Section 36-11A-2 - Activities not included in wholesale drug distribution.
36-11A-2. Activities not included in wholesale drug distribution. Wholesale drug distribution is the distribution of prescription drugs to persons other than a consumer or patient. The term does not include:
(1) Intracompany sales between any division, subsidiary, parent or otherwise 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 group purchasing 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 § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through January 1, 1991, to a nonprofit affiliate of the organization to the extent otherwise permitted by law;
(4) The sale, purchase or trade of a drug or an 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 an 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 drugs by a retail pharmacy to another retail pharmacy to alleviate a temporary shortage;
(8) The distribution of drug samples by manufacturers' representatives or distributors' representatives;
(9) The sale, purchase, or trade of blood and blood components intended for transfusion; or
(10) The sale, purchase, or trade of a drug to an individual under any form of insurance or an employee medical benefit program pursuant to a prescription.
Source: SL 1991, ch 307, § 2.