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Current as of March 08, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
A. It is prohibited for:
1. Any commercial entity to knowingly or wilfully sell or trade a finished drug product containing any quantity of dextromethorphan to a person who is under eighteen years of age.
2. Any person who is under eighteen years of age to purchase a finished drug product containing any quantity of dextromethorphan.
3. Any person to possess, receive or distribute unfinished dextromethorphan, unless the person is registered pursuant to the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act or is appropriately licensed with the board.
B. A person making a retail sale of a finished drug product containing any quantity of dextromethorphan must require and obtain proof of age from the purchaser before completing the sale, unless the person making the sale reasonably presumes the purchaser to be at least twenty-five years of age based on the purchaser's outward appearance.
C. Subsection A of this section does not apply to common carriers that possess, receive or distribute unfinished dextromethorphan for purposes of distributing such unfinished dextromethorphan between persons that are registered under section 510 of the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act or that are appropriately licensed with the board.
D. This section does not impose any compliance requirement on a retail entity other than manually obtaining and verifying proof of age as a condition of sale, including placement of products in a specific place within a store, other restrictions on a consumer's direct access to finished drug products or the maintenance of transaction records.
E. A person who sells or trades a finished drug product containing any quantity of dextromethorphan to a person who is under eighteen years of age shall receive a warning for a first offense and shall pay a civil penalty of fifty dollars for a second offense, unless the person provides documentation that there is an employee training program in place.
F. This section does not apply to a medication containing dextromethorphan that is sold pursuant to a valid prescription.
G. For the purposes of this section:
1. “Common carrier” means any person that holds itself out to the general public as a provider for hire of the transportation of merchandise, whether or not the person actually operates the vehicle by which the transportation is provided within, to or from the United States.
2. “Finished drug product” means a drug that is legally marketed under the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act and that is in finished dosage form.
3. “Unfinished dextromethorphan” means dextromethorphan in any form, compound, mixture or preparation that is not a finished drug product.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arizona Revised Statutes Title 32. Professions and Occupations § 32-1978. Sale of dextromethorphan; age requirement; exception; violation; civil penalty; definitions - last updated March 08, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/az/title-32-professions-and-occupations/az-rev-st-sect-32-1978/
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