Pharmacy Law Flashcards
Civil law
Plaintiff will bring a suit against an alleged defendant
Contract law
Pertains to an agreement between two or more parties and is typically enforced in civil court
Pure food and drug act
Prohibits the interstate distribution or sale of adulterated or misbranded food or drugs
Food Drug and cosmetic Act
Requires proper labeling or branding of products and also requires what is inside the container cannot be chamfer from what it is labeled to be.
Durham Humphrey Amendment
Prohibited dispensing legend drugs without prescription.
Kefauver Harris Amebdment
all medications, both prescription and nonprescription be pure, safe, and effective to use on humans.
Controlled Substances Act
Keep records and maintain security measures for certain meds.
Poison prevention packaging act
Child resistance packaging
OSHA
Prevent workplace disease and injury
Drug listing act
Assigns a unique and permanent drug code to each medication; NDC
Federal Hazardous Substance Act
Use and very disposal of hazardous material in the pharmacy
Orphan Drug Act
Offers financial inventories to organizations that develop and market orphan drugs
OBRA
Requires pharmacies that fill prescription orders for Medicaid patient obtain, record, and maintain basic patient info.
Criminal law
Enforced by a state representative against persons or companies
