ORS 735.532: License to transact business as pharmacy benefit manager; fees; rules.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) A person may not transact business or purport to transact business in this state as a pharmacy benefit manager unless the person has a license to transact business as a pharmacy benefit manager issued by the Department of Consumer and Business Services. (2) To obtain a license under this section, a person must: (a) Submit an application to the department on a form prescribed by the department by rule. (b) Pay a fee in an amount adopted by the department by rule. (3) A license to transact business as a pharmacy benefit manager must be renewed every 12 months. To renew a license under this subsection, a pharmacy benefit manager must pay a renewal fee in an amount adopted by the department by rule. (4) The department shall deposit all moneys collected under this section into the Consumer and Business Services Fund created in ORS 705.145. (5) Any fee adopted by the department under this section must be sufficient to pay the department’s reasonable costs in administering ORS 735.530 to 735.552. [2013 c.570 §3; 2017 c.73 §3; 2024 c.87 §4]
Official history and status
History: Note: See note under 735.530.
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 836-200-0401: Statement of Purpose; Authority; Applicability — implements
- OAR 836-200-0406: Application Requirements for Pharmacy Benefit Manager — implements
- OAR 836-200-0406: Application Requirements for Pharmacy Benefit Manager — authority
- OAR 836-200-0411: Renewal of Pharmacy Benefit License — implements
- OAR 836-200-0411: Renewal of Pharmacy Benefit License — authority
- OAR 836-200-0416: Licensure Requirements Not Exclusive — implements
- OAR 836-200-0416: Licensure Requirements Not Exclusive — authority
- OAR 836-200-0421: Service on Licensee — implements
- OAR 836-200-0436: Submission of Complaints — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 705.145 — resolved
- ORS 735.530 — resolved
- 735.552 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 735.534: Claim reimbursement; maximum allowable costs; documentation; complaints; rules.
- ORS 735.536: Requirements for pharmacy benefit manager’s reimbursement for cost of drugs; rules.
- ORS 735.537: Reports to department regarding payments received from manufacturers and disposition of payments from manufacturers.
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors735.html