{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-355.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-355.1","heading":"Dispensing dangerous drugs - Procedure - Registration -","body":"Exemptions.\n\nA. Except as provided for in Section 353.1 et seq. of this\n\ntitle, only a licensed practitioner may dispense dangerous\n\ndrugs to such practitioner's patients, and only for the\n\nexpressed purpose of serving the best interests and\n\npromoting the welfare of such patients. The dangerous\n\ndrugs shall be dispensed in an appropriate container to\n\nwhich a label has been affixed. Such label shall include\n\nthe name and office address of the licensed practitioner,\n\ndate dispensed, name of patient, directions for\n\nadministration, prescription number, the trade or generic\n\nname and the quantity and strength, not meaning\n\ningredients, of the drug therein contained; provided, this\n\nrequirement shall not apply to compounded medicines.\n\nThe licensed practitioner shall keep a suitable book, file or\n\nrecord in which shall be preserved for a period of not less\n\nthan five (5) years a record of every dangerous drug\n\ncompounded or dispensed by the licensed practitioner.\n\nB. A prescriber desiring to dispense dangerous drugs pursuant\n\nto this section shall register annually with the appropriate\n\nlicensing board as a dispenser, through a regulatory procedure\n\nadopted and prescribed by such licensing board.\n\nC. A prescriber who dispenses professional samples to patients\n\nshall be exempt from the requirement of subsection B of this section\n\nif:\n\n1. The prescriber furnishes the professional samples to the\n\npatient in the package provided by the manufacturer;\n\n2. No charge is made to the patient; and\n\n3. An appropriate record is entered in the patient's chart.\n\nD. This section shall not apply to the services provided\n\nthrough the State Department of Health, city/county health\n\ndepartments, or the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse\n\nServices.\n\nE. This section shall not apply to organizations and services\n\nincorporated as state or federal tax-exempt charitable nonprofit\n\nentities and/or organizations and services receiving all or part of\n\ntheir operating funds from a local, state or federal governmental\n\nentity; provided, such organizations and services shall comply with\n\nthe labeling and recordkeeping requirements set out in subsection A\n\nof this section.","path":["OK Code","Title 59"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os59.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"c2cd97cb60684935001e636ff31acef38a06d023bb9e2fedc1c988f929dfe0ea","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-354","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-355.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}