1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to drugs, devices, and cosmetics; amending |
3 | and reorganizing provisions in part I of ch. 499, F.S.; |
4 | amending s. 499.002, F.S.; expanding the provisions of the |
5 | section to include administration and enforcement of, |
6 | exemptions from, and purpose of the part; amending and |
7 | redesignating ss. 499.004, 499.0053, 499.07, 499.071, and |
8 | 499.081, F.S., as provisions in that section relating to |
9 | such functions to conform; amending s. 499.003, F.S.; |
10 | revising and providing definitions; amending and |
11 | redesignating provisions in ss. 499.012, 499.029, and |
12 | 499.0661, F.S., relating to definitions, as provisions of |
13 | that section; amending s. 499.005, F.S.; conforming |
14 | provisions to changes made by the act, including the |
15 | substitution of the term "prescription drug" for the term |
16 | "legend drug"; amending s. 499.0051, F.S.; substituting |
17 | the term "prescription drug" for the term "legend drug" |
18 | with regard to criminal acts; consolidating criminal act |
19 | provisions of part I of ch. 499, F.S.; amending and |
20 | redesignating ss. 499.0052, 499.00535, 499.00545, 499.069, |
21 | and 499.0691, F.S., as criminal offense provisions in that |
22 | section; providing penalties; conforming provisions to |
23 | changes made by the act; amending s. 499.0054, F.S., |
24 | relating to advertising and labeling of drugs, devices, |
25 | and cosmetics to include certain exemptions; amending and |
26 | redesignating ss. 499.0055 and 499.0057, F.S., as |
27 | provisions relating to those functions in that section; |
28 | amending s. 499.006, F.S.; conforming provisions to |
29 | changes made by the act; amending s. 499.007, F.S.; |
30 | conforming provisions to changes made by the act; |
31 | providing that a drug or device is misbranded if it is an |
32 | active pharmaceutical ingredient in bulk form and does not |
33 | bear a label containing certain information; amending ss. |
34 | 499.008 and 499.009, F.S.; conforming provisions to |
35 | changes made by the act; amending s. 499.01, F.S.; |
36 | providing that the section relates only to permits; |
37 | requiring a permit to operate as a third party logistics |
38 | provider and a health care clinic establishment; providing |
39 | requirements for obtaining a permit to operate in certain |
40 | capacities; deleting certain permit requirements; |
41 | providing an exemption for a nonresident prescription drug |
42 | manufacturer permit; providing requirements for such |
43 | exemption; providing requirements for a third party |
44 | logistics provider permit and a health care clinic |
45 | establishment permit; amending and redesignating |
46 | provisions of ss. 499.013, and 499.014, F.S., relating to |
47 | such functions as provisions of that section; conforming |
48 | provisions and cross-references to changes made by the |
49 | act; amending s. 499.012, F.S.; providing that the section |
50 | relates to permit application requirements; providing that |
51 | a separate establishment permit is not required when a |
52 | permitted prescription drug wholesale distributor operates |
53 | temporary transit storage facilities for the sole purpose |
54 | of storage; amending the provisions to conform; amending |
55 | and redesignating provisions of s. 499.01, F.S., relating |
56 | to such functions as provisions of that section; |
57 | conforming provisions and cross-references to changes made |
58 | by the act; amending s. 499.01201, F.S.; conforming |
59 | provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. |
60 | 499.0121, F.S., relating to storage and handling of |
61 | prescription drugs and recordkeeping; directing the |
62 | department to adopt rules requiring a wholesale |
63 | distributor to maintain pedigree papers separate and |
64 | distinct from other required records; deleting a |
65 | requirement that a person who is engaged in the wholesale |
66 | distribution of a prescription drug and who is not the |
67 | manufacturer of that drug provide a pedigree paper to the |
68 | person who receives the drug; deleting the department's |
69 | requirement to adopt rules with regard to recordkeeping by |
70 | affiliated groups; conforming provisions and cross- |
71 | references to changes made by the act; amending and |
72 | redesignating a provision of s. 499.013, F.S., relating to |
73 | such functions as a provision of that section; amending s. |
74 | 499.01211, F.S.; conforming provisions and cross- |
75 | references to changes made by the act; creating s. |
76 | 499.01212, F.S.; requiring a person who is engaged in the |
77 | wholesale distribution of a prescription drug to provide a |
78 | pedigree paper to the person who receives the drug; |
79 | requiring certain information in a pedigree paper; |
80 | requiring a wholesale distributor to maintain and make |
81 | available to the department certain information; providing |
82 | exceptions to the requirement of a pedigree paper; |
83 | repealing s. 499.0122, F.S., relating to medical oxygen |
84 | and veterinary legend drug retail establishments; |
85 | repealing s. 499.013, F.S., relating to manufacturers and |
86 | repackagers of drugs, devices, and cosmetics; amending ss. |
87 | 499.015, 499.024, 499.028, 499.029, and 499.03, F.S.; |
88 | conforming provisions and cross-references to changes made |
89 | by the act; amending ss. 499.032 and 499.033, F.S.; |
90 | conforming terminology to changes made by the act; |
91 | amending s. 499.039, F.S.; conforming a provision and |
92 | cross-reference; amending ss. 499.04, F.S.; conforming |
93 | provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. |
94 | 499.041, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by |
95 | the act; requiring the department to assess an annual fee |
96 | for a third part logistic provider permit and a health |
97 | care clinic establishment permit; amending s. 499.05, |
98 | F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; |
99 | requiring the department to adopt rules with regard to |
100 | procedures and forms relating to pedigree paper |
101 | requirements, alternatives to compliance with the |
102 | requirement of certain pedigree papers, and the return of |
103 | prescription drugs purchased before a specified date; |
104 | amending and redesignating provisions of ss. 499.013 and |
105 | 499.0122, F.S., as provisions relating to rulemaking |
106 | functions of that section; amending ss. 499.051, 499.052, |
107 | 499.055, and 499.06, F.S.; conforming provisions to |
108 | changes made by the act; amending s. 499.062, F.S.; |
109 | providing that the section relates to seizure and |
110 | condemnation of drugs, devices, or cosmetics; conforming a |
111 | provision to changes made by the act; amending and |
112 | redesignating ss. 499.063 and 499.064, F.S., as provisions |
113 | relating to such functions in that section; amending ss. |
114 | 499.065, 499.066, 499.0661, and 499.067, F.S.; conforming |
115 | provisions and cross-references to changes made by the |
116 | act; amending ss. 409.9201, 460.403, 465.0265, 794.075, |
117 | 895.02, and 921.0022, F.S.; conforming provisions to |
118 | changes made by the act; conforming cross-references to |
119 | changes made by the act; providing an effective date. |
120 |
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121 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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123 | Section 1. Section 499.002, Florida Statutes, is amended; |
124 | section 499.004, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection |
125 | (2) of that section and amended; section 499.0053, Florida |
126 | Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (3) of that section and |
127 | amended; section 499.07, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as |
128 | subsection (4) of that section and amended; section 499.071, |
129 | Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (5) of that |
130 | section and amended; and section 499.081, Florida Statutes, is |
131 | redesignated as subsection (6) of that section and amended, to |
132 | read: |
133 | 499.002 Purpose, administration, and enforcement of and |
134 | exemption from this part ss. 499.001-499.081.-- |
135 | (1) This part is Sections 499.001-499.081 are intended to: |
136 | (a)(1) Safeguard the public health and promote the public |
137 | welfare by protecting the public from injury by product use and |
138 | by merchandising deceit involving drugs, devices, and cosmetics. |
139 | (b)(2) Provide uniform legislation to be administered so |
140 | far as practicable in conformity with the provisions of, and |
141 | regulations issued under the authority of, the Federal Food, |
142 | Drug, and Cosmetic Act and that portion of the Federal Trade |
143 | Commission Act which expressly prohibits the false advertisement |
144 | of drugs, devices, and cosmetics. |
145 | (c)(3) Promote thereby uniformity of such state and |
146 | federal laws, and their administration and enforcement, |
147 | throughout the United States. |
148 | (2) 499.004 Administration and enforcement by |
149 | department.--The department of Health shall administer and |
150 | enforce this part ss. 499.001-499.081 to prevent fraud, |
151 | adulteration, misbranding, or false advertising in the |
152 | preparation, manufacture, repackaging, or distribution of drugs, |
153 | devices, and cosmetics. |
154 | (3) 499.0053 Power to administer oaths, take depositions, |
155 | and issue and serve subpoenas.--For the purpose of any |
156 | investigation or proceeding conducted by the department under |
157 | this part ss. 499.001-499.081, the department may administer |
158 | oaths, take depositions, issue and serve subpoenas, and compel |
159 | the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, |
160 | documents, or other evidence. The department shall exercise this |
161 | power on its own initiative. Challenges to, and enforcement of, |
162 | the subpoenas and orders shall be handled as provided in s. |
163 | 120.569. |
164 | (4) 499.07 Duty of prosecuting officer.--Each state |
165 | attorney, county attorney, or municipal attorney to whom the |
166 | department or its designated agent reports any violation of this |
167 | part ss. 499.001-499.081 shall cause appropriate proceedings to |
168 | be instituted in the proper courts without delay and to be |
169 | prosecuted in the manner required by law. |
170 | (5) 499.071 Issuance of warnings for minor |
171 | violations.--This part does Sections 499.001-499.081 do not |
172 | require the department to report, for the institution of |
173 | proceedings under this part ss. 499.001-499.081, minor |
174 | violations of this part ss. 499.001-499.081 when it believes |
175 | that the public interest will be adequately served in the |
176 | circumstances by a suitable written notice or warning. |
177 | (6) 499.081 Carriers in interstate commerce exempted from |
178 | ss. 499.001-499.081.--Common carriers engaged in interstate |
179 | commerce are not subject to this part ss. 499.001-499.081 if |
180 | they are engaged in the usual course of business as common |
181 | carriers. |
182 | Section 2. Section 499.003, Florida Statutes, is amended; |
183 | paragraphs (a) through (f) of subsection (1) of section 499.012, |
184 | Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (55), (56), |
185 | (52), and (48), paragraph (c) of subsection (48), and subsection |
186 | (53), respectively, of that section and amended; paragraphs (f) |
187 | through (j) and (l) through (m) of subsection (3) of section |
188 | 499.029, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (25), |
189 | (26), (27), (35), (40), and (41), and, respectively, of that |
190 | section and amended; and subsection (1) of section 499.0661, |
191 | Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (38) of that |
192 | section and amended, to read: |
193 | 499.003 Definitions of terms used in this part ss. |
194 | 499.001-499.081.--As used in this part ss. 499.001-499.081, the |
195 | term: |
196 | (1) "Advertisement" means any representation disseminated |
197 | in any manner or by any means, other than by labeling, for the |
198 | purpose of inducing, or which is likely to induce, directly or |
199 | indirectly, the purchase of drugs, devices, or cosmetics. |
200 | (2) "Affiliated group" means an affiliated group as |
201 | defined by s. 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as |
202 | amended, which is composed of chain drug entities, including at |
203 | least 50 retail pharmacies, warehouses, or repackagers, which |
204 | are members of the same affiliated group. The affiliated group |
205 | must disclose the names of all its members to the department. |
206 | (3)(2) "Affiliated party" means: |
207 | (a) A director, officer, trustee, partner, or committee |
208 | member of a permittee or applicant or a subsidiary or service |
209 | corporation of the permittee or applicant; |
210 | (b) A person who, directly or indirectly, manages, |
211 | controls, or oversees the operation of a permittee or applicant, |
212 | regardless of whether such person is a partner, shareholder, |
213 | manager, member, officer, director, independent contractor, or |
214 | employee of the permittee or applicant; |
215 | (c) A person who has filed or is required to file a |
216 | personal information statement pursuant to s. 499.012(9) s. |
217 | 499.012(4) or is required to be identified in an application for |
218 | a permit or to renew a permit pursuant to s. 499.012(8) s. |
219 | 499.012(3); or |
220 | (d) The five largest natural shareholders that own at |
221 | least 5 percent of the permittee or applicant. |
222 | (4)(3) "Applicant" means a person applying for a permit or |
223 | certification under this part ss. 499.001-499.081. |
224 | (5)(4) "Authenticate" means to affirmatively verify upon |
225 | receipt before any distribution of a prescription legend drug |
226 | occurs that each transaction listed on the pedigree paper has |
227 | occurred. |
228 | (a) A wholesale distributor is not required to open a |
229 | sealed, medical convenience kit to authenticate a pedigree paper |
230 | for a prescription drug contained within the kit. |
231 | (b) Authentication of a prescription drug included in a |
232 | sealed, medical convenience kit shall be limited to verifying |
233 | the transaction and pedigree information received. |
234 | (6)(5) "Certificate of free sale" means a document |
235 | prepared by the department which certifies a drug, device, or |
236 | cosmetic, that is registered with the department, as one that |
237 | can be legally sold in the state. |
238 | (7) "Chain pharmacy warehouse" means a wholesale |
239 | distributor permitted pursuant to s. 499.01 that maintains a |
240 | physical location for prescription drugs that functions solely |
241 | as a central warehouse to perform intracompany transfers of such |
242 | drugs to a member of its affiliated group. |
243 | (8)(6) "Closed pharmacy" means a pharmacy that is licensed |
244 | under chapter 465 and purchases prescription drugs for use by a |
245 | limited patient population and not for wholesale distribution or |
246 | sale to the public. The term does not include retail pharmacies. |
247 | (9)(7) "Color" includes black, white, and intermediate |
248 | grays. |
249 | (10)(8) "Color additive" means, with the exception of any |
250 | material that has been or hereafter is exempt under the federal |
251 | act, a material that: |
252 | (a) Is a dye pigment, or other substance, made by a |
253 | process of synthesis or similar artifice, or extracted, |
254 | isolated, or otherwise derived, with or without intermediate or |
255 | final change of identity from a vegetable, animal, mineral, or |
256 | other source; or |
257 | (b) When added or applied to a drug or cosmetic or to the |
258 | human body, or any part thereof, is capable alone, or through |
259 | reaction with other substances, of imparting color thereto; |
260 | |
261 | except that the term does not include any material which has |
262 | been or hereafter is exempt under the federal act. |
