steroid, any person who is conducting or participating in a research project involving the use of an anabolic steroid if the project has been approved ...

...he administration or use of a dangerous drug, other than marihuana, when the instrument involved is a hypodermic or syringe, whether or not of crude or extemporized manufacture or assembly, and the instrument, article, or thing involved has been used by the offender to unlawfully administer or use a dangerous drug, other than marihuana, or to prepare a dangerous drug, other than marihuana, for unlawful administration...

... be used for the commission of a felony drug abuse offense. (B) No person who is the owner, lessee, or occupant, or who has custody, control, or supervision, of premises or real estate, including vacant land, shall knowingly permit the premises or real estate, including vacant land, to be used for the commission of a felony drug abuse offense by another person. (C)(1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of pe...

...(A) As used in this section, "drug paraphernalia" means any equipment, product, or material of any kind that is used by the offender, intended by the offender for use, or designed for use, in propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing, concealing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling...

...(A) As used in this section, "drug paraphernalia" has the same meaning as in section 2925.14 of the Revised Code. (B) In determining if any equipment, product, or material is drug paraphernalia, a court or law enforcement officer shall consider, in addition to other relevant factors, all factors identified in division (B) of section 2925.14 of the Revised Code. (C) No person shall knowingly use, or possess with p...

... for, or the dispensing of, a dangerous drug or shall possess an uncompleted preprinted prescription blank used for writing a prescription for a dangerous drug. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of deception to obtain a dangerous drug. The penalty for the offense shall be determined as follows: (1) If the person possesses an uncompleted preprinted prescription blank used for writing a prescription for a...

...for a terminal distributor of dangerous drugs, as defined in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code; (5) License for a manufacturer of dangerous drugs, outsourcing facility, third-party logistics provider, repackager of dangerous drugs, or wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs, as defined in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. (C) No person, by theft as defined in section 2913.02 of the Revised Code, shall acqui...

...ingly adulterate or alter any dangerous drug or substitute any dangerous drug with another substance. (B) No person shall knowingly adulterate or alter any package or receptacle containing any dangerous drug or substitute any package or receptacle containing any dangerous drug with another package or receptacle. (C) Divisions (A) and (B) of this section do not apply to manufacturers, practitioners, pharmacists, own...

...nder previously has been convicted of a drug abuse offense, abusing harmful intoxicants is a felony of the fifth degree. (C)(1) If the offender is a professionally licensed person, in addition to any other sanction imposed for a violation of this section, the court immediately shall comply with section 2925.38 of the Revised Code. If the offender has a driver's or commercial driver's license or permit, section 29...

...nder previously has been convicted of a drug abuse offense, trafficking in harmful intoxicants is a felony of the fourth degree. If the offender is a professionally licensed person, in addition to any other sanction imposed for trafficking in harmful intoxicants, the court immediately shall comply with section 2925.38 of the Revised Code. If the offender has a driver's or commercial driver's license or permit, s...

...(A) As used in this section, "motor vehicle," "street," and "highway" have the same meanings as in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Unless authorized under Chapter 3719., 4715., 4729., 4731., 4741., or 4765. of the Revised Code, no person shall possess an open cartridge of nitrous oxide in either of the following circumstances: (1) While operating or being a passenger in or on a motor vehicle on a street, h...

... enforced by the United States Food and Drug Administration: (a) Coffee, tea, any soft drink, any energy drink, or any other caffeine-containing beverage; (b) Any energy product. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, no person shall knowingly sell or offer for sale a pure caffeine product. (C) Division (B) of this section does not prohibit a person from selling or offering for sale any product m...

...hall knowingly furnish another a sample drug. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to manufacturers, wholesalers, pharmacists, owners of pharmacies, licensed health professionals authorized to prescribe drugs, and other persons whose conduct is in accordance with Chapters 3719., 4715., 4723., 4725., 4729., 4730., 4731., 4741., and 4772. of the Revised Code. (C)(1) Whoever violates this section is guilt...

... is guilty of promoting and encouraging drug abuse. Except as otherwise provided in this division, promoting and encouraging drug abuse is a felony of the fifth degree, and division (C) of section 2929.13 of the Revised Code applies in determining whether to impose a prison term on the offender. If the offense was committed in the vicinity of a school or in the vicinity of a juvenile, promoting and encouraging drug a...

...If a person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of section 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04, 2925.041, 2925.05, 2925.06, 2925.11, 2925.12, 2925.13, 2925.14, 2925.141, 2925.22, 2925.23, 2925.31, 2925.32, 2925.36, or 2925.37 of the Revised Code is a professionally licensed person, in addition to any other sanctions imposed for the violation, the court, except as otherwise provided in this section, immedi...

...victed of or pleads guilty to a felony drug abuse offense, or a juvenile is found by a juvenile court to be a delinquent child for an act that, if committed by an adult, would be a felony drug abuse offense, and derives profits or other proceeds from the offense or act, the court that imposes sentence or an order of disposition upon the offender or delinquent child, in lieu of any fine that the court is otherw...

...s chapter is a violation of the federal drug abuse control laws, as defined in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code, a conviction or acquittal under the federal drug abuse control laws for the same act is a bar to prosecution in this state.

...rescription's directions for use of the drug, regardless of whether the prescription was issued for a greater amount. (2) Except as provided in division (B)(3) of this section, a pharmacist shall not dispense the opioid analgesic if more than fourteen days have elapsed since the prescription was issued. (3)(a) A pharmacist may dispense the opioid analgesic after more than fourteen days have elapsed since the prescr...

...th professional authorized to prescribe drugs; (2) An individual acting on behalf of a qualified entity, as defined in section 3728.01 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) A pharmacist or pharmacy intern who dispenses epinephrine under this section shall instruct the individual to whom epinephrine is dispensed to summon emergency services as soon as practicable either before or after administering epinephrine. (2) A pha...

...n, or terminal distributor of dangerous drugs has information indicating that the cost-sharing amount required by the patient's health benefit plan exceeds the amount that may otherwise be charged for the same drug, both of the following apply: (A) The pharmacist, pharmacy intern, or terminal distributor shall provide this information to the patient. (B) The patient shall not be charged the higher amount.

...een a terminal distributor of dangerous drugs and a 340B covered entity shall require the terminal distributor to comply with division (C) of this section. (C) When paying a 340B covered entity for a dangerous drug dispensed to a patient, a terminal distributor shall pay to the 340B covered entity the full reimbursement amount the terminal distributor receives from the patient and the patient's health insurer, incl...

...or wholesale distributors of dangerous drugs and terminal distributors of dangerous drugs. When entering into these contracts, the board shall give preference to entities that are Ohio-based companies. Any revenue received by the board from contracts entered into under this section shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licensing and regulatory fund. The money may be use...

...an a licensed manufacturer of dangerous drugs, outsourcing facility, third-party logistics provider, repackager of dangerous drugs, or wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs shall possess for sale, sell, distribute, or deliver, at wholesale, dangerous drugs or investigational drugs or products, except as follows: (1) A licensed terminal distributor of dangerous drugs that is a pharmacy may make occasional sales ...

...sed in this section, "overdose reversal drug distributor" means either of the following: (1) A wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs; (2) A terminal distributor of dangerous drugs that supplies overdose reversal drugs to any entity under division (B)(1) of this section. (B)(1) An overdose reversal drug distributor shall prioritize the sale, distribution, and delivery of overdose reversal drugs to all of the...

...A manufacturer of dangerous drugs may donate inhalers, as defined in section 3313.7113 of the Revised Code, epinephrine autoinjectors, or injectable or nasally administered glucagon to any of the following: (A) The board of education of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district; (B) A community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code; (C) A STEM school established...

... (1) "Category II" means any dangerous drug that is not included in category III. (2) "Category III" means any controlled substance that is contained in schedule I, II, III, IV, or V. (3) "Schedule I,""schedule II,""schedule III,""schedule IV," and "schedule V" have the same meanings as in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code. (B)(1)(a) The state board of pharmacy shall license persons seeking to operate as any...

...y person as a manufacturer of dangerous drugs, outsourcing facility, third-party logistics provider, repackager of dangerous drugs, or wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs unless the applicant for licensure furnishes satisfactory proof to the board that all of the following conditions are met: (1) If the applicant has committed acts that the board finds violate any federal, state, or local law, regulation, or r...

...rchasing, possessing, and administering drugs that are distributed in a manufactured dosage form as described in section 4729.532 of the Revised Code. Unless otherwise approved by the board, no such license shall authorize or permit the distribution of these drugs to any person other than the originating wholesale distributor of the drugs. An application for licensure shall include the information the board requires...

...ay administer a solution of one or more drugs exclusively for the purpose of inducing anesthesia, sedation, or unconsciousness prior to euthanasia. Only those drugs that have been approved by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code by the state board of pharmacy, in consultation with the state veterinary medical licensing board, may be used. (C) No agent or employee of an animal shelter and...

...ossess, and administer a combination of drugs for chemical capture. Unless otherwise approved by the board, no such classification shall authorize or permit the distribution of these drugs to any person other than the originating wholesale distributor of the drugs. (C) To qualify for a chemical capture classification under this section, an applicant shall appoint or employ a certified officer. (D) If an applicant...

...stration, storage, and recordkeeping of drugs used in chemical capture; (2) Federal and state laws regulating the storage and accountability of drugs used in chemical capture; (3) Chemical capture technology, animal behavior, postimmobilization procedures, proper public and personnel safety, and marksmanship training; (4) Any other topic specified by the state veterinary medical licensing board. (D) In a civi...

...n shall perform chemical capture with a drug or combination of drugs other than the drugs specified in rules adopted under section 4729.533 of the Revised Code. No animal shelter or county dog warden shall permit an individual to perform chemical capture unless the shelter or warden holds a chemical capture classification granted under section 4729.533 of the Revised Code and the individual is a certified officer. ...

... (1) "Category II" means any dangerous drug that is not included in category III. (2) "Category III" means any controlled substance that is contained in schedule I, II, III, IV, or V. (3) "Emergency medical service organization" has the same meaning as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. (4) "Emergency medical service organization satellite" means a location where dangerous drugs are stored that is sepa...

... as a terminal distributor of dangerous drugs: (1) A licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs; (2) A business entity that is a corporation formed under division (B) of section 1701.03 of the Revised Code, a limited liability company formed under former Chapter 1705. of the Revised Code as that chapter existed prior to February 11, 2022, or Chapter 1706. of the Revised Code, or a professional a...

...n shall include a list of the dangerous drugs to be used in chemical capture and the certified officers employed by the applicant. (B) The holder of a limited license with a chemical capture classification shall notify the board prior to implementing any changes in the dangerous drugs to be used in chemical capture or by the certified officers employed by the holder. (C) An agent or employee of an animal shelter ...

... as a terminal distributor of dangerous drugs unless the applicant has furnished satisfactory proof to the state board of pharmacy that: (A) The applicant is equipped as to land, buildings, and equipment to properly carry on the business of a terminal distributor of dangerous drugs within the category of licensure approved by the board. (B) A pharmacist, licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drug...

...y III terminal distributor of dangerous drugs with a pain management clinic classification, an applicant shall submit evidence satisfactory to the state board of pharmacy that the applicant's pain management clinic will be operated in accordance with the requirements specified in division (B) of this section and that the applicant meets any other applicable requirements of this chapter. If the board determines that ...

...eans a pharmacy where the dispensing of drugs, patient counseling, and other pharmacist care is provided through a telepharmacy system. The dispensing of drugs at a remote dispensing pharmacy may include the dispensing of drug therapy related devices. (2) "Telepharmacy system" means a system that monitors the dispensing of drugs and provides for related drug utilization review and patient counseling services by an ...

... Violating any federal, state, or local drug law; any provision of this chapter or Chapter 2925., 3715., or 3719. of the Revised Code; or any rule of the board; (c) A conviction of a felony; (d) Failing to satisfy the qualifications for licensure under section 4729.53 of the Revised Code or the rules of the board or ceasing to satisfy the qualifications after the registration is granted or renewed; (e) Falsely ...

...used to possess or distribute dangerous drugs by a person licensed under section 4729.52 of the Revised Code presents a danger of immediate and serious harm to others, the board may suspend without a hearing the person's license issued pursuant to that section. The board shall follow the procedure for suspension without a prior hearing in section 119.07 of the Revised Code. The suspension shall remain in effect, unle...

... on a terminal distributor of dangerous drugs for any of the causes set forth in division (B) of this section: (1) Suspend, revoke, restrict, limit, or refuse to grant or renew any license; (2) Reprimand or place the license holder on probation; (3) Impose a monetary penalty or forfeiture not to exceed in severity any fine designated under the Revised Code for a similar offense or one thousand dollars if the ac...

... of a terminal distributor of dangerous drugs if the board determines that there is clear and convincing evidence of a danger of immediate and serious harm to others due to either of the following: (1) The method used by the terminal distributor to possess or distribute dangerous drugs; (2) The method of prescribing dangerous drugs used by a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs who holds a...