Special provisions

§ 6812. Special provisions. 1. Where any pharmacy, manufacturer, wholesaler or outsourcing facility registered by the department is damaged by fire the board shall be notified within a period of forty-eight hours, and the board shall have power to impound all drugs for analysis and condemnation, if found unfit for use. Where a pharmacy is discontinued, the owner of its prescription records shall notify the department as to the disposition of said prescription records, and in no case shall records be sold or given away to a person who does not currently possess a registration to operate a pharmacy.

2. Nothing in this article shall be construed as requiring the prosecution or the institution of injunction proceedings for minor violations of this article whenever the public interest will be adequately served by a suitable written notice of warning.

3. The executive secretary of the state board of pharmacy is authorized to conduct examinations and investigations for the purposes of this article through officers and employees of the United States, or through any health, food, or drug officer or employee of any city, county or other political subdivision of this state.