263 | (11)(9) "Compressed medical gas" means any liquefied or |
264 | vaporized gas that is a prescription drug, whether it is alone |
265 | or in combination with other gases. |
266 | (12)(10) "Contraband prescription legend drug" means any |
267 | adulterated drug, as defined in s. 499.006, any counterfeit |
268 | drug, as defined in this section, and also means any |
269 | prescription legend drug for which a pedigree paper does not |
270 | exist, or for which the pedigree paper in existence has been |
271 | forged, counterfeited, falsely created, or contains any altered, |
272 | false, or misrepresented matter. |
273 | (13)(11) "Cosmetic" means an article, with the exception |
274 | of soap, that is: |
275 | (a) Intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed |
276 | on; introduced into; or otherwise applied to the human body or |
277 | any part thereof for cleansing, beautifying, promoting |
278 | attractiveness, or altering the appearance; or |
279 | (b) Intended for use as a component of any such article; |
280 | |
281 | except that the term does not include soap. |
282 | (14)(12) "Counterfeit drug," "counterfeit device," or |
283 | "counterfeit drug, counterfeit device, or counterfeit cosmetic" |
284 | means a drug, device, or cosmetic which, or the container, seal, |
285 | or labeling of which, without authorization, bears the |
286 | trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint, or |
287 | device, or any likeness thereof, of a drug, device, or cosmetic |
288 | manufacturer, processor, packer, or distributor other than the |
289 | person that in fact manufactured, processed, packed, or |
290 | distributed that drug, device, or cosmetic and which thereby |
291 | falsely purports or is represented to be the product of, or to |
292 | have been packed or distributed by, that other drug, device, or |
293 | cosmetic manufacturer, processor, packer, or distributor. |
294 | (15)(13) "Department" means the Department of Health. |
295 | (16)(14) "Device" means any instrument, apparatus, |
296 | implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or |
297 | other similar or related article, including its components, |
298 | parts, or accessories, which is: |
299 | (a) Recognized in the current edition of the United States |
300 | Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary, or any supplement thereof, |
301 | (b) Intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, |
302 | treatment, therapy, or prevention of disease in humans or other |
303 | animals, or |
304 | (c) Intended to affect the structure or any function of |
305 | the body of humans or other animals, |
306 |
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307 | and that which does not achieve any of its principal intended |
308 | purposes through chemical action within or on the body of humans |
309 | or other animals and which is not dependent upon being |
310 | metabolized for the achievement of any of its principal intended |
311 | purposes. |
312 | (17)(15) "Distribute or distribution" or "distribution" |
313 | means to sell; offer to sell; give away; transfer, whether by |
314 | passage of title, physical movement, or both; deliver; or offer |
315 | to deliver. The term does not mean to administer or dispense. |
316 | (18) "Drop shipment" means the sale of a prescription drug |
317 | from a manufacturer to a wholesale distributor, where the |
318 | wholesale distributor takes title to, but not possession of, the |
319 | prescription drug and the manufacturer of the prescription drug |
320 | ships the prescription drug directly to a chain pharmacy |
321 | warehouse or a person authorized by law to purchase prescription |
322 | drugs for the purpose of administering or dispensing the drug, |
323 | as defined in s. 465.003. |
324 | (16) "Diverted from the legal channels of distribution for |
325 | prescription drugs" means an adulterated drug pursuant to s. |
326 | 499.006(10). |
327 | (19)(17) "Drug" means an article that is: |
328 | (a) Recognized in the current edition of the United States |
329 | Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary, official Homeopathic |
330 | Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or any supplement to any of |
331 | those publications; |
332 | (b) Intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, |
333 | treatment, therapy, or prevention of disease in humans or other |
334 | animals; |
335 | (c) Intended to affect the structure or any function of |
336 | the body of humans or other animals; or |
337 | (d) Intended for use as a component of any article |
338 | specified in paragraph (a), paragraph (b), or paragraph (c), but |
339 | does not include devices or their components, parts, or |
340 | accessories. |
341 | (20)(18) "Establishment" means a place of business at one |
342 | general physical location. |
343 | (21)(19) "Federal act" means the Federal Food, Drug, and |
344 | Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. ss. 301 et seq.; 52 Stat. 1040 et seq. |
345 | (22)(20) "Freight forwarder" means a person who receives |
346 | prescription legend drugs which are owned by another person and |
347 | designated by that person for export, and exports those |
348 | prescription legend drugs. |
349 | (23)(21) "Health care entity" means a closed pharmacy or |
350 | any person, organization, or business entity that provides |
351 | diagnostic, medical, surgical, or dental treatment or care, or |
352 | chronic or rehabilitative care, but does not include any |
353 | wholesale distributor or retail pharmacy licensed under state |
354 | law to deal in prescription drugs. |
355 | (24)(f) "Health care facility" means a health care |
356 | facility licensed under chapter 395. |
357 | (25)(h) "Hospice" means a corporation licensed under part |
358 | IV of chapter 400. |
359 | (26)(i) "Hospital" means a facility as defined in s. |
360 | 395.002 and licensed under chapter 395. |
361 | (27)(22) "Immediate container" does not include package |
362 | liners. |
363 | (28)(23) "Label" means a display of written, printed, or |
364 | graphic matter upon the immediate container of any drug, device, |
365 | or cosmetic. A requirement made by or under authority of this |
366 | part ss. 499.001-499.081 or rules adopted under this part those |
367 | sections that any word, statement, or other information appear |
368 | on the label is not complied with unless such word, statement, |
369 | or other information also appears on the outside container or |
370 | wrapper, if any, of the retail package of such drug, device, or |
371 | cosmetic or is easily legible through the outside container or |
372 | wrapper. |
373 | (29)(24) "Labeling" means all labels and other written, |
374 | printed, or graphic matters: |
375 | (a) Upon a drug, device, or cosmetic, or any of its |
376 | containers or wrappers; or |
377 | (b) Accompanying or related to such drug, device, or |
378 | cosmetic. |
379 | (25) "Legend drug," "prescription drug," or "medicinal |
380 | drug" means any drug, including, but not limited to, finished |
381 | dosage forms, or active ingredients subject to, defined by, or |
382 | described by s. 503(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic |
383 | Act or s. 465.003(8), s. 499.007(12), or s. 499.0122(1)(b) or |
384 | (c). |
385 | (26) "Legend drug label" means any display of written, |
386 | printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container of any |
387 | legend drug prior to its dispensing to an individual patient |
388 | pursuant to a prescription of a practitioner authorized by law |
389 | to prescribe. |
390 | (30)(27) "Manufacture" means the preparation, deriving, |
391 | compounding, propagation, processing, producing, or fabrication |
392 | of any drug, device, or cosmetic. |
393 | (31)(28) "Manufacturer" means: |
394 | (a) A person who prepares, derives, manufactures, or |
395 | produces a drug, device, or cosmetic. |
396 | (b) The holder or holders of a New Drug Application (NDA), |
397 | an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA), a Biologics License |
398 | Application (BLA), or a New Animal Drug Application (NADA), |
399 | provided such application has become effective or is otherwise |
400 | approved consistent with s. 499.023; a private label distributor |
401 | for whom the private label distributor's prescription drugs are |
402 | originally manufactured and labeled for the distributor and have |
403 | not been repackaged; or the distribution point for the |
404 | manufacturer, contract manufacturer, or private label |
405 | distributor whether the establishment is a member of the |
406 | manufacturer's affiliated group or is a contract distribution |
407 | site. |
408 | |
409 | The term excludes pharmacies that are operating in compliance |
410 | with pharmacy practice standards as defined in chapter 465 and |
411 | rules adopted under that chapter. |
412 | (32)(29) "New drug" means: |
413 | (a) Any drug the composition of which is such that the |
414 | drug is not generally recognized, among experts qualified by |
415 | scientific training and experience to evaluate the safety and |
416 | effectiveness of drugs, as safe and effective for use under the |
417 | conditions prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the labeling |
418 | of that drug; or |
419 | (b) Any drug the composition of which is such that the |
420 | drug, as a result of investigations to determine its safety and |
421 | effectiveness for use under certain conditions, has been |
422 | recognized for use under such conditions, but which drug has |
423 | not, other than in those investigations, been used to a material |
424 | extent or for a material time under such conditions. |
425 | (33) "Normal distribution chain" means a wholesale |
426 | distribution of a prescription drug in which the wholesale |
427 | distributor or its wholly owned subsidiary purchases and |
428 | receives the specific unit of the prescription drug directly |
429 | from the manufacturer and distributes the prescription drug |
430 | directly, or through up to two intracompany transfers, to a |
431 | chain pharmacy warehouse or a person authorized by law to |
432 | purchase prescription drugs for the purpose of administering or |
433 | dispensing the drug, as defined in s. 465.003. For purposes of |
434 | this subsection, the term "intracompany" means any transaction |
435 | or transfer between any parent, division, or subsidiary wholly |
436 | owned by a corporate entity. |
437 | (34)(j) "Nursing home" means a facility licensed under |
438 | part II of chapter 400. |
439 | (35)(30) "Official compendium" means the current edition |
440 | of the official United States Pharmacopoeia and National |
441 | Formulary, or any supplement thereto. |
442 | (36)(31) "Pedigree paper" means: |
443 | (a) Effective July 1, 2006, A document in written or |
444 | electronic form approved by the department which contains of |
445 | Health and containing information required by s. 499.01212 |
446 | regarding the sale and that records each distribution of any |
447 | given prescription legend drug, from sale by a pharmaceutical |
448 | manufacturer, through acquisition and sale by any wholesaler or |
449 | repackager, until final sale to a pharmacy or other person |
450 | administering or dispensing the drug. The information required |
451 | to be included on the form approved by the department pursuant |
452 | to this paragraph must at least detail the amount of the legend |
453 | drug; its dosage form and strength; its lot numbers; the name |
454 | and address of each owner of the legend drug and his or her |
455 | signature; its shipping information, including the name and |
456 | address of each person certifying delivery or receipt of the |
457 | legend drug; an invoice number, a shipping document number, or |
458 | another number uniquely identifying the transaction; and a |
459 | certification that the recipient wholesaler has authenticated |
460 | the pedigree papers. If the manufacturer or repackager has |
461 | uniquely serialized the individual legend drug unit, that |
462 | identifier must also be included on the form approved pursuant |
463 | to this paragraph. It must also include the name, address, |
464 | telephone number and, if available, e-mail contact information |
465 | of each wholesaler involved in the chain of the legend drug's |
466 | custody; or |
467 | (b) A statement, under oath, in written or electronic |
468 | form, confirming that a wholesale distributor purchases and |
469 | receives the specific unit of the prescription drug directly |
470 | from the manufacturer of the prescription drug and distributes |
471 | the prescription drug directly, or through an intracompany |
472 | transfer, to a chain pharmacy warehouse or a person authorized |
473 | by law to purchase prescription drugs for the purpose of |
474 | administering or dispensing the drug, as defined in s. 465.003. |
475 | For purposes of this subsection, the term "chain pharmacy |
476 | warehouse" means a wholesale distributor permitted pursuant to |
477 | s. 499.01 that maintains a physical location for prescription |
478 | drugs that functions solely as a central warehouse to perform |
479 | intracompany transfers of such drugs to a member of its |
480 | affiliated group as described in s. 499.0121(6)(f)1. |
481 | 1. The information required to be included pursuant to |
482 | this paragraph must include: |
483 | a. The following statement: "This wholesale distributor |
484 | purchased the specific unit of the prescription drug directly |
485 | from the manufacturer." |
486 | b. The manufacturer's national drug code identifier and |
487 | the name and address of the wholesaler and the purchaser of the |
488 | prescription drug. |
489 | c. The name of the prescription drug as it appears on the |
490 | label. |
491 | d. The quantity, dosage form, and strength of the |
492 | prescription drug. |
493 | 2. The wholesale distributor must also maintain and make |
494 | available to the department, upon request, the point of origin |
495 | of the prescription drugs, including intracompany transfers; the |
496 | date of the shipment from the manufacturer to the wholesale |
497 | distributor; the lot numbers of such drugs; and the invoice |
498 | numbers from the manufacturer. |
499 |
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500 | The department may adopt rules and forms relating to the |
501 | requirements of this subsection. |
502 | (37)(1) DEFINITION.--As used in this section, the term |
503 | "Permittee" means any person holding a permit issued pursuant to |
504 | s. 499.012. |
505 | (38)(32) "Person" means any individual, child, joint |
506 | venture, syndicate, fiduciary, partnership, corporation, |
507 | division of a corporation, firm, trust, business trust, company, |
508 | estate, public or private institution, association, |
509 | organization, group, city, county, city and county, political |
510 | subdivision of this state, other governmental agency within this |
511 | state, and any representative, agent, or agency of any of the |
512 | foregoing, or any other group or combination of the foregoing. |
513 | (39)(l) "Pharmacist" means a person licensed under chapter |
514 | 465. |
515 | (40)(m) "Pharmacy" means an entity licensed under chapter |
516 | 465. |
517 | (41)(33) "Prepackaged drug product" means a drug that |
518 | originally was in finished packaged form sealed by a |
519 | manufacturer and that is placed in a properly labeled container |
520 | by a pharmacy or practitioner authorized to dispense pursuant to |
521 | chapter 465 for the purpose of dispensing in the establishment |
522 | in which the prepackaging occurred. |
523 | (42) "Prescription drug" means a prescription, medicinal, |
524 | or legend drug, including, but not limited to, finished dosage |
525 | forms or active ingredients subject to, defined by, or described |
526 | by s. 503(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or s. |
527 | 465.003(8), s. 499.007(13), or subsection (11), subsection (47), |
528 | or subsection (54). |
529 | (43) "Prescription drug label" means any display of |
