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2013 Oregon Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2013)

handle is hein.sag/sagor0042 and id is 1 raw text is: ELLEN F. ROSENBLUM Attorney General MARY H. WILLIAMS Deputy Attorney General DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE GENERAL COUNSEL DIVISION February 6, 2013 Joy Ingwerson, Interim Executive Director Board of Nursing 17938 SW Upper Boones Ferry Rd Portland, OR 97224-7012 Gary A. Schnabel, Executive Director Oregon Board of Pharmacy 800 NE Oregon St., Ste 150 Portland, OR 97232 Patrick D. Braatz, Executive Director Board of Dentistry 1600 SW 4th Avenue, Ste 770 Portland, OR 97201 Kathleen Haley, J.D., Executive Director Oregon Medical Board 1500 SW 1st, Ste. 620 Portland, OR 97201-5847 Anne Walsh, Executive Director Board of Naturopathic Examiners 800 NE Oregon St., Ste 407 Portland, OR 97232 Lorilee Makinen, Executive Director Veterinary Medical Examining Board 800 NE Oregon St., Ste 407 Portland, OR 97232 Nancy Sellers, Executive Director Board of Optometry 1900 Hines St., SE, Ste 290 Salem, OR 97302 Re: Opinion Request OP-2013-1 Dear Executive Directors: Among other things, the State Board of Pharmacy (board) is responsible for regulating the practice of pharmacy in Oregon, which includes issuing licenses to persons to engage in the practice of pharmacy. ORS 689.151. The board is also responsible for issuing certificates of registration to drug outlets. ORS 689.305. Pursuant to ORS 689.225(1), physicians, dentists, veterinarians, osteopaths and other practitioners of the healing arts do not need to obtain a license to engage in the practice of pharmacy to administer and dispense drugs to their patients if their own licensing laws authorize them to do so. The pharmacy, nursing, dentistry, medical, naturopathic, and veterinary boards ask the following question concerning whether the exemption in ORS 689.225(1) affects the drug outlet registration requirement in ORS 689.305. 1162 Court Street NE, Salem, OR 97301-4096 Telephone: (503) 947-4342 Fax: (503) 378-3784 TTY: (503) 378-5938 www.doj.state.or.us