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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Authorized distributors of record” means those distributors with whom a drug manufacturer has established an ongoing relationship to distribute the drug manufacturer's products;
(2) “Board” means the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy;
(3)(A) “Distribute” means the distribution of drug samples.
(B) “Distribute” does not include the providing of a drug sample to a patient by a:
(i) Physician or practitioner licensed to prescribe the drug;
(ii) Health care professional acting at the direction and under the supervision of a physician or practitioner; or
(iii) Pharmacy that has been granted approval from the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy to handle samples at the direction of a physician or practitioner and that received the sample under this chapter;
(4) “Drug” means all medicines and preparations recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or the National Formulary as substances intended to be used for the care, mitigation, or prevention of disease of either humans or other animals;
(5) “Drug sample” means a unit of a prescription drug that is not intended to be sold and is intended to promote the sale of the drug;
(6) “Licensed pharmacist” means a person holding a license under § 17-92-101 et seq.;
(7) “Pharmacy” means the place licensed by the board in which drugs, chemicals, medicines, prescriptions, and poisons are compounded, dispensed, or sold at retail; and
(8) “Physician” means a practitioner of medicine licensed under the laws of this state or some other state.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 4. Business and Commercial Law § 4-117-101. Definitions - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-4-business-and-commercial-law/ar-code-sect-4-117-101/
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