530 | written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container |
531 | of any prescription drug prior to its dispensing to an |
532 | individual patient pursuant to a prescription of a practitioner |
533 | authorized by law to prescribe. |
534 | (44)(34) "Prescription label" means any display of |
535 | written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container |
536 | of any prescription legend drug dispensed pursuant to a |
537 | prescription of a practitioner authorized by law to prescribe. |
538 | (45)(35) "Prescription medical oxygen" means oxygen USP |
539 | which is a drug that can only be sold on the order or |
540 | prescription of a practitioner authorized by law to prescribe. |
541 | The label of prescription medical oxygen must comply with |
542 | current labeling requirements for oxygen under the Federal Food, |
543 | Drug, and Cosmetic Act. |
544 | (46)(d) "Primary wholesale distributor wholesaler" means |
545 | any wholesale distributor that: |
546 | (a)1. Purchased 90 percent or more of the total dollar |
547 | volume of its purchases of prescription drugs directly from |
548 | manufacturers in the previous year; and |
549 | (b)1.2.a. Directly purchased prescription drugs from not |
550 | fewer than 50 different prescription drug manufacturers in the |
551 | previous year; or |
552 | 2.b. Has, or the affiliated group, as defined in s. 1504 |
553 | of the Internal Revenue Code, of which the wholesale distributor |
554 | is a member has, not fewer than 250 employees. |
555 | (c)(e) For purposes of this subsection, "directly from |
556 | manufacturers a manufacturer" means: |
557 | 1. Purchases made by the wholesale distributor directly |
558 | from the manufacturer of prescription drugs; and |
559 | 2. Transfers from a member of an affiliated group, as |
560 | defined in s. 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code, of which the |
561 | wholesale distributor is a member, if: |
562 | a. The affiliated group purchases 90 percent or more of |
563 | the total dollar volume of its purchases of prescription drugs |
564 | from the manufacturer in the previous year; and |
565 | b. The wholesale distributor discloses to the department |
566 | the names of all members of the affiliated group of which the |
567 | wholesale distributor is a member and the affiliated group |
568 | agrees in writing to provide records on prescription drug |
569 | purchases by the members of the affiliated group not later than |
570 | 48 hours after the department requests access to such records, |
571 | regardless of the location where the records are stored. |
572 | (47)(36) "Proprietary drug," or "OTC drug," means a patent |
573 | or over-the-counter drug in its unbroken, original package, |
574 | which drug is sold to the public by, or under the authority of, |
575 | the manufacturer or primary distributor thereof, is not |
576 | misbranded under the provisions of this part ss. 499.001- |
577 | 499.081, and can be purchased without a prescription. |
578 | (48)(37) "Repackage" includes repacking or otherwise |
579 | changing the container, wrapper, or labeling to further the |
580 | distribution of the drug, device, or cosmetic. |
581 | (49)(38) "Repackager" means a person who repackages. The |
582 | term excludes pharmacies that are operating in compliance with |
583 | pharmacy practice standards as defined in chapter 465 and rules |
584 | adopted under that chapter. |
585 | (50)(c) "Retail pharmacy" means a community pharmacy |
586 | licensed under chapter 465 that purchases prescription drugs at |
587 | fair market prices and provides prescription services to the |
588 | public. |
589 | (51)(f) "Secondary wholesale distributor wholesaler" means |
590 | a wholesale distributor that is not a primary wholesale |
591 | distributor wholesaler. |
592 | (53)(39) "Veterinary prescription drug" means a |
593 | prescription legend drug intended solely for veterinary use. The |
594 | label of the drug must bear the statement, "Caution: Federal law |
595 | restricts this drug to sale by or on the order of a licensed |
596 | veterinarian." |
597 | (40) "Veterinary prescription drug wholesaler" means any |
598 | person engaged in wholesale distribution of veterinary |
599 | prescription drugs in or into this state. |
600 | (54)(a) "Wholesale distribution" means distribution of |
601 | prescription drugs to persons other than a consumer or patient, |
602 | but does not include: |
603 | (a)1. Any of the following activities, which is not a |
604 | violation of s. 499.005(21) if such activity is conducted in |
605 | accordance with s. 499.01(2)(g) s. 499.014: |
606 | 1.a. The purchase or other acquisition by a hospital or |
607 | other health care entity that is a member of a group purchasing |
608 | organization of a prescription drug for its own use from the |
609 | group purchasing organization or from other hospitals or health |
610 | care entities that are members of that organization. |
611 | 2.b. The sale, purchase, or trade of a prescription drug |
612 | or an offer to sell, purchase, or trade a prescription drug by a |
613 | charitable organization described in s. 501(c)(3) of the |
614 | Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and revised, to a |
615 | nonprofit affiliate of the organization to the extent otherwise |
616 | permitted by law. |
617 | 3.c. The sale, purchase, or trade of a prescription drug |
618 | or an offer to sell, purchase, or trade a prescription drug |
619 | among hospitals or other health care entities that are under |
620 | common control. For purposes of this subparagraph section, |
621 | "common control" means the power to direct or cause the |
622 | direction of the management and policies of a person or an |
623 | organization, whether by ownership of stock, by voting rights, |
624 | by contract, or otherwise. |
625 | 4.d. The sale, purchase, trade, or other transfer of a |
626 | prescription drug from or for any federal, state, or local |
627 | government agency or any entity eligible to purchase |
628 | prescription drugs at public health services prices pursuant to |
629 | Pub. L. No. 102-585, s. 602 to a contract provider or its |
630 | subcontractor for eligible patients of the agency or entity |
631 | under the following conditions: |
632 | a.(I) The agency or entity must obtain written |
633 | authorization for the sale, purchase, trade, or other transfer |
634 | of a prescription drug under this subparagraph sub-subparagraph |
635 | from the State Surgeon General or his or her designee. |
636 | b.(II) The contract provider or subcontractor must be |
637 | authorized by law to administer or dispense prescription drugs. |
638 | c.(III) In the case of a subcontractor, the agency or |
639 | entity must be a party to and execute the subcontract. |
640 | d.(IV) A contract provider or subcontractor must maintain |
641 | separate and apart from other prescription drug inventory any |
642 | prescription drugs of the agency or entity in its possession. |
643 | e.(V) The contract provider and subcontractor must |
644 | maintain and produce immediately for inspection all records of |
645 | movement or transfer of all the prescription drugs belonging to |
646 | the agency or entity, including, but not limited to, the records |
647 | of receipt and disposition of prescription drugs. Each |
648 | contractor and subcontractor dispensing or administering these |
649 | drugs must maintain and produce records documenting the |
650 | dispensing or administration. Records that are required to be |
651 | maintained include, but are not limited to, a perpetual |
652 | inventory itemizing drugs received and drugs dispensed by |
653 | prescription number or administered by patient identifier, which |
654 | must be submitted to the agency or entity quarterly. |
655 | f.(VI) The contract provider or subcontractor may |
656 | administer or dispense the prescription drugs only to the |
657 | eligible patients of the agency or entity or must return the |
658 | prescription drugs for or to the agency or entity. The contract |
659 | provider or subcontractor must require proof from each person |
660 | seeking to fill a prescription or obtain treatment that the |
661 | person is an eligible patient of the agency or entity and must, |
662 | at a minimum, maintain a copy of this proof as part of the |
663 | records of the contractor or subcontractor required under sub- |
664 | subparagraph e. sub-sub-subparagraph (V). |
665 | g.(VII) In addition to the departmental inspection |
666 | authority set forth in s. 499.051, the establishment of the |
667 | contract provider and subcontractor and all records pertaining |
668 | to prescription drugs subject to this subparagraph sub- |
669 | subparagraph shall be subject to inspection by the agency or |
670 | entity. All records relating to prescription drugs of a |
671 | manufacturer under this subparagraph sub-subparagraph shall be |
672 | subject to audit by the manufacturer of those drugs, without |
673 | identifying individual patient information. |
674 | (b)2. Any of the following activities, which is not a |
675 | violation of s. 499.005(21) if such activity is conducted in |
676 | accordance with rules established by the department: |
677 | 1.a. The sale, purchase, or trade of a prescription drug |
678 | among federal, state, or local government health care entities |
679 | that are under common control and are authorized to purchase |
680 | such prescription drug. |
681 | 2.b. The sale, purchase, or trade of a prescription drug |
682 | or an offer to sell, purchase, or trade a prescription drug for |
683 | emergency medical reasons. For purposes of this subparagraph |
684 | sub-subparagraph, the term "emergency medical reasons" includes |
685 | transfers of prescription drugs by a retail pharmacy to another |
686 | retail pharmacy to alleviate a temporary shortage. |
687 | 3.c. The transfer of a prescription drug acquired by a |
688 | medical director on behalf of a licensed emergency medical |
689 | services provider to that emergency medical services provider |
690 | and its transport vehicles for use in accordance with the |
691 | provider's license under chapter 401. |
692 | 4.d. The revocation of a sale or the return of a |
693 | prescription drug to the person's prescription drug wholesale |
694 | supplier. |
695 | 5.e. The donation of a prescription drug by a health care |
696 | entity to a charitable organization that has been granted an |
697 | exemption under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of |
698 | 1986, as amended, and that is authorized to possess prescription |
699 | drugs. |
700 | 6.f. The transfer of a prescription drug by a person |
701 | authorized to purchase or receive prescription drugs to a person |
702 | licensed or permitted to handle reverse distributions or |
703 | destruction under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the |
704 | person handling the reverse distribution or destruction receives |
705 | the drug. |
706 | 7.g. The transfer of a prescription drug by a hospital or |
707 | other health care entity to a person licensed under this part |
708 | chapter to repackage prescription drugs for the purpose of |
709 | repackaging the prescription drug for use by that hospital, or |
710 | other health care entity and other health care entities that are |
711 | under common control, if ownership of the prescription drugs |
712 | remains with the hospital or other health care entity at all |
713 | times. In addition to the recordkeeping requirements of s. |
714 | 499.0121(6), the hospital or health care entity that transfers |
715 | prescription drugs pursuant to this subparagraph sub- |
716 | subparagraph must reconcile all drugs transferred and returned |
717 | and resolve any discrepancies in a timely manner. |
718 | (c)3. The distribution of prescription drug samples by |
719 | manufacturers' representatives or distributors' representatives |
720 | conducted in accordance with s. 499.028. |
721 | (d)4. The sale, purchase, or trade of blood and blood |
722 | components intended for transfusion. As used in this paragraph |
723 | subparagraph, the term "blood" means whole blood collected from |
724 | a single donor and processed either for transfusion or further |
725 | manufacturing, and the term "blood components" means that part |
726 | of the blood separated by physical or mechanical means. |
727 | (e)5. The lawful dispensing of a prescription drug in |
728 | accordance with chapter 465. |
729 | (f)6. The sale, purchase, or trade of a prescription drug |
730 | between pharmacies as a result of a sale, transfer, merger, or |
731 | consolidation of all or part of the business of the pharmacies |
732 | from or with another pharmacy, whether accomplished as a |
733 | purchase and sale of stock or of business assets. |
734 | (54)(b) "Wholesale distributor" means any person engaged |
735 | in wholesale distribution of prescription drugs in or into this |
736 | state, including, but not limited to, manufacturers; |
737 | repackagers; own-label distributors; jobbers; private-label |
738 | distributors; brokers; warehouses, including manufacturers' and |
739 | distributors' warehouses, chain drug warehouses, and wholesale |
740 | drug warehouses; independent wholesale drug traders; exporters; |
741 | retail pharmacies; and the agents thereof that conduct wholesale |
742 | distributions. |
743 | Section 3. Subsections (4), (10), (11), (12), (14), (15), |
744 | (18), (19), (20), (22), (24), (28), and (29) of section 499.005, |
745 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
746 | 499.005 Prohibited acts.--It is unlawful for a person to |
747 | perform or cause the performance of any of the following acts in |
748 | this state: |
749 | (4) The sale, distribution, purchase, trade, holding, or |
750 | offering of any drug, device, or cosmetic in violation of this |
751 | part ss. 499.001-499.081. |
752 | (10) Forging; counterfeiting; simulating; falsely |
753 | representing any drug, device, or cosmetic; or, without the |
754 | authority of the manufacturer, using any mark, stamp, tag, |
755 | label, or other identification device authorized or required by |
756 | rules adopted under this part ss. 499.001-499.081. |
757 | (11) The use, on the labeling of any drug or in any |
758 | advertisement relating to such drug, of any representation or |
759 | suggestion that an application of the drug is effective when it |
760 | is not or that the drug complies with this part ss. 499.001- |
761 | 499.081 when it does not. |
762 | (12) The possession of any drug in violation of this part |
763 | ss. 499.001-499.081. |
764 | (14) The purchase or receipt of a prescription legend drug |
765 | from a person that is not authorized under this chapter to |
766 | distribute prescription legend drugs to that purchaser or |
767 | recipient. |
768 | (15) The sale or transfer of a prescription legend drug to |
769 | a person that is not authorized under the law of the |
770 | jurisdiction in which the person receives the drug to purchase |
771 | or possess prescription legend drugs from the person selling or |
772 | transferring the prescription legend drug. |
773 | (18) Failure to maintain records as required by this part |
774 | ss. 499.001-499.081 and rules adopted under this part those |
775 | sections. |
776 | (19) Providing the department with false or fraudulent |
777 | records, or making false or fraudulent statements, regarding any |
778 | matter within the provisions of this part chapter. |
779 | (20) The importation of a prescription legend drug except |
780 | as provided by s. 801(d) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic |
781 | Act. |
782 | (22) Failure to obtain a permit or registration, or |
783 | operating without a valid permit when a permit or registration |
784 | is required by this part ss. 499.001-499.081 for that activity. |
785 | (24) The distribution of a prescription legend device to |
786 | the patient or ultimate consumer without a prescription or order |
787 | from a practitioner licensed by law to use or prescribe the |
788 | device. |
789 | (28) Failure to acquire obtain or deliver pass on a |
