A druggist permit may be issued by the Department of Consumer Protection to a drug store proprietor. No druggist permit shall be issued covering a new drug store or a new location for an old drug store until the Commission of Pharmacy is satisfied that a drug store at such location is necessary to the convenience and best interest of the public. A druggist permit (1) shall allow the use of alcoholic liquors for the compounding of prescriptions of physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants and dentists and for the manufacturing of all United States Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary preparations and all other medicinal preparations, (2) shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor in containers of not less than eight ounces or one hundred eighty-seven and one-half milliliters and not more than one quart or one liter capacity except that beer may be sold in containers of not more than forty ounces or twelve hundred milliliters capacity, to any person, and (3) shall forbid the drinking of such alcoholic liquor on the premises of any drug store. Such permittee shall keep all alcoholic liquors in compartments, which compartments shall be securely locked except during those hours when the sale of alcoholic liquor is permitted by law. The holder of a druggist permit shall not display any alcoholic liquors or containers, marked or labeled or in any other way suggesting the contents of intoxicating liquors, in the windows of the permit premises. The Commission of Pharmacy shall revoke or suspend the pharmacy license of any pharmacist upon whose premises any violation of any provision of this section occurs. The annual fee for a druggist permit shall be five hundred thirty-five dollars.

(1949 Rev., S. 4257; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 21; 1967, P.A. 109, S. 8; P.A. 75-259, S. 4, 8; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 81-367, S. 4, 9; P.A. 82-332, S. 8, 13; P.A. 84-478, S. 3, 5; P.A. 93-139, S. 38; P.A. 95-195, S. 40, 83; P.A. 96-19, S. 4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 356; P.A. 11-81, S. 7.)

History: 1967 act allowed compounding of dentist's prescriptions under druggist's permit; P.A. 75-259 added references to milliliter and liters as measurements of container size; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 81-367 eliminated provisions re druggist permit for beer only as of May 29, 1981; P.A. 82-332 eliminated requirement that applicant have certificate of fitness issued by pharmacy commission; P.A. 84-478 allowed holders of a druggist permit to sell beer in containers of not more than 40 ounces or 1,200 milliliters capacity; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes and added the annual fee for a druggist permit; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-19 expanded reference to prescriptions by physicians and dentists to include advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $400 to $500; P.A. 11-81 increased the annual druggist permit fee from $500 to $535 and deleted “plus the sum required by section 30-66”.

See Sec. 30-91 re hours and days of closing.

Under former statute, a regulation of commission in effect refusing to issue druggist permits was beyond its powers; constitutionality upheld. 118 C. 262. Locking store when sales not permitted not a compliance with requirement of locked compartments. 138 C. 564. Cited. 149 C. 680. Sale of alcoholic beverages under a drugstore permit differentiated from sale in a package store, hence nonconforming use of property was expanded by use as a package store. 167 C. 596. Cited. 184 C. 75.