{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-112-30","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, § 30","heading":"Unlawful dispensing of controlled substances; penalties; clerical and ministerial supportive services excepted","body":"Section 30. No person shall dispense any controlled substance or any substance intended for hypodermic use except a person registered as a pharmacist or assistant pharmacist under section twenty-four or corresponding provisions of earlier laws who is acting in the course of his employment in a pharmacy, an intern in pharmacy under the direct supervision of a registered pharmacist in accordance with the regulations of the board, and a practitioner in accordance with the provisions of chapter ninety-four C. The terms ''controlled substances'', ''dispense'', ''practitioner'', and ''pharmacy'', as used in this section, shall have the same meaning as set forth in section one of said chapter ninety-four C.\nWhoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by imprisonment in a jail or the house of correction for not more than three months, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or both.\nNotwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, a person under the direction and supervision of a registered pharmacist may perform those clerical and ministerial supportive services in a pharmacy which do not require the exercise of professional judgment by a registered pharmacist. The board may make such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to define the supportive services which an unregistered person may perform in a pharmacy. The registered pharmacist shall be responsible for the actions of any supportive personnel under his supervision.","path":["Part I","Title XVI","Chapter 112"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter112/Section30","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:48Z","sha256":"3987a70588d7b677eba613e2141e222543eff03a2b5d91d99c8d1e75075bd3eb","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-112-29","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-112-31"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}