Colorado's Position As of December 18, 2012, as to Compounds Filled and Dispensed by Non-Resident Pharmacies

Colorado's Board of Pharmacy issued the following notice to non-resident pharmacies on December 18, 2012:

At its December 10, 2012 meeting, the Colorado State Board of Pharmacy ("Board") directed its staff to outreach to all of the nonresident pharmacies registered with the Board and explain that nonresident pharmacies may not distribute prescription drugs into Colorado. Colorado law only allows nonresident pharmacies to dispense aprescription for a patient and ship that finished prescription into Colorado. Nonresidentpharmacies may not distribute drugs, compounded or otherwise, into Colorado.If a pharmacy wishes to distribute drugs into Colorado, it must be registered as awholesaler in its state of residence and obtain a registration in Colorado as an Out-of-State Wholesaler. Additionally, if the pharmacy wishes to distribute compounded drugsinto Colorado, it must be registered with the Food and Drug Administration as amanufacturer.The Board has directed each nonresident pharmacy it registers to sign the attached affidavit to confirm the pharmacy is aware of Colorado law and will not distribute drugs into Colorado. Please ensure that this affidavit is signed and returned to the Board at the letterhead address or e-mailed to DORA_pharmacyboard@state.co.us no later than January 17,2013. 

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