North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 90. Medicine and Allied Occupations § 90-85.60. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

The following definitions apply in this Article:

(1) Interested parties.--All of the following:

a. State agencies that (i) purchase prescription drugs or (ii) employ prescribers.

b. Health insurance companies.

c. Health care service plan providers.

d. Pharmacy benefits managers.

(2) Manufacturer.--An entity or an agent of an entity that produces, prepares, propagates, compounds, processes, packages, repackages, or labels a brand-name or generic drug. “Manufacturer” does not include an entity engaged in the preparation and dispensing of a brand-name or generic drug pursuant to a prescription.

(3) Prescriber.--Any person authorized under the laws of this State to issue a prescription order.

(4) Prescription drug.--Defined in G.S. 90-85.3.

(5) Prescription order.--Defined in G.S. 90-85.3.

(6) Price.--The wholesale acquisition cost as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1395w-3a(c)(6)(B).

(7) Secretary.--The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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