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151.44

Statute ID: 15003

Statute Function ID: 32449

Pharmacy - Definitions- Paragraphs (a) - (h)

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Statute Number:

151.44

Enactment Date:

May 21, 2014

Effective Date:

Jul 1, 2014

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Pharmacy - Definitions- Paragraphs (a) - (h)

Statute ID:

15003

Created:

Jun 13, 2014 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jun 13, 2014 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

2014 c 291 art 5 s 14; change to (b) and (c)

Summary Text:

Pharmacy - Definitions- Paragraphs (a) - (h)

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/151/44.html

Legislative Session:

2014 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jun 13, 2014

As used in sections 151.43 to 151.51, the following terms have the meanings given in paragraphs (a) to (f):
(a) "Wholesale drug distribution" means distribution of prescription drugs to persons other than a consumer or patient, but does not include:
(1) a sale between a division, subsidiary, parent, affiliated, or related company under the common ownership and control of a corporate entity;
(2) the purchase or other acquisition, by a hospital or other health care entity that is a member of a group purchasing organization, of a drug for its own use from the organization or from other hospitals or health care entities that are members of such organizations;
(3) the sale, purchase, or trade of a drug or an offer to sell, purchase, or trade a drug by a charitable organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended through December 31, 1988, to a nonprofit affiliate of the organization to the extent otherwise permitted by law;
(4) the sale, purchase, or trade of a drug or offer to sell, purchase, or trade a drug among hospitals or other health care entities that are under common control;
(5) the sale, purchase, or trade of a drug or offer to sell, purchase, or trade a drug for emergency medical reasons;
(6) the sale, purchase, or trade of a drug, an offer to sell, purchase, or trade a drug, or the dispensing of a drug pursuant to a prescription;
(7) the transfer of prescription drugs by a retail pharmacy to another retail pharmacy to alleviate a temporary shortage;
(8) the distribution of prescription drug samples by manufacturers representatives; or
(9) the sale, purchase, or trade of blood and blood components.
(b) "Wholesale drug distributor" means anyone engaged in wholesale drug distribution including, but not limited to, manufacturers; repackagers; own-label distributors; jobbers; brokers; warehouses, including manufacturers' and distributors' warehouses, chain drug warehouses, and wholesale drug warehouses; independent wholesale drug traders; and pharmacies that conduct wholesale drug distribution. A wholesale drug distributor does not include a common carrier or individual hired primarily to transport prescription drugs.
(c) "Manufacturer" has the meaning provided in section 151.01, subdivision 14a.
(d) "Prescription drug" means a drug required by federal or state law or regulation to be dispensed only by a prescription, including finished dosage forms and active ingredients subject to United States Code, title 21, sections 811 and 812.
(e) "Blood" means whole blood collected from a single donor and processed either for transfusion or further manufacturing.
(f) "Blood components" means that part of blood separated by physical or mechanical means.