N.J. Admin. Code Tit. 13, ch. 39 - STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY

  1. Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§ 13:39-1.1 to 13:39-1.9)
  2. Subchapter 2 - REQUIREMENTS FOR INITIAL LICENSURE (§ 13:39-2.1 to 13:39-2.20)
  3. Subchapter 2A - REQUIREMENTS FOR RECIPROCAL LICENSURE (§ 13:39-2A.1 to 13:39-2A.5)
  4. Subchapter 3 - PHARMACIST REQUIREMENTS (§ 13:39-3.1 to 13:39-3.11)
  5. Subchapter 3A - CONTINUING EDUCATION (§ 13:39-3A.1 to 13:39-3A.7)
  6. Subchapter 4 - PHARMACY PERMIT REQUIREMENTS (§ 13:39-4.1 to 13:39-4.21A)
  7. Subchapter 4A - REMOTE PROCESSING OF PRESCRIPTIONS (§ 13:39-4A.1 to 13:39-4A.3)
  8. Subchapter 5 - RETAIL FACILITY REQUIREMENTS (§ 13:39-5.1 to 13:39-5.13)
  9. Subchapter 6 - PHARMACIST-IN-CHARGE; PHARMACY PERSONNEL (§ 13:39-6.1 to 13:39-6.15)
  10. Subchapter 7 - DRUG DISPENSING AND PRESCRIPTION RECORDS (§ 13:39-7.1 to 13:39-7.23)
  11. Subchapter 8 - RESERVED, version 3
  12. Subchapter 9 - PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES FOR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (§ 13:39-9.1 to 13:39-9.27)
  13. Subchapter 10 - AUTOMATED MEDICATION SYSTEMS (§ 13:39-10.1 to 13:39-10.8)
  14. Subchapter 11 - COMPOUNDING STERILE PREPARATIONS IN RETAIL AND INSTITUTIONAL PHARMACIES (§ 13:39-11.1 to 13:39-11.27)
  15. Subchapter 11A - COMPOUNDING NON-STERILE PREPARATIONS IN RETAIL AND INSTITUTIONAL PHARMACIES (§ 13:39-11A.1 to 13:39-11A.15)
  16. Subchapter 11B - COMPOUNDING ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS AND OTHER HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES: STERILE AND NON-STERILE PREPARATIONS (§ 13:39-11B.1 to 13:39-11B.4)
  17. Subchapter 12 - NUCLEAR PHARMACIES (§ 13:39-12.1 to 13:39-12.5)
  18. Subchapter 13 - COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE (§ 13:39-13.1 to 13:39-13.9)
  19. Subchapter 14 - SELF-ADMINISTERED HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVES (§ 13:39-14.1 to 13:39-14.7)

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code Tit. 13, ch. 39
CHAPTER SOURCE AND EFFECTIVE DATE:
R.2017 d.220, effective 11/3/2017.
See: 49 N.J.R. 1316(a), 49 N.J.R. 3761(a).
CHAPTER HISTORICAL NOTE:
Chapter 39, State Board of Pharmacy, was adopted and became effective prior to 9/1/1969.
Chapter 39, State Board of Pharmacy, was repealed and adopted as new rules by R.1989 d.314, effective 6/19/1989. See: 20 N.J.R. 1648(a), 21 N.J.R. 1712(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 39, State Board of Pharmacy, was readopted as R.1994 d.351, effective 6/16/1994. See: 26 N.J.R. 1596(a), 26 N.J.R. 2905(b), 26 N.J.R. 3878(a).
Subchapter 12, Nuclear Pharmacies, was recodified from Subchapter 11 by R.1994 d.476, effective 9/19/1994. See: 26 N.J.R. 1303(a), 26 N.J.R. 3878(b).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 39, State Board of Pharmacy, was readopted as R.1999 d.214, effective 6/16/1999. See: 31 N.J.R. 1151(a), 31 N.J.R. 1932(a).
Subchapter 10, Automated Medication Systems, was adopted as R.2000 d.28, effective 1/18/2000. See: 31 N.J.R. 2293(b), 32 N.J.R. 317(a).
Subchapter 3A, Continuing Education, was adopted as R.2003 d.130, effective 3/17/2003. See: 34 N.J.R. 1089(a), 35 N.J.R. 1433(a).
Chapter 39, State Board of Pharmacy, was readopted as R.2005 d.25, effective 12/10/2004. See: 36 N.J.R. 3345(a), 37 N.J.R. 295(a).
Subchapter 2, Licensure Requirements, was renamed Requirements for Initial Licensure; Subchapter 2A, Requirements for Reciprocal Licensure, was adopted in part as new rules and recodified in part from Subchapter 3, Licensure by Reciprocity; Subchapter 3, Licensure by Reciprocity, was renamed Registered Pharmacist Requirements; and Subchapter 8, Pharmacy Training Sites, was repealed by R.2009 d.247, effective 8/3/2009. See: 41 N.J.R. 371(a), 41 N.J.R. 2969(b).
Chapter 39, State Board of Pharmacy, was readopted as R.2010 d.090, effective 5/17/2010. As a part of R.2010 d.090, Subchapter 3, Registered Pharmacist Requirements, was renamed Pharmacist Requirements; and Subchapter 6, Registered Pharmacist-in-Charge; Pharmacy Personnel, was renamed Pharmacist-in-Charge; Pharmacy Personnel, effective 6/21/2010. See: 42 N.J.R. 132(a), 42 N.J.R. 1221(a).
Subchapter 13, Collaborative Practice, was adopted as new rules by R.2013 d.017, effective 2/4/2013. See: 44 N.J.R. 655(a), 45 N.J.R. 214(b).
Subchapter 11, Compounding in Retail and Institutional Pharmacies for Sterile and/or Non-Sterile Preparations, was renamed Compounding Sterile Preparations in Retail and Institutional Pharmacies; and Subchapter 11A, Compounding Non-Sterile Preparations in Retail and Institutional Pharmacies, was adopted as new rules by R.2013 d.084, effective 6/3/2013. See: 45 N.J.R. 439(a), 45 N.J.R. 1400(b).
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1b, Chapter 39, State Board of Pharmacy, was scheduled to expire on 5/17/2017. See: 43 N.J.R. 1203(a).
Chapter 39, State Board of Pharmacy, was readopted as R.2017 d.220, effective 11/3/2017. As a part of R.2017 d.220, Subchapter 11B, Compounding Antineoplastic Agents and Other Hazardous Substances: Sterile and Non-Sterile Preparations, was adopted as new rules, effective 12/4/2017. See: Source and Effective Date. See, also, section annotations. CHAPTER SOURCE AND EFFECTIVE DATE:
Effective: 3/11/2024.
See: 56 N.J.R. 604(a).

CHAPTER HISTORICAL NOTE:
Chapter 39, State Board of Pharmacy, was adopted and became effective prior to 9/1/1969.
Chapter 39, State Board of Pharmacy, was repealed and adopted as new rules by R.1989 d.314, effective 6/19/1989. See: 20 N.J.R. 1648(a), 21 N.J.R. 1712(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 39, State Board of Pharmacy, was readopted as R.1994 d.351, effective 6/16/1994. See: 26 N.J.R. 1596(a), 26 N.J.R. 2905(b), 26 N.J.R. 3878(a).
Subchapter 12, Nuclear Pharmacies, was recodified from Subchapter 11 by R.1994 d.476, effective 9/19/1994. See: 26 N.J.R. 1303(a), 26 N.J.R. 3878(b).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 39, State Board of Pharmacy, was readopted as R.1999 d.214, effective 6/16/1999. See: 31 N.J.R. 1151(a), 31 N.J.R. 1932(a).
Subchapter 10, Automated Medication Systems, was adopted as R.2000 d.28, effective 1/18/2000. See: 31 N.J.R. 2293(b), 32 N.J.R. 317(a).
Subchapter 3A, Continuing Education, was adopted as R.2003 d.130, effective 3/17/2003. See: 34 N.J.R. 1089(a), 35 N.J.R. 1433(a).
Chapter 39, State Board of Pharmacy, was readopted as R.2005 d.25, effective 12/10/2004. See: 36 N.J.R. 3345(a), 37 N.J.R. 295(a).
Subchapter 2, Licensure Requirements, was renamed Requirements for Initial Licensure; Subchapter 2A, Requirements for Reciprocal Licensure, was adopted in part as new rules and recodified in part from Subchapter 3, Licensure by Reciprocity; Subchapter 3, Licensure by Reciprocity, was renamed Registered Pharmacist Requirements; and Subchapter 8, Pharmacy Training Sites, was repealed by R.2009 d.247, effective 8/3/2009. See: 41 N.J.R. 371(a), 41 N.J.R. 2969(b).
Chapter 39, State Board of Pharmacy, was readopted as R.2010 d.090, effective 5/17/2010. As a part of R.2010 d.090, Subchapter 3, Registered Pharmacist Requirements, was renamed Pharmacist Requirements; and Subchapter 6, Registered Pharmacist-in-Charge; Pharmacy Personnel, was renamed Pharmacist-in-Charge; Pharmacy Personnel, effective 6/21/2010. See: 42 N.J.R. 132(a), 42 N.J.R. 1221(a).
Subchapter 13, Collaborative Practice, was adopted as new rules by R.2013 d.017, effective 2/4/2013. See: 44 N.J.R. 655(a), 45 N.J.R. 214(b).
Subchapter 11, Compounding in Retail and Institutional Pharmacies for Sterile and/or Non-Sterile Preparations, was renamed Compounding Sterile Preparations in Retail and Institutional Pharmacies; and Subchapter 11A, Compounding Non-Sterile Preparations in Retail and Institutional Pharmacies, was adopted as new rules by R.2013 d.084, effective 6/3/2013. See: 45 N.J.R. 439(a), 45 N.J.R. 1400(b).
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1b, Chapter 39, State Board of Pharmacy, was scheduled to expire on 5/17/2017. See: 43 N.J.R. 1203(a).
Chapter 39, State Board of Pharmacy, was readopted as R.2017 d.220, effective 11/3/2017. As a part of R.2017 d.220, Subchapter 11B, Compounding Antineoplastic Agents and Other Hazardous Substances: Sterile and Non-Sterile Preparations, was adopted as new rules, effective 12/4/2017. See: Source and Effective Date. See, also, section annotations.
Chapter 39, State Board of Pharmacy, was readopted, effective 3/11/2024. See: Source and Effective Date.

CHAPTER AUTHORITY:

N.J.S.A. 45:1-15.1, 45:14-47, and N.J.S.A. 45:14-48.

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