790 | pedigree paper as required under this part. |
791 | (29) The receipt of a prescription drug pursuant to a |
792 | wholesale distribution without having previously received or |
793 | simultaneously either first receiving a pedigree paper that was |
794 | attested to as accurate and complete by the wholesale |
795 | distributor as required under this part or complying with the |
796 | provisions of s. 499.0121(6)(d)5. |
797 | Section 4. Section 499.0051, Florida Statutes, is amended; |
798 | section 499.0052, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as |
799 | subsection (7) of that section and amended; section 499.00535, |
800 | Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (9) of that |
801 | section and amended; section 499.00545, Florida Statutes, is |
802 | redesignated as subsection (10) of that section and amended; |
803 | section 499.069, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection |
804 | (11) of that section and amended; and section 499.0691, Florida |
805 | Statutes, is redesignated as subsections (12) through (15) of |
806 | that section and amended, to read: |
807 | 499.0051 Criminal acts involving contraband or adulterated |
808 | drugs.-- |
809 | (1) FAILURE TO MAINTAIN OR DELIVER PEDIGREE PAPERS.-- |
810 | (a) A person, other than a manufacturer, engaged in the |
811 | wholesale distribution of prescription legend drugs who fails to |
812 | deliver to another person complete and accurate pedigree papers |
813 | concerning a prescription legend drug or contraband prescription |
814 | legend drug prior to, or simultaneous with, the transfer of |
815 | transferring the prescription legend drug or contraband |
816 | prescription legend drug to another person commits a felony of |
817 | the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. |
818 | 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
819 | (b) A person engaged in the wholesale distribution of |
820 | prescription legend drugs who fails to acquire complete and |
821 | accurate pedigree papers concerning a prescription legend drug |
822 | or contraband prescription legend drug prior to, or simultaneous |
823 | with, the receipt of obtaining the prescription legend drug or |
824 | contraband prescription legend drug from another person commits |
825 | a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. |
826 | 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
827 | (c) Any person who knowingly destroys, alters, conceals, |
828 | or fails to maintain complete and accurate pedigree papers |
829 | concerning any prescription legend drug or contraband |
830 | prescription legend drug in his or her possession commits a |
831 | felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. |
832 | 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
833 | (2) FAILURE TO AUTHENTICATE PEDIGREE PAPERS.--Effective |
834 | July 1, 2006: |
835 | (a) A person engaged in the wholesale distribution of |
836 | prescription legend drugs who is in possession of pedigree |
837 | papers concerning prescription legend drugs or contraband |
838 | prescription legend drugs and who fails to authenticate the |
839 | matters contained in the pedigree papers and who nevertheless |
840 | attempts to further distribute prescription legend drugs or |
841 | contraband prescription legend drugs commits a felony of the |
842 | third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, |
843 | or s. 775.084. |
844 | (b) A person in possession of pedigree papers concerning |
845 | prescription legend drugs or contraband prescription legend |
846 | drugs who falsely swears or certifies that he or she has |
847 | authenticated the matters contained in the pedigree papers |
848 | commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in |
849 | s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
850 | (3) KNOWING FORGERY OF PEDIGREE PAPERS.--A person who |
851 | knowingly forges, counterfeits, or falsely creates any pedigree |
852 | paper; who falsely represents any factual matter contained on |
853 | any pedigree paper; or who knowingly omits to record material |
854 | information required to be recorded in a pedigree paper, commits |
855 | a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. |
856 | 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
857 | (4) KNOWING PURCHASE OR RECEIPT OF PRESCRIPTION LEGEND |
858 | DRUG FROM UNAUTHORIZED PERSON.--A person who knowingly purchases |
859 | or receives from a person not authorized to distribute |
860 | prescription legend drugs under this chapter a prescription |
861 | legend drug in a wholesale distribution transaction commits a |
862 | felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. |
863 | 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
864 | (5) KNOWING SALE OR TRANSFER OF PRESCRIPTION LEGEND DRUG |
865 | TO UNAUTHORIZED PERSON.--A person who knowingly sells or |
866 | transfers to a person not authorized to purchase or possess |
867 | prescription legend drugs, under the law of the jurisdiction in |
868 | which the person receives the drug, a prescription legend drug |
869 | in a wholesale distribution transaction commits a felony of the |
870 | second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, |
871 | or s. 775.084. |
872 | (6) KNOWING SALE OR DELIVERY, OR POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO |
873 | SELL, CONTRABAND PRESCRIPTION LEGEND DRUGS.--A person who is |
874 | knowingly in actual or constructive possession of any amount of |
875 | contraband prescription legend drugs, who knowingly sells or |
876 | delivers, or who possesses with intent to sell or deliver any |
877 | amount of contraband prescription legend drugs, commits a felony |
878 | of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. |
879 | 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
880 | (7)499.0052 KNOWING TRAFFICKING IN CONTRABAND PRESCRIPTION |
881 | LEGEND DRUGS.--A person who knowingly sells, purchases, |
882 | manufactures, delivers, or brings into this state, or who is |
883 | knowingly in actual or constructive possession of any amount of |
884 | contraband prescription legend drugs valued at $25,000 or more |
885 | commits a felony of the first degree, punishable as provided in |
886 | s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
887 | (a) Upon conviction, each defendant shall be ordered to |
888 | pay a mandatory fine according to the following schedule: |
889 | 1.(1) If the value of contraband prescription legend drugs |
890 | involved is $25,000 or more, but less than $100,000, the |
891 | defendant shall pay a mandatory fine of $25,000. If the |
892 | defendant is a corporation or other person that is not a natural |
893 | person, it shall pay a mandatory fine of $75,000. |
894 | 2.(2) If the value of contraband prescription legend drugs |
895 | involved is $100,000 or more, but less than $250,000, the |
896 | defendant shall pay a mandatory fine of $100,000. If the |
897 | defendant is a corporation or other person that is not a natural |
898 | person, it shall pay a mandatory fine of $300,000. |
899 | 3.(3) If the value of contraband prescription legend drugs |
900 | involved is $250,000 or more, the defendant shall pay a |
901 | mandatory fine of $200,000. If the defendant is a corporation or |
902 | other person that is not a natural person, it shall pay a |
903 | mandatory fine of $600,000. |
904 | (b) As used in this subsection section, the term "value" |
905 | means the market value of the property at the time and place of |
906 | the offense or, if such cannot be satisfactorily ascertained, |
907 | the cost of replacement of the property within a reasonable time |
908 | after the offense. Amounts of value of separate contraband |
909 | prescription legend drugs involved in distinct transactions for |
910 | the distribution of the contraband prescription legend drugs |
911 | committed pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct, whether |
912 | involving the same person or several persons, may be aggregated |
913 | in determining the punishment of the offense. |
914 | (8)(7) KNOWING FORGERY OF PRESCRIPTION OR PRESCRIPTION |
915 | LEGEND DRUG LABELS.--A person who knowingly forges, |
916 | counterfeits, or falsely creates any prescription label or |
917 | prescription legend drug label, or who falsely represents any |
918 | factual matter contained on any prescription label or |
919 | prescription legend drug label, commits a felony of the first |
920 | degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. |
921 | 775.084. |
922 | (9)499.00535 KNOWING Sale or purchase of contraband |
923 | prescription legend drugs resulting in great bodily harm.--A |
924 | person who knowingly sells, purchases, manufactures, delivers, |
925 | or brings into this state, or who is knowingly in actual or |
926 | constructive possession of any amount of contraband prescription |
927 | legend drugs, and whose acts in violation of this subsection |
928 | section result in great bodily harm to a person, commits a |
929 | felony of the first degree, as provided in s. 775.082, s. |
930 | 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
931 | (10)499.00545 Knowing Sale or purchase of contraband |
932 | prescription legend drugs resulting in death.--A person who |
933 | knowingly manufactures, sells, purchases, delivers, or brings |
934 | into this state, or who is knowingly in actual or constructive |
935 | possession of any amount of contraband prescription legend |
936 | drugs, and whose acts in violation of this subsection section |
937 | result in the death of a person, commits a felony of the first |
938 | degree, punishable by a term of years not exceeding life, as |
939 | provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
940 | (11)499.069 Criminal punishment for violations of s. |
941 | 499.005 related to devices and cosmetics; dissemination of false |
942 | advertisement.-- |
943 | (a)(1) Any person who violates any of the provisions of s. |
944 | 499.005 with respect to a device or cosmetic commits a |
945 | misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. |
946 | 775.082 or s. 775.083; but, if the violation is committed after |
947 | a conviction of such person under this subsection section has |
948 | become final, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the |
949 | first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083 |
950 | or as otherwise provided in this part ss. 499.001-499.081, |
951 | except that any person who violates s. 499.005(8) or (10) |
952 | subsection (8) or subsection (10) of s. 499.005 with respect to |
953 | a device or cosmetic commits a felony of the third degree, |
954 | punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, |
955 | or as otherwise provided in this part ss. 499.001-499.081. |
956 | (b)(2) A publisher, radio broadcast licensee, or agency or |
957 | medium for the dissemination of an advertisement, except the |
958 | manufacturer, wholesaler, or seller of the article to which a |
959 | false advertisement relates, is not liable under this subsection |
960 | section by reason of the dissemination by him or her of such |
961 | false advertisement, unless he or she has refused, on the |
962 | request of the department, to furnish to the department the name |
963 | and post office address of the manufacturer, wholesaler, seller, |
964 | or advertising agency that asked him or her to disseminate such |
965 | advertisement. |
966 | (12)499.0691 ADULTERATED AND MISBRANDED DRUGS; FALSE |
967 | ADVERTISEMENT; FAILURE TO MAINTAIN RECORDS RELATING TO DRUGS |
968 | Criminal punishment for violations related to drugs; |
969 | dissemination of false advertisement.--(1) Any person who |
970 | violates any of the following provisions commits a misdemeanor |
971 | of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. |
972 | 775.083; but, if the violation is committed after a conviction |
973 | of such person under this subsection section has become final, |
974 | such person commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, |
975 | punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, or as |
976 | otherwise provided in this part ss. 499.001-499.081: |
977 | (a) The manufacture, repackaging, sale, delivery, or |
978 | holding or offering for sale of any drug that is adulterated or |
979 | misbranded or has otherwise been rendered unfit for human or |
980 | animal use. |
981 | (b) The adulteration or misbranding of any drug intended |
982 | for further distribution. |
983 | (c) The receipt of any drug that is adulterated or |
984 | misbranded, and the delivery or proffered delivery of such drug, |
985 | for pay or otherwise. |
986 | (d) The dissemination of any false or misleading |
987 | advertisement of a drug. |
988 | (e) The use, on the labeling of any drug or in any |
989 | advertisement relating to such drug, of any representation or |
990 | suggestion that an application of the drug is effective when it |
991 | is not or that the drug complies with this part ss. 499.001- |
992 | 499.081 when it does not. |
993 | (f) The purchase or receipt of a compressed medical gas |
994 | from a person that is not authorized under this chapter to |
995 | distribute compressed medical gases. |
996 | (g) Charging a dispensing fee for dispensing, |
997 | administering, or distributing a prescription drug sample. |
998 | (h) The failure to maintain records related to a drug as |
999 | required by this part ss. 499.001-499.081 and rules adopted |
1000 | under this part those sections, except for pedigree papers, |
1001 | invoices, or shipping documents related to prescription legend |
1002 | drugs. |
1003 | (i) The possession of any drug in violation of this part |
1004 | ss. 499.001-499.081, except if the violation relates to a |
1005 | deficiency in pedigree papers. |
1006 | (13) REFUSAL TO ALLOW INSPECTION; SELLING, PURCHASING, OR |
1007 | TRADING DRUG SAMPLES; FAILURE TO MAINTAIN RECORDS RELATING TO |
1008 | PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.--(2) Any person who violates any of the |
1009 | following provisions commits a felony of the third degree, |
1010 | punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, |
1011 | or as otherwise provided in this part: ss. 499.001-499.081. |
1012 | (a) The refusal or constructive refusal to allow: |
1013 | 1. The department to enter or inspect an establishment in |
1014 | which drugs are manufactured, processed, repackaged, sold, |
1015 | brokered, or held; |
1016 | 2. Inspection of any record of that establishment; |
1017 | 3. The department to enter and inspect any vehicle that is |
1018 | being used to transport drugs; or |
1019 | 4. The department to take samples of any drug. |
1020 | (b) The sale, purchase, or trade, or the offer to sell, |
1021 | purchase, or trade, a drug sample as defined in s. 499.028; the |
1022 | distribution of a drug sample in violation of s. 499.028; or the |
1023 | failure to otherwise comply with s. 499.028. |
1024 | (c) Providing the department with false or fraudulent |
1025 | records, or making false or fraudulent statements, regarding any |
1026 | matter within the provisions of this part chapter related to a |
1027 | drug. |
1028 | (d) The failure to receive, maintain, or provide invoices |
1029 | and shipping documents, other than pedigree papers, if |
1030 | applicable, related to the distribution of a prescription legend |
1031 | drug. |
1032 | (e) The importation of a prescription legend drug for |
1033 | wholesale distribution, except as provided by s. 801(d) of the |
1034 | Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. |
1035 | (f) The wholesale distribution of a any prescription drug |
1036 | that was: |
1037 | 1. Purchased by a public or private hospital or other |
1038 | health care entity; or |
1039 | 2. Donated or supplied at a reduced price to a charitable |
1040 | organization. |
1041 | (g) The failure to obtain a permit as a prescription drug |
1042 | wholesale distributor wholesaler when a permit is required by |
1043 | this part ss. 499.001-499.081 for that activity. |
1044 | (h) Knowingly possessing any adulterated or misbranded |
1045 | prescription legend drug outside of a designated quarantine |
1046 | area. |
1047 | (i) The purchase or sale of a prescription drug drugs for |
1048 | wholesale distribution in exchange for currency, as defined in |
1049 | s. 560.103(6). |
1050 | (14) OTHER VIOLATIONS.--(3) Any person who violates any |
1051 | of the following provisions commits a felony of the second |
1052 | degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. |
1053 | 775.084, or as otherwise provided in this part: ss. 499.001- |
1054 | 499.081. |
1055 | (a) Knowingly manufacturing, repackaging, selling, |
1056 | delivering, or holding or offering for sale any drug that is |
1057 | adulterated or misbranded or has otherwise been rendered unfit |
1058 | for human or animal use. |
1059 | (b) Knowingly adulterating a drug that is intended for |
1060 | further distribution. |
1061 | (c) Knowingly receiving a drug that is adulterated and |
1062 | delivering or proffering delivery of such drug for pay or |
1063 | otherwise. |
1064 | (d) Committing any act that causes a drug to be a |
1065 | counterfeit drug, or selling, dispensing, or knowingly holding |
1066 | for sale a counterfeit drug. |
1067 | (e) Forging, counterfeiting, simulating, or falsely |
1068 | representing any drug, or, without the authority of the |
1069 | manufacturer, using any mark, stamp, tag, label, or other |
1070 | identification device authorized or required by rules adopted |
1071 | under this part ss. 499.001-499.081. |
1072 | (f) Knowingly obtaining or attempting to obtain a |
1073 | prescription drug for wholesale distribution by fraud, deceit, |
1074 | misrepresentation, or subterfuge, or engaging in |
1075 | misrepresentation or fraud in the distribution of a drug. |
1076 | (g) Removing a pharmacy's dispensing label from a |
1077 | dispensed prescription drug with the intent to further |
1078 | distribute the prescription drug. |
1079 | (h) Knowingly distributing a prescription drug that was |
1080 | previously dispensed by a licensed pharmacy, unless such |
1081 | distribution was authorized in chapter 465 or the rules adopted |
1082 | under chapter 465. |
1083 | (15) FALSE ADVERTISEMENT.--(4) A publisher, radio |
1084 | broadcast licensee, or agency or medium for the dissemination of |
1085 | an advertisement, except the manufacturer, repackager, wholesale |
1086 | distributor wholesaler, or seller of the article to which a |
1087 | false advertisement relates, is not liable under subsection |
1088 | (12), subsection (13), or subsection (14) this section by reason |
1089 | of the dissemination by him or her of such false advertisement, |
1090 | unless he or she has refused, on the request of the department, |
1091 | to furnish to the department the name and post office address of |
1092 | the manufacturer, repackager, wholesale distributor wholesaler, |
1093 | seller, or advertising agency that asked him or her to |
1094 | disseminate such advertisement. |
1095 | Section 5. Section 499.0054, Florida Statutes, is amended; |
1096 | section 499.0055, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as |
1097 | subsection (2) of that section and amended; and section |
1098 | 499.0057, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (3) of |
1099 | that section and amended, to read: |
1100 | 499.0054 Advertising and labeling of drugs, devices, and |
1101 | cosmetics; exemptions.-- |
1102 | (1) It is a violation of the Florida Drug and Cosmetic Act |
1103 | to perform or cause the performance of any of the following |
1104 | acts: |
1105 | (a)(1) The dissemination of any false advertisement of any |
1106 | drug, device, or cosmetic. An advertisement is false if it is |
1107 | false or misleading in any way. |
1108 | (b)(2) The distribution in commerce of any drug, device, |
1109 | or cosmetic, if its labeling or advertising is in violation of |
1110 | this part ss. 499.001-499.081. |
1111 | (c)(3) The manufacturing, repackaging, packaging, selling, |
1112 | delivery, holding, or offering for sale of any drug, device, or |
1113 | cosmetic for which the advertising or labeling is false or |
1114 | misleading. |
1115 | (d)(4) The advertising of any drug, device, or cosmetic |
1116 | that is adulterated or misbranded. |
1117 | (e)(5) The receiving in commerce of any drug, device, or |
1118 | cosmetic that is falsely advertised or labeled or the delivering |
1119 | or proffering for delivery of any such drug, device, or |
1120 | cosmetic. |
1121 | (f)(6) The advertising or labeling of any product |
1122 | containing ephedrine, a salt of ephedrine, an isomer of |
1123 | ephedrine, or a salt of an isomer of ephedrine, for the |
1124 | indication of stimulation, mental alertness, weight loss, |
1125 | appetite control, energy, or other indications not approved by |
1126 | the pertinent United States Food and Drug Administration Over- |
1127 | the-Counter Final or Tentative Final Monograph or approved new |
1128 | drug application under the federal act. In determining |
1129 | compliance with this requirement, the department may consider |
1130 | the following factors: |
1131 | 1.(a) The packaging of the product. |
1132 | 2.(b) The name and labeling of the product. |
1133 | 3.(c) The manner of distribution, advertising, and |
1134 | promotion of the product, including verbal representations at |
1135 | the point of sale. |
1136 | 4.(d) The duration, scope, and significance of abuse of |
1137 | the particular product. |
1138 | (g)(7) The advertising of any drug or device represented |
1139 | to have any effect in any of the following conditions, |
1140 | disorders, diseases, or processes: |
1141 | 1.(a) Blood disorders. |
1142 | 2.(b) Bone or joint diseases. |
1143 | 3.(c) Kidney diseases or disorders. |
1144 | 4.(d) Cancer. |
1145 | 5.(e) Diabetes. |
1146 | 6.(f) Gall bladder diseases or disorders. |
1147 | 7.(g) Heart and vascular diseases. |
1148 | 8.(h) High blood pressure. |
1149 | 9.(i) Diseases or disorders of the ear or auditory |
1150 | apparatus, including hearing loss or deafness. |
1151 | 10.(j) Mental disease or mental retardation. |
1152 | 11.(k) Paralysis. |
1153 | 12.(l) Prostate gland disorders. |
1154 | 13.(m) Conditions of the scalp affecting hair loss. |
1155 | 14.(n) Baldness. |
1156 | 15.(o) Endocrine disorders. |
1157 | 16.(p) Sexual impotence. |
1158 | 17.(q) Tumors. |
1159 | 18.(r) Venereal diseases. |
1160 | 19.(s) Varicose ulcers. |
1161 | 20.(t) Breast enlargement. |
1162 | 21.(u) Purifying blood. |
1163 | 22.(v) Metabolic disorders. |
1164 | 23.(w) Immune system disorders or conditions affecting the |
1165 | immune system. |
1166 | 24.(x) Extension of life expectancy. |
1167 | 25.(y) Stress and tension. |
1168 | 26.(z) Brain stimulation or performance. |
1169 | 27.(aa) The body's natural defense mechanisms. |
1170 | 28.(bb) Blood flow. |
1171 | 29.(cc) Depression. |
1172 | 30.(dd) Human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune |
1173 | deficiency syndrome or related disorders or conditions. |
1174 | (h)(8) The representation or suggestion in labeling or |
1175 | advertising that an article is approved under this part ss. |
1176 | 499.001-499.081, when such is not the case. |
1177 | (2)499.0055 False or misleading advertisement.--In |
1178 | determining whether an advertisement is false or misleading, the |
1179 | department shall review the representations made or suggested by |
1180 | statement, word, design, device, sound, or any combination |
1181 | thereof within the advertisement and the extent to which the |
1182 | advertisement fails to reveal material facts with respect to |
1183 | consequences that can result from the use of the drug, device, |
1184 | or cosmetic to which the advertisement relates under the |
1185 | conditions of use prescribed in the labeling or advertisement. |
1186 | (3)499.0057 Advertisement exemptions.-- |
1187 | (a)(1) An advertisement that is not prohibited under |
1188 | paragraph (1)(a) s. 499.0054(1) is not prohibited under |
1189 | paragraph (1)(g) s. 499.0054(7) if it is disseminated: |
1190 | 1. To the public solely to advertise the product for those |
1191 | indications that are safe and effective indications and the |
1192 | product is safe and effective for self-medication, as |
1193 | established by the United States Food and Drug Administration; |
1194 | or |
1195 | 2. if it is disseminated Only to members of the medical, |
1196 | dental, pharmaceutical, or veterinary professions or appears |
1197 | only in the scientific periodicals of these professions. |
1198 | (b)(2) Compliance with this part ss. 499.001-499.081 and |
1199 | the rules adopted under this part those sections creates no |
1200 | legal presumption that a drug or device is safe or effective. |
1201 | Section 6. Subsections (3), (10), and (11) of section |
1202 | 499.006, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
1203 | 499.006 Adulterated drug or device.--A drug or device is |
1204 | adulterated: |
1205 | (3) If it is a drug and the methods used in, or the |
1206 | facilities or controls used for, its manufacture, processing, |
1207 | packing, or holding do not conform to, or are not operated or |
1208 | administered in conformity with, current good manufacturing |
1209 | practices to assure that the drug meets the requirements of this |
1210 | part ss. 499.001-499.081 and that the drug has the identity and |
1211 | strength, and meets the standard of quality and purity, which it |
1212 | purports or is represented to possess; |
1213 | (10) If it is a prescription legend drug for which the |
1214 | required pedigree paper is nonexistent, fraudulent, or |
1215 | incomplete under the requirements of this part ss. 499.001- |
1216 | 499.081 or applicable rules, or that has been purchased, held, |
1217 | sold, or distributed at any time by a person not authorized |
1218 | under federal or state law to do so; or |
1219 | (11) If it is a prescription drug subject to, defined by, |
1220 | or described by s. 503(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and |
1221 | Cosmetic Act which has been returned by a veterinarian to a |
1222 | limited prescription drug veterinary wholesale distributor |
1223 | wholesaler. |
1224 | Section 7. Section 499.007, Florida Statutes, is amended |
1225 | to read: |
1226 | 499.007 Misbranded drug or device.--A drug or device is |
1227 | misbranded: |
1228 | (1) If its labeling is in any way false or misleading. |
1229 | (2) Unless, If in package form, it does not bear bears a |
1230 | label containing: |
1231 | (a) The name and place of business of the manufacturer, |
1232 | repackager, or distributor of the finished dosage form of the |
1233 | drug. For the purpose of this paragraph, the finished dosage |
1234 | form of a prescription medicinal drug is that form of the drug |
1235 | which is, or is intended to be, dispensed or administered to the |
1236 | patient and requires no further manufacturing or processing |
1237 | other than packaging, reconstitution, and labeling; and |
1238 | (b) An accurate statement of the quantity of the contents |
1239 | in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count.; However, under |
1240 | this section, reasonable variations are permitted, and the |
1241 | department shall establish by rule exemptions for small |
1242 | packages. |
1243 | (3) If it is an active pharmaceutical ingredient in bulk |
1244 | form and does not bear a label containing: |
1245 | (a) The name and place of business of the manufacturer, |
1246 | repackager, or distributor; and |
1247 | (b) An accurate statement of the quantity of the contents |
1248 | in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count. |
1249 | (4)(3) If any word, statement, or other information |
1250 | required by or under this part ss. 499.001-499.081 to appear on |
1251 | the label or labeling is not prominently placed thereon with |
1252 | such conspicuousness as compared with other words, statements, |
1253 | designs, or devices in the labeling, and in such terms, as to |
1254 | render the word, statement, or other information likely to be |
1255 | read and understood under customary conditions of purchase and |
1256 | use. |
1257 | (5)(4) If it is a drug and is not designated solely by a |
1258 | name recognized in an official compendium and, unless its label |
1259 | does not bear bears: |
1260 | (a) The common or usual name of the drug, if any; and |
1261 | (b) In case it is fabricated from two or more ingredients, |
1262 | the common or usual name and quantity of each active ingredient. |
1263 | (6)(5) If Unless its labeling does not bear bears: |
1264 | (a) Adequate directions for use; and |
1265 | (b) Adequate warnings against use in those pathological |
1266 | conditions in which its use may be dangerous to health or |
1267 | against use by children if its use may be dangerous to health, |
1268 | or against unsafe dosage or methods or duration of |
1269 | administration or application, in such manner and form as are |
1270 | necessary for the protection of users. |
1271 | (7)(6) If it purports to be a drug the name of which is |
1272 | recognized in the official compendium and, unless it is not |
1273 | packaged and labeled as prescribed therein.; However, the method |
1274 | of packaging may be modified with the consent of the department. |
1275 | (8)(7) If it has been found by the department to be a drug |
1276 | liable to deterioration and, unless it is not packaged in such |
1277 | form and manner, and its label bears a statement of such |
1278 | precautions, as the department by rule requires as necessary to |
1279 | protect the public health. Such rule may not be established for |
1280 | any drug recognized in an official compendium until the |
1281 | department has informed the appropriate body charged with the |
1282 | revision of such compendium of the need for such packaging or |
1283 | labeling requirements and that body has failed within a |
1284 | reasonable time to prescribe such requirements. |
1285 | (9)(8) If it is: |
1286 | (a) A drug and its container or finished dosage form is so |
1287 | made, formed, or filled as to be misleading; |
1288 | (b) An imitation of another drug; or |
1289 | (c) Offered for sale under the name of another drug. |
1290 | (10)(9) If it is dangerous to health when used in the |
1291 | dosage or with the frequency or duration prescribed, |
1292 | recommended, or suggested in the labeling of the drug. |
1293 | (11)(10) If it is, purports to be, or is represented as a |
1294 | drug composed wholly or partly of insulin and, unless: |
1295 | (a) it is not from a batch with respect to which a |
1296 | certificate has been issued pursuant to s. 506 of the federal |
1297 | act, which; and |
1298 | (b) The certificate is in effect with respect to the drug. |
1299 | (12)(11) If it is, purports to be, or is represented as a |
1300 | drug composed wholly or partly of any kind of antibiotic |
1301 | requiring certification under the federal act and unless: |
1302 | (a) it is not from a batch with respect to which a |
1303 | certificate has been issued pursuant to s. 507 of the federal |
1304 | act, which; and |
1305 | (b) the certificate is in effect with respect to the |
1306 | drug.; |
1307 |
|
1308 | However, this subsection does not apply to any drug or class of |
1309 | drugs exempted by regulations adopted under s. 507(c) or (d) of |
1310 | the federal act. |
1311 | (13)(12) If it is a drug intended for use by humans which |
1312 | is a habit-forming drug or which, because of its toxicity or |
1313 | other potentiality for harmful effect, or the method of its use, |
1314 | or the collateral measures necessary to its use, is not safe for |
1315 | use except under the supervision of a practitioner licensed by |
1316 | law to administer such drugs,; or which is limited by an |
1317 | effective application under s. 505 of the federal act to use |
1318 | under the professional supervision of a practitioner licensed by |
1319 | law to prescribe such drug, if unless it is not dispensed only: |
1320 | (a) Upon the written prescription of a practitioner |
1321 | licensed by law to prescribe such drug; |
1322 | (b) Upon an oral prescription of such practitioner, which |
1323 | is reduced promptly to writing and filled by the pharmacist; or |
1324 | (c) By refilling any such written or oral prescription, if |
1325 | such refilling is authorized by the prescriber either in the |
1326 | original prescription or by oral order which is reduced promptly |
1327 | to writing and filled by the pharmacist. |
1328 |
|
1329 | This subsection does not relieve any person from any requirement |
1330 | prescribed by law with respect to controlled substances as |
1331 | defined in the applicable federal and state laws. |
1332 | (14)(13) If it is a drug that is subject to paragraph |
1333 | (13)(12)(a), and if, at any time before it is dispensed, its |
1334 | label does not fails to bear the statement: |
1335 | (a) "Caution: Federal Law Prohibits Dispensing Without |
1336 | Prescription"; |
1337 | (b) "Rx Only"; |
1338 | (c) The prescription symbol followed by the word "Only"; |
1339 | or |
1340 | (d) "Caution: State Law Prohibits Dispensing Without |
1341 | Prescription." |
1342 | (15)(14) If it is a drug that is not subject to paragraph |
1343 | (13)(12)(a), if at any time before it is dispensed its label |
1344 | bears the statement of caution required in subsection (14) (13). |
1345 | (16)(15) If it is a color additive, the intended use of |
1346 | which in or on drugs is for the purpose of coloring only and, |
1347 | unless its packaging and labeling are not in conformity with the |
1348 | packaging and labeling requirements that apply to such color |
1349 | additive and are prescribed under the federal act. |
1350 | (17) A drug dispensed by filling or refilling a written or |
1351 | oral prescription of a practitioner licensed by law to prescribe |
1352 | such drug is exempt from the requirements of this section, |
1353 | except subsections (1), (9) (8), (11) (10), and (12) (11) and |
1354 | the packaging requirements of subsections (7) (6) and (8) (7), |
1355 | if the drug bears a label that contains the name and address of |
1356 | the dispenser or seller, the prescription number and the date |
1357 | the prescription was written or filled, the name of the |
1358 | prescriber and the name of the patient, and the directions for |
1359 | use and cautionary statements. This exemption does not apply to |
1360 | any drug dispensed in the course of the conduct of a business of |
1361 | dispensing drugs pursuant to diagnosis by mail or to any drug |
1362 | dispensed in violation of subsection (13) (12). The department |
1363 | may, by rule, exempt drugs subject to s. 499.062 ss. 499.062- |
1364 | 499.064 from subsection (13) (12) if compliance with that |
1365 | subsection is not necessary to protect the public health, |
1366 | safety, and welfare. |
1367 | Section 8. Subsection (1) of section 499.008, Florida |
1368 | Statutes, is amended and subsection (5) is added to that section |
1369 | to read: |
1370 | 499.008 Adulterated cosmetics.--A cosmetic is adulterated: |
1371 | (1) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious |
1372 | substance that is injurious to users under the conditions of use |
1373 | prescribed in the labeling or advertisement thereof or under |
1374 | such conditions of use as are customary or usual; however, this |
1375 | subsection does not apply to coal-tar hair dye: |
1376 | (a) The label of which bears the following legend |
1377 | conspicuously displayed thereon: "Caution: This product contains |
1378 | ingredients which may cause skin irritation on certain |
1379 | individuals, and a preliminary test according to accompanying |
1380 | directions should first be made. This product must not be used |
1381 | for dyeing the eyelashes or eyebrows; to do so may cause |
1382 | blindness"; and |
1383 | (b) The labeling of which bears adequate directions for |
1384 | such preliminary testing. |
1385 |
|
1386 | For the purposes of this subsection and subsection (4), the term |
1387 | "hair dye" does not include eyelash dyes or eyebrow dyes. |
1388 | (5) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (4), the term |
1389 | "hair dye" does not include eyelash dyes or eyebrow dyes. |
1390 | Section 9. Subsections (2), (3), and (5) of section |
1391 | 499.009, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
1392 | 499.009 Misbranded cosmetics.--A cosmetic is misbranded: |
1393 | (2) Unless, If in package form, it does not bear bears a |
1394 | label containing: |
1395 | (a) The name and place of business of the manufacturer, |
1396 | packer, or distributor; |
1397 | (b) An accurate statement of the quantity of the contents |
1398 | in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count; however, under |
1399 | this paragraph reasonable variations are permitted, and the |
1400 | department shall establish by rule exemptions for small |
1401 | packages; and |
1402 | (c) A declaration of ingredients in descending order of |
1403 | predominance, or as otherwise required by federal law. |
1404 | (3) If any word, statement, or other information required |
1405 | by or under authority of this part ss. 499.001-499.081 to appear |
1406 | on the label or labeling is not prominently placed thereon with |
1407 | such conspicuousness as compared with other words, statements, |
1408 | designs, or devices in the labeling, and in such terms, as to |
1409 | render the word, statement, or other information likely to be |
1410 | read and understood by an individual under customary conditions |
1411 | of purchase and use. |
1412 | (5) Unless, If it is a color additive, its packaging and |
1413 | labeling are not in conformity with the packaging and labeling |
1414 | requirements applicable to that color additive prescribed under |
1415 | the federal act. This subsection does not apply to packages of |
1416 | color additives that, with respect to their use for cosmetics, |
1417 | are marketed and intended for use only in or on hair dyes. |
1418 | Section 10. Section 499.01, Florida Statutes, is amended; |
1419 | the introductory paragraph and paragraphs (a) through (h) of |
1420 | subsection (2) of section 499.012, Florida Statutes, are |
1421 | redesignated as the introductory paragraph and paragraphs (d), |
1422 | (n), (e), (f), (c), (i), (k), and (l), respectively, of |
1423 | subsection (2) of that section and amended; paragraphs (b) |
1424 | through (e) of subsection (2) of section 499.013, Florida |
1425 | Statutes, are redesignated as paragraphs (p), (o), (q), and (r), |
1426 | respectively, of subsection (2) of that section and amended; and |
1427 | section 499.014, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph |
1428 | (g) of subsection (2) of that section and amended, to read: |
1429 | 499.01 Permits; applications; renewal; general |
1430 | requirements.-- |
1431 | (1) Prior to operating, a permit is required for each |
1432 | person and establishment that intends to operate as: |
1433 | (a) A prescription drug manufacturer; |
1434 | (b) A prescription drug repackager; |
1435 | (c) A nonresident prescription drug manufacturer; |
1436 | (d) A prescription drug wholesale distributor; |
1437 | (e) An out-of-state prescription drug wholesale |
1438 | distributor; |
1439 | (f) A retail pharmacy drug wholesale distributor; |
1440 | (g) A restricted prescription drug distributor; |
1441 | (h) A complimentary drug distributor; |
1442 | (i) A freight forwarder; |
1443 | (j) A veterinary prescription drug retail establishment; |
1444 | (k) A veterinary prescription drug wholesale distributor; |
1445 | (l) A limited prescription drug veterinary wholesale |
1446 | distributor; |
1447 | (m) A medical oxygen retail establishment; |
1448 | (n) A compressed medical gas wholesale distributor; |
1449 | (o) A compressed medical gas manufacturer; |
1450 | (p)(c) An over-the-counter drug manufacturer; |
1451 | (d) A compressed medical gas manufacturer; |
1452 | (q)(e) A device manufacturer; |
1453 | (r)(f) A cosmetic manufacturer; |
1454 | (s) A third party logistic provider; or |
1455 | (t) A health care clinic establishment. |
1456 | (g) A prescription drug wholesaler; |
1457 | (h) A veterinary prescription drug wholesaler; |
1458 | (i) A compressed medical gas wholesaler; |
1459 | (j) An out-of-state prescription drug wholesaler; |
1460 | (k) A nonresident prescription drug manufacturer; |
1461 | (l) A freight forwarder; |
1462 | (m) A retail pharmacy drug wholesaler; |
1463 | (n) A veterinary legend drug retail establishment; |
1464 | (o) A medical oxygen retail establishment; |
1465 | (p) A complimentary drug distributor; |
1466 | (q) A restricted prescription drug distributor; or |
1467 | (r) A limited prescription drug veterinary wholesaler. |
1468 | (2) The following types of wholesaler permits are |
1469 | established: |
1470 | (a) Prescription drug manufacturer permit.--A prescription |
1471 | drug manufacturer permit is required for any person that |
1472 | manufactures a prescription drug in this state. |
1473 | 1. A person that operates an establishment permitted as a |
1474 | prescription drug manufacturer may engage in wholesale |
1475 | distribution of prescription drugs manufactured at that |
1476 | establishment and must comply with all the provisions of this |
1477 | part and the rules adopted under this part that apply to a |
1478 | wholesale distributor. |
1479 | 2. A prescription drug manufacturer must comply with all |
1480 | appropriate state and federal good manufacturing practices. |
1481 | (b) Prescription drug repackager permit.--A prescription |
1482 | drug repackager permit is required for any person that |
1483 | repackages a prescription drug in this state. |
1484 | 1. A person that operates an establishment permitted as a |
1485 | prescription drug repackager may engage in wholesale |
1486 | distribution of prescription drugs repackaged at that |
1487 | establishment and must comply with all the provisions of this |
1488 | part and the rules adopted under this part that apply to a |
1489 | wholesale distributor. |
1490 | 2. A prescription drug repackager must comply with all |
1491 | appropriate state and federal good manufacturing practices. |
1492 | (c)(e) Nonresident prescription drug manufacturer |
1493 | permit.--A nonresident prescription drug manufacturer permit is |
1494 | required for any person that is a manufacturer of prescription |
1495 | drugs, or the distribution point for a manufacturer of |
1496 | prescription drugs unless permitted as a third party logistics |
1497 | provider, and located outside of this state, or that is an |
1498 | entity to whom an approved new drug application has been issued |
1499 | by the United States Food and Drug Administration, or the |
1500 | contracted manufacturer of the approved new drug application |
1501 | holder, and located outside the United States, which engages in |
1502 | the wholesale distribution in this state of the prescription |
1503 | drugs it manufactures or is responsible for manufacturing. Each |
1504 | such manufacturer or entity must be permitted by the department |
1505 | and comply with all the provisions required of a wholesale |
1506 | distributor under this part ss. 499.001-499.081, except s. |
1507 | 499.01212 s. 499.0121(6)(d). |
1508 | 1. A person that distributes prescription drugs that it |
1509 | did not manufacture must also obtain an out-of-state |
1510 | prescription drug wholesale distributor wholesaler permit |
1511 | pursuant to this section to engage in the wholesale distribution |
1512 | of the prescription drugs manufactured by another person and |
1513 | comply with the requirements of an out-of-state prescription |
1514 | drug wholesale distributor wholesaler. |
1515 | 2. Any such person must comply with the licensing or |
1516 | permitting requirements of the jurisdiction in which the |
1517 | establishment is located and the federal act, and any product |
1518 | wholesaled into this state must comply with this part ss. |
1519 | 499.001-499.081. If a person intends to import prescription |
1520 | drugs from a foreign country into this state, the nonresident |
1521 | prescription drug manufacturer must provide to the department a |
1522 | list identifying each prescription drug it intends to import and |
1523 | document approval by the United States Food and Drug |
1524 | Administration for such importation. |
1525 | 3. A nonresident prescription drug manufacturer permit is |
1526 | not required for a manufacturer to distribute a prescription |
1527 | drug active pharmaceutical ingredient that it manufactures to a |
1528 | prescription drug manufacturer permitted in this state in |
1529 | limited quantities intended for research and development and not |
1530 | for resale, or human use other than lawful clinical trials and |
1531 | biostudies authorized and regulated by federal law. A |
1532 | manufacturer claiming to be exempt from the permit requirements |
1533 | of this subparagraph and the prescription drug manufacturer |
1534 | purchasing and receiving the active pharmaceutical ingredient |
1535 | shall comply with the recordkeeping requirements of s. |
1536 | 499.0121(6), but not the requirements of s. 499.01212. The |
1537 | prescription drug manufacturer purchasing and receiving the |
1538 | active pharmaceutical ingredient shall maintain on file a record |
1539 | of the FDA registration number; the out-of-state license, |
1540 | permit, or registration number; and, if available, a copy of the |
1541 | most current FDA inspection report, for all manufacturers from |
1542 | whom they purchase active pharmaceutical ingredients under this |
1543 | section. The department shall specify by rule the allowable |
1544 | number of transactions within a given period of time and the |
1545 | amount of active pharmaceutical ingredients that qualify as |
1546 | limited quantities for purposes of this exemption. The failure |
1547 | to comply with the requirements of this subparagraph, or rules |
1548 | adopted by the department to administer this subparagraph, for |
1549 | the purchase of prescription drug active pharmaceutical |
1550 | ingredients is a violation of s. 499.005(14). |
1551 | (d)(a) A Prescription drug wholesale distributor |
1552 | wholesaler's permit.--A prescription drug wholesale distributor |
1553 | wholesaler is a wholesale distributor that may engage in the |
1554 | wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. A prescription |
1555 | drug wholesale distributor wholesaler that applies to the |
1556 | department for a new permit or the renewal of a permit must |
1557 | submit a bond of $100,000, or other equivalent means of security |
1558 | acceptable to the department, such as an irrevocable letter of |
1559 | credit or a deposit in a trust account or financial institution, |
1560 | payable to the Florida Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Trust Fund. |
1561 | The purpose of the bond is to secure payment of any |
1562 | administrative penalties imposed by the department and any fees |
1563 | and costs incurred by the department regarding that permit which |
1564 | are authorized under state law and which the permittee fails to |
1565 | pay 30 days after the fine or costs become final. The department |
1566 | may make a claim against such bond or security until 1 year |
1567 | after the permittee's license ceases to be valid or until 60 |
1568 | days after any administrative or legal proceeding authorized in |
1569 | this part ss. 499.001-499.081 which involves the permittee is |
1570 | concluded, including any appeal, whichever occurs later. The |
1571 | department may adopt rules for issuing a prescription drug |
1572 | wholesale distributor-broker wholesaler-broker permit to a |
1573 | person who engages in the wholesale distribution of prescription |
1574 | drugs and does not take physical possession of any prescription |
1575 | drugs. |
1576 | (e)(c) An Out-of-state prescription drug wholesale |
1577 | distributor wholesaler's permit.--An out-of-state prescription |
1578 | drug wholesale distributor wholesaler is a wholesale distributor |
1579 | located outside this state which engages in the wholesale |
1580 | distribution of prescription drugs into this state and which |
1581 | must be permitted by the department and comply with all the |
1582 | provisions required of a wholesale distributor under this part |
1583 | ss. 499.001-499.081. An out-of-state prescription drug wholesale |
1584 | distributor wholesaler that applies to the department for a new |
1585 | permit or the renewal of a permit must submit a bond of |
1586 | $100,000, or other equivalent means of security acceptable to |
1587 | the department, such as an irrevocable letter of credit or a |
1588 | deposit in a trust account or financial institution, payable to |
1589 | the Florida Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Trust Fund. The purpose |
1590 | of the bond is to secure payment of any administrative penalties |
1591 | imposed by the department and any fees and costs incurred by the |
1592 | department regarding that permit which are authorized under |
1593 | state law and which the permittee fails to pay 30 days after the |
1594 | fine or costs become final. The department may make a claim |
1595 | against such bond or security until 1 year after the permittee's |
1596 | license ceases to be valid or until 60 days after any |
1597 | administrative or legal proceeding authorized in this part ss. |
1598 | 499.001-499.081 which involves the permittee is concluded, |
1599 | including any appeal, whichever occurs later. |
1600 | 1. The out-of-state prescription drug wholesale |
1601 | distributor wholesaler must maintain at all times a license or |
1602 | permit to engage in the wholesale distribution of prescription |
1603 | drugs in compliance with laws of the state in which it is a |
1604 | resident. |
1605 | 2. An out-of-state prescription drug wholesale distributor |
1606 | wholesaler's permit is not required for an intracompany sale or |
1607 | transfer of a prescription drug from an out-of-state |
1608 | establishment that is duly licensed as a prescription drug |
1609 | wholesale distributor wholesaler, in its state of residence, to |
1610 | a licensed prescription drug wholesale distributor wholesaler in |
1611 | this state, if both wholesale distributors wholesalers conduct |
1612 | wholesale distributions of prescription drugs under the same |
1613 | business name. The recordkeeping requirements of ss. s. |
1614 | 499.0121(6) and 499.01212 must be followed for this transaction. |
1615 | (f)(d) A Retail pharmacy drug wholesale distributor |
1616 | wholesaler's permit.--A retail pharmacy drug wholesale |
1617 | distributor wholesaler is a retail pharmacy engaged in wholesale |
1618 | distribution of prescription drugs within this state under the |
1619 | following conditions: |
1620 | 1. The pharmacy must obtain a retail pharmacy drug |
1621 | wholesale distributor wholesaler's permit pursuant to this part |
1622 | ss. 499.001-499.081 and the rules adopted under this part those |
1623 | sections. |
1624 | 2. The wholesale distribution activity does not exceed 30 |
1625 | percent of the total annual purchases of prescription drugs. If |
1626 | the wholesale distribution activity exceeds the 30-percent |
1627 | maximum, the pharmacy must obtain a prescription drug wholesale |
1628 | distributor wholesaler's permit. |
1629 | 3. The transfer of prescription drugs that appear in any |
1630 | schedule contained in chapter 893 is subject to chapter 893 and |
1631 | the federal Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act |
1632 | of 1970. |
1633 | 4. The transfer is between a retail pharmacy and another |
1634 | retail pharmacy, or a Modified Class II institutional pharmacy, |
1635 | or a health care practitioner licensed in this state and |
1636 | authorized by law to dispense or prescribe prescription drugs. |
1637 | 5. All records of sales of prescription drugs subject to |
1638 | this section must be maintained separate and distinct from other |
1639 | records and comply with the recordkeeping requirements of this |
1640 | part ss. 499.001-499.081. |
1641 | (g)499.014 Restricted prescription drug distributor permit |
1642 | Distribution of legend drugs by hospitals, health care entities, |
1643 | charitable organizations, and return or destruction companies; |
1644 | permits, general requirements.-- |
1645 | (1) A restricted prescription drug distributor permit is |
1646 | required for any person that engages in the distribution of a |
1647 | prescription legend drug, which distribution is not considered |
1648 | "wholesale distribution" under s. 499.003(53)(a) s. |
1649 | 499.012(1)(a)1. |
1650 | 1.(2) A person who engages in the receipt or distribution |
1651 | of a prescription legend drug in this state for the purpose of |
1652 | processing its return or its destruction must obtain a permit as |
1653 | a restricted prescription drug distributor if such person is not |
1654 | the person initiating the return, the prescription drug |
1655 | wholesale supplier of the person initiating the return, or the |
1656 | manufacturer of the drug. |
1657 | 2.(3) Storage, handling, and recordkeeping of these |
1658 | distributions must comply with the requirements for wholesale |
1659 | distributors under s. 499.0121, but not except those set forth |
1660 | in s. 499.01212 s. 499.0121(6)(d). |
1661 | 3.(4) A person who applies for a permit as a restricted |
1662 | prescription drug distributor, or for the renewal of such a |
1663 | permit, must provide to the department the information required |
1664 | under s. 499.012 s. 499.01. |
1665 | 4.(5) The department may issue permits to restricted |
1666 | prescription drug distributors and may adopt rules regarding the |
1667 | distribution of prescription drugs by hospitals, health care |
1668 | entities, charitable organizations, or other persons not |
1669 | involved in wholesale distribution, which rules are necessary |
1670 | for the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare. |
1671 | (h) Complimentary drug distributor permit.--A |
1672 | complimentary drug distributor permit is required for any person |
1673 | that engages in the distribution of a complimentary drug, |
1674 | subject to the requirements of s. 499.028. |
1675 | (i)(f) Freight forwarder permit.--A freight forwarder |
1676 | permit is required for any person that engages in the |
1677 | distribution of a prescription legend drug as a freight |
1678 | forwarder unless the person is a common carrier. The storage, |
1679 | handling, and recordkeeping of such distributions must comply |
1680 | with the requirements for wholesale distributors under s. |
1681 | 499.0121, but not except those set forth in s. 499.01212 s. |
1682 | 499.0121(6)(d). A freight forwarder must provide the source of |
1683 | the prescription legend drugs with a validated airway bill, bill |
1684 | of lading, or other appropriate documentation to evidence the |
1685 | exportation of the product. |
1686 | (j) Veterinary prescription drug retail establishment |
1687 | permit.--A veterinary prescription drug retail establishment |
1688 | permit is required for any person that sells veterinary |
1689 | prescription drugs to the public but does not include a pharmacy |
1690 | licensed under chapter 465. |
1691 | 1. The sale to the public must be based on a valid written |
1692 | order from a veterinarian licensed in this state who has a valid |
1693 | client-veterinarian relationship with the purchaser's animal. |
1694 | 2. Veterinary prescription drugs may not be sold in excess |
1695 | of the amount clearly indicated on the order or beyond the date |
1696 | indicated on the order. |
1697 | 3. An order may not be valid for more than 1 year. |
1698 | 4. A veterinary prescription drug retail establishment may |
1699 | not purchase, sell, trade, or possess human prescription drugs |
1700 | or any controlled substance as defined in chapter 893. |
1701 | 5. A veterinary prescription drug retail establishment |
1702 | must sell a veterinary prescription drug in the original, sealed |
1703 | manufacturer's container with all labeling intact and legible. |
1704 | The department may adopt by rule additional labeling |
1705 | requirements for the sale of a veterinary prescription drug. |
1706 | 6. A veterinary prescription drug retail establishment |
1707 | must comply with all of the wholesale distribution requirements |
1708 | of s. 499.0121. |
1709 | 7. Prescription drugs sold by a veterinary prescription |
1710 | drug retail establishment pursuant to a practitioner's order may |
1711 | not be returned into the retail establishment's inventory. |
1712 | (k)(g) A veterinary prescription drug wholesale |
1713 | distributor wholesaler permit.--A veterinary prescription drug |
1714 | wholesale distributor wholesaler permit is required for any |
1715 | person that engages in the distribution of veterinary |
1716 | prescription drugs in or into this state. A veterinary |
1717 | prescription drug wholesale distributor wholesaler that also |
1718 | distributes prescription drugs subject to, defined by, or |
1719 | described by s. 503(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic |
1720 | Act which it did not manufacture must obtain a permit as a |
1721 | prescription drug wholesale distributor wholesaler, an out-of- |
1722 | state prescription drug wholesale distributor wholesaler, or a |
1723 | limited prescription drug veterinary wholesale distributor |
1724 | wholesaler in lieu of the veterinary prescription drug wholesale |
1725 | distributor wholesaler permit. A veterinary prescription drug |
1726 | wholesale distributor wholesaler must comply with the |
1727 | requirements for wholesale distributors under s. 499.0121, but |
1728 | not except those set forth in s. 499.01212 s. 499.0121(6)(d). |
1729 | (l)(h) Limited prescription drug veterinary wholesale |
1730 | distributor wholesaler permit.--Unless engaging in the |
1731 | activities of and permitted as a prescription drug manufacturer, |
1732 | nonresident prescription drug manufacturer, prescription drug |
1733 | wholesale distributor wholesaler, or out-of-state prescription |
1734 | drug wholesale distributor wholesaler, a limited prescription |
1735 | drug veterinary wholesale distributor wholesaler permit is |
1736 | required for any person that engages in the distribution in or |
1737 | into this state of veterinary prescription drugs and |
1738 | prescription drugs subject to, defined by, or described by s. |
1739 | 503(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act under the |
1740 | following conditions: |
1741 | 1. The person is engaged in the business of wholesaling |
1742 | prescription and veterinary prescription legend drugs to |
1743 | persons: |
1744 | a. Licensed as veterinarians practicing on a full-time |
1745 | basis; |
1746 | b. Regularly and lawfully engaged in instruction in |
1747 | veterinary medicine; |
1748 | c. Regularly and lawfully engaged in law enforcement |
1749 | activities; |
1750 | d. For use in research not involving clinical use; or |
1751 | e. For use in chemical analysis or physical testing or for |
1752 | purposes of instruction in law enforcement activities, research, |
1753 | or testing. |
1754 | 2. No more than 30 percent of total annual prescription |
1755 | drug sales may be prescription drugs approved for human use |
1756 | which are subject to, defined by, or described by s. 503(b) of |
1757 | the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. |
1758 | 3. The person does not distribute is not permitted, |
1759 | licensed, or otherwise authorized in any jurisdiction state to |
1760 | wholesale prescription drugs subject to, defined by, or |
1761 | described by s. 503(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic |
1762 | Act to any person who is authorized to sell, distribute, |
1763 | purchase, trade, or use these drugs on or for humans. |
1764 | 4. A limited prescription drug veterinary wholesale |
1765 | distributor wholesaler that applies to the department for a new |
1766 | permit or the renewal of a permit must submit a bond of $20,000, |
1767 | or other equivalent means of security acceptable to the |
1768 | department, such as an irrevocable letter of credit or a deposit |
1769 | in a trust account or financial institution, payable to the |
1770 | Florida Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Trust Fund. The purpose of |
1771 | the bond is to secure payment of any administrative penalties |
1772 | imposed by the department and any fees and costs incurred by the |
1773 | department regarding that permit which are authorized under |
1774 | state law and which the permittee fails to pay 30 days after the |
1775 | fine or costs become final. The department may make a claim |
1776 | against such bond or security until 1 year after the permittee's |
1777 | license ceases to be valid or until 60 days after any |
1778 | administrative or legal proceeding authorized in this part ss. |
1779 | 499.001-499.081 which involves the permittee is concluded, |
1780 | including any appeal, whichever occurs later. |
1781 | 5. A limited prescription drug veterinary wholesale |
1782 | distributor wholesaler must maintain at all times a license or |
1783 | permit to engage in the wholesale distribution of prescription |
1784 | drugs in compliance with laws of the state in which it is a |
1785 | resident. |
1786 | 6. A limited prescription drug veterinary wholesale |
1787 | distributor wholesaler must comply with the requirements for |
1788 | wholesale distributors under ss. s. 499.0121 and 499.01212, |
1789 | except that a limited prescription drug veterinary wholesale |
1790 | distributor wholesaler is not required to provide a pedigree |
1791 | paper as required by s. 499.01212 s. 499.0121(6)(d) upon the |
1792 | wholesale distribution of a prescription drug to a veterinarian. |
1793 | 7. A limited prescription drug veterinary wholesale |
1794 | distributor wholesaler may not return to inventory for |
1795 | subsequent wholesale distribution any prescription drug subject |
1796 | to, defined by, or described by s. 503(b) of the Federal Food, |
1797 | Drug, and Cosmetic Act which has been returned by a |
1798 | veterinarian. |
1799 | 8. An out-of-state prescription drug wholesaler's permit |
1800 | or A limited prescription drug veterinary wholesale distributor |
1801 | wholesaler permit is not required for an intracompany sale or |
1802 | transfer of a prescription drug from an out-of-state |
1803 | establishment that is duly licensed to engage in the wholesale |
1804 | distribution of prescription drugs in its state of residence to |
1805 | a licensed limited prescription drug veterinary wholesale |
1806 | distributor wholesaler in this state if both wholesale |
1807 | distributors wholesalers conduct wholesale distributions of |
1808 | prescription drugs under the same business name. The |
1809 | recordkeeping requirements of ss. s. 499.0121(6) and 499.01212 |
1810 | must be followed for this transaction. |
1811 | (m) Medical oxygen retail establishment permit.--A medical |
1812 | oxygen retail establishment permit is required for any person |
1813 | that sells medical oxygen to patients only. The sale must be |
1814 | based on an order from a practitioner authorized by law to |
1815 | prescribe. The term does not include a pharmacy licensed under |
1816 | chapter 465. |
1817 | 1. A medical oxygen retail establishment may not possess, |
1818 | purchase, sell, or trade any prescription drug other than |
1819 | medical oxygen. |
1820 | 2. A medical oxygen retail establishment may refill |
1821 | medical oxygen for an individual patient based on an order from |
1822 | a practitioner authorized by law to prescribe. A medical oxygen |
1823 | retail establishment that refills medical oxygen must comply |
1824 | with all appropriate state and federal good manufacturing |
1825 | practices. |
1826 | 3. A medical oxygen retail establishment must comply with |
1827 | all of the wholesale distribution requirements of s. 499.0121. |
1828 | 4. Prescription medical oxygen sold by a medical oxygen |
1829 | retail establishment pursuant to a practitioner's order may not |
1830 | be returned into the retail establishment's inventory. |
1831 | (n)(b) A compressed medical gas wholesale distributor |
1832 | wholesaler's permit.--A compressed medical gas wholesale |
1833 | distributor wholesaler is a wholesale distributor that is |
1834 | limited to the wholesale distribution of compressed medical |
1835 | gases to other than the consumer or patient. The compressed |
1836 | medical gas must be in the original sealed container that was |
1837 | purchased by that wholesale distributor wholesaler. A compressed |
1838 | medical gas wholesale distributor wholesaler may not possess or |
1839 | engage in the wholesale distribution of any prescription drug |
1840 | other than compressed medical gases. The department shall adopt |
1841 | rules that govern the wholesale distribution of prescription |
1842 | medical oxygen for emergency use. With respect to the emergency |
1843 | use of prescription medical oxygen, those rules may not be |
1844 | inconsistent with rules and regulations of federal agencies |
1845 | unless the Legislature specifically directs otherwise. |
1846 | (o)(c) Compressed medical gas manufacturer permit.--A |
1847 | compressed medical gas manufacturer manufacturer's permit is |
1848 | required for any person that engages in the manufacture of |
1849 | compressed medical gases or repackages compressed medical gases |
1850 | from one container to another. |
1851 | 1. A compressed medical gas manufacturer permittee may not |
1852 | manufacture or possess any prescription drug other than |
1853 | compressed medical gases. |
1854 | 2. A compressed medical gas manufacturer permittee may |
1855 | engage in wholesale distribution of compressed medical gases |
1856 | manufactured at that establishment and must comply with all the |
1857 | provisions of this part ss. 499.001-499.081 and the rules |
1858 | adopted under this part those sections that apply to a wholesale |
1859 | distributor. |
1860 | 3. A compressed medical gas manufacturer permittee must |
1861 | comply with all appropriate state and federal good manufacturing |
1862 | practices. |
1863 | (p)(b) Over-the-counter drug manufacturer permit.--An |
1864 | over-the-counter drug manufacturer manufacturer's permit is |
1865 | required for any person that engages in the manufacture or |
1866 | repackaging of an over-the-counter drug. |
1867 | 1. An over-the-counter drug manufacturer permittee may not |
1868 | possess or purchase prescription drugs. |
1869 | 2. A pharmacy is exempt from obtaining an over-the-counter |
1870 | drug manufacturer manufacturer's permit if it is operating in |
1871 | compliance with pharmacy practice standards as defined in |
1872 | chapter 465 and the rules adopted under that chapter. |
1873 | 3. An over-the-counter drug manufacturer permittee must |
1874 | comply with all appropriate state and federal good manufacturing |
1875 | practices. |
1876 | (q)(d) Device manufacturer permit.--A device manufacturer |
1877 | manufacturer's permit is required for any person that engages in |
1878 | the manufacture, repackaging, or assembly of medical devices for |
1879 | human use in this state, except that a permit is not required if |
1880 | the person is engaged only in manufacturing, repackaging, or |
1881 | assembling a medical device pursuant to a practitioner's order |
1882 | for a specific patient. |
1883 | 1. A manufacturer or repackager of medical devices in this |
1884 | state must comply with all appropriate state and federal good |
1885 | manufacturing practices and quality system rules. |
1886 | 2. The department shall adopt rules related to storage, |
1887 | handling, and recordkeeping requirements for manufacturers of |
1888 | medical devices for human use. |
1889 | (r)(e) Cosmetic manufacturer permit.--A cosmetic |
1890 | manufacturer manufacturer's permit is required for any person |
1891 | that manufactures or repackages cosmetics in this state. A |
1892 | person that only labels or changes the labeling of a cosmetic |
1893 | but does not open the container sealed by the manufacturer of |
1894 | the product is exempt from obtaining a permit under this |
1895 | paragraph. |
1896 | (s) Third party logistics provider permit.--A third party |
1897 | logistics provider permit is required for any person that |
1898 | contracts with a prescription drug wholesale distributor or |
1899 | prescription drug manufacturer to provide warehousing, |
1900 | distribution, or other logistics services on behalf of a |
1901 | manufacturer or wholesale distributor, but who does not take |
1902 | title to the prescription drug or have responsibility to direct |
1903 | the sale or disposition of the prescription drug. Each third |
1904 | party logistics provider permittee shall comply with the |
1905 | requirements for wholesale distributors under ss. 499.0121 and |
1906 | 499.01212, with the exception of those wholesale distributions |
1907 | described in s. 499.01212(3)(a), and other rules that the |
1908 | department requires. |
1909 | (t) Health care clinic establishment permit.--Effective |
1910 | January 1, 2009, a health care clinic establishment permit is |
1911 | required for the purchase of a prescription drug by a place of |
1912 | business at one general physical location owned and operated by |
1913 | a professional corporation or professional limited liability |
1914 | company described in chapter 621, or a corporation that employs |
1915 | a veterinarian as a qualifying practitioner. For the purpose of |
1916 | this paragraph, the term "qualifying practitioner" means a |
1917 | licensed health care practitioner defined in s. 456.001 or a |
1918 | veterinarian licensed under chapter 474, who is authorized under |
1919 | the appropriate practice act to prescribe and administer a |
1920 | prescription drug. |
1921 | 1. An establishment must provide, as part of the |
1922 | application required under s. 499.012, designation of a |
1923 | qualifying practitioner who will be responsible for complying |
1924 | with all legal and regulatory requirements related to the |
1925 | purchase, recordkeeping, storage, and handling of the |
1926 | prescription drugs. In addition, the designated qualifying |
1927 | practitioner shall be the practitioner whose name, establishment |
1928 | address, and license number is used on all distribution |
1929 | documents for prescription drugs purchased or returned by the |
1930 | health care clinic establishment. Upon initial appointment of a |
1931 | qualifying practitioner, the qualifying practitioner and the |
1932 | health care clinic establishment shall notify the department on |
1933 | a form furnished by the department within 10 days after such |
1934 | employment. In addition, the qualifying practitioner and health |
1935 | care clinic establishment shall notify the department within 10 |
1936 | days after any subsequent change. |
1937 | 2. The health care clinic establishment must employ a |
1938 | qualifying practitioner at each establishment. |
1939 | 3. In addition to the remedies and penalties provided in |
1940 | this part, a violation of this chapter by the health care clinic |
1941 | establishment or qualifying practitioner constitutes grounds for |
1942 | discipline of the qualifying practitioner by the appropriate |
1943 | regulatory board. |
1944 | 4. The purchase of prescription drugs by the health care |
1945 | clinic establishment is prohibited during any period of time |
1946 | when the establishment does not comply with this paragraph. |
1947 | 5. A health care clinic establishment permit is not a |
1948 | pharmacy permit or otherwise subject to chapter 465. A health |
1949 | care clinic establishment that meets the criteria of a modified |
1950 | Class II institutional pharmacy under s. 465.019 is not eligible |
1951 | to be permitted under this paragraph. |
1952 | 6. This paragraph does not prohibit a qualifying |
1953 | practitioner from purchasing prescription drugs. |
1954 | Section 11. Section 499.012, Florida Statutes, is amended |
1955 | and subsections (2) through (8) of section 499.01, Florida |
1956 | States, are redesignated as subsections (1) through (7) of that |
1957 | section and amended, to read: |
1958 | 499.012 Permit application Wholesale distribution; |
1959 | definitions; permits; applications; general requirements.-- |
1960 | (1) As used in this section, the term: |
1961 | (2)(a) A permit issued pursuant to this part ss. 499.001- |
1962 | 499.081 may be issued only to a natural person who is at least |
1963 | 18 years of age or to an applicant that is not a natural person |
1964 | if each person who, directly or indirectly, manages, controls, |
1965 | or oversees the operation of that applicant is at least 18 years |
1966 | of age. |
1967 | (b) An establishment that is a place of residence may not |
1968 | receive a permit and may not operate under this part ss. |
1969 | 499.001-499.081. |
1970 | (c) A person that applies for or renews a permit to |
1971 | manufacture or distribute prescription legend drugs may not use |
1972 | a name identical to the name used by any other establishment or |
1973 | licensed person authorized to purchase prescription drugs in |
1974 | this state, except that a restricted drug distributor permit |
1975 | issued to a health care entity will be issued in the name in |
1976 | which the institutional pharmacy permit is issued and a retail |
1977 | pharmacy drug wholesale distributor wholesaler will be issued a |
1978 | permit in the name of its retail pharmacy permit. |
1979 | (d) A permit for a prescription drug manufacturer, |
1980 | prescription drug repackager, prescription drug wholesale |
1981 | distributor wholesaler, limited prescription drug veterinary |
1982 | wholesale distributor wholesaler, or retail pharmacy drug |
1983 | wholesale distributor wholesaler may not be issued to the |
1984 | address of a health care entity or to a pharmacy licensed under |
1985 | chapter 465, except as provided in this paragraph. The |
1986 | department may issue a prescription drug manufacturer permit to |
1987 | an applicant at the same address as a licensed nuclear pharmacy, |
1988 | which is a health care entity, for the purpose of manufacturing |
1989 | prescription drugs used in positron emission tomography or other |
1990 | radiopharmaceuticals, as listed in a rule adopted by the |
1991 | department pursuant to this paragraph. The purpose of this |
1992 | exemption is to assure availability of state-of-the-art |
1993 | pharmaceuticals that would pose a significant danger to the |
1994 | public health if manufactured at a separate establishment |
1995 | address from the nuclear pharmacy from which the prescription |
1996 | drugs are dispensed. The department may also issue a retail |
1997 | pharmacy drug wholesale distributor wholesaler permit to the |
1998 | address of a community pharmacy licensed under chapter 465 which |
1999 | does not meet the definition of a closed pharmacy in s. 499.003. |
2000 | (e) A county or municipality may not issue an occupational |
2001 | license for any licensing period beginning on or after October |
2002 | 1, 2003, for any establishment that requires a permit pursuant |
2003 | to this part ss. 499.001-499.081, unless the establishment |
2004 | exhibits a current permit issued by the department for the |
2005 | establishment. Upon presentation of the requisite permit issued |
2006 | by the department, an occupational license may be issued by the |
2007 | municipality or county in which application is made. The |
2008 | department shall furnish to local agencies responsible for |
2009 | issuing occupational licenses a current list of all |
2010 | establishments licensed pursuant to this part ss. 499.001- |
2011 | 499.081. |
2012 | (2)(3) Notwithstanding subsection (6) (7), a permitted |
2013 | person in good standing may change the type of permit issued to |
2014 | that person by completing a new application for the requested |
2015 | permit, paying the amount of the difference in the permit fees |
2016 | if the fee for the new permit is more than the fee for the |
2017 | original permit, and meeting the applicable permitting |
2018 | conditions for the new permit type. The new permit expires on |
2019 | the expiration date of the original permit being changed; |
2020 | however, a new permit for a prescription drug wholesale |
2021 | distributor wholesaler, an out-of-state prescription drug |
2022 | wholesale distributor wholesaler, or a retail pharmacy drug |
2023 | wholesale distributor wholesaler shall expire on the expiration |
2024 | date of the original permit or 1 year after the date of issuance |
2025 | of the new permit, whichever is earlier. A refund may not be |
2026 | issued if the fee for the new permit is less than the fee that |
2027 | was paid for the original permit. |
2028 | (3)(4) A written application for a permit or to renew a |
2029 | permit must be filed with the department on forms furnished by |
2030 | the department. The department shall establish, by rule, the |
2031 | form and content of the application to obtain or renew a permit. |
2032 | The applicant must submit to the department with the application |
2033 | a statement that swears or affirms that the information is true |
2034 | and correct. |
2035 | (4)(5)(a) Except for a permit for a prescription drug |
2036 | wholesale distributor wholesaler or an out-of-state prescription |
2037 | drug wholesale distributor wholesaler, an application for a |
2038 | permit must include: |
2039 | 1. The name, full business address, and telephone number |
2040 | of the applicant; |
2041 | 2. All trade or business names used by the applicant; |
2042 | 3. The address, telephone numbers, and the names of |
2043 | contact persons for each facility used by the applicant for the |
2044 | storage, handling, and distribution of prescription drugs; |
2045 | 4. The type of ownership or operation, such as a |
2046 | partnership, corporation, or sole proprietorship; and |
2047 | 5. The names of the owner and the operator of the |
2048 | establishment, including: |
2049 | a. If an individual, the name of the individual; |
2050 | b. If a partnership, the name of each partner and the name |
2051 | of the partnership; |
2052 | c. If a corporation, the name and title of each corporate |
2053 | officer and director, the corporate names, and the name of the |
2054 | state of incorporation; |
2055 | d. If a sole proprietorship, the full name of the sole |
2056 | proprietor and the name of the business entity; |
2057 | e. If a limited liability company, the name of each |
2058 | member, the name of each manager, the name of the limited |
2059 | liability company, and the name of the state in which the |
2060 | limited liability company was organized; and |
2061 | f. Any other relevant information that the department |
2062 | requires. |
2063 | (b) Upon approval of the application by the department and |
2064 | payment of the required fee, the department shall issue a permit |
2065 | to the applicant, if the applicant meets the requirements of |
2066 | this part ss. 499.001-499.081 and rules adopted under this part |
2067 | those sections. |
2068 | (c) Any change in information required under paragraph (a) |
2069 | must be submitted to the department before the change occurs. |
2070 | (d) The department shall consider, at a minimum, the |
2071 | following factors in reviewing the qualifications of persons to |
2072 | be permitted under this part ss. 499.001-499.081: |
2073 | 1. The applicant's having been found guilty, regardless of |
2074 | adjudication, in a court of this state or other jurisdiction, of |
2075 | a violation of a law that directly relates to a drug, device, or |
2076 | cosmetic. A plea of nolo contendere constitutes a finding of |
2077 | guilt for purposes of this subparagraph. |
2078 | 2. The applicant's having been disciplined by a regulatory |
2079 | agency in any state for any offense that would constitute a |
2080 | violation of this part ss. 499.001-499.081. |
2081 | 3. Any felony conviction of the applicant under a federal, |
2082 | state, or local law; |
2083 | 4. The applicant's past experience in manufacturing or |
2084 | distributing drugs, devices, or cosmetics; |
2085 | 5. The furnishing by the applicant of false or fraudulent |
2086 | material in any application made in connection with |
2087 | manufacturing or distributing drugs, devices, or