Oregon Code § 689.527·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Prohibited practices; rules.
(1) Except as approved by rule by the State Board of Pharmacy, a person may not
dispense drugs to the public by means of automatic vending machines.
(2) As used in
this section, automatic vending machine means any mechanical device or
contrivance whereby the purchaser is able to secure drugs.
(3) A person may
not adulterate for the purpose of sale any drug in such manner as to render it
injurious to health, or knowingly sell or offer for sale any adulterated drug.
(4) A person may
not manufacture, compound or sell or offer for sale or cause to be
manufactured, compounded, sold or offered for sale any drug, compound or
preparation for internal or external use under or by a name recognized in the
United States Pharmacopoeia, Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary
which differs from the standard of strength and purity specified therein as
official at the time of manufacture, compounding, sale or offering for sale.
(5) A person may
not manufacture, compound, sell or offer for sale, or cause to be manufactured,
sold or offered for sale, any drug, the strength and purity of which falls
below the professed standard of strength and purity under which it is sold.
(6) A person may
not sell, give away, barter, dispense, distribute, buy, receive or possess any
prescription drug except as authorized by law.
(7) A
manufacturer or wholesaler may not sell or otherwise distribute, or offer to
sell or otherwise distribute, any drug or device except to a person legally
authorized to resell, dispense or otherwise redistribute such drug or device.
The board may grant an exemption from the requirement of this subsection in the
form of a special permit if the board finds that an exemption is in the best
interest of the public health and safety.
(8)(a) A person
may not sell, purchase or trade or offer to sell, purchase or trade any drug
sample.
(b) As used in
paragraph (a) of this subsection, drug sample means a unit of a drug, subject
to this chapter, that is not intended to be sold and is intended to promote the
sale of the drug, and includes a coupon or other form which may be redeemed for
a drug.
(9) For purposes
of this section and ORS 678.375, distribution of prepackaged complimentary
samples of medications by a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist
with prescription writing authority shall not constitute dispensing when the
sample medication is within the prescriptive authority granted to that nurse
practitioner or clinical nurse specialist. [Formerly 689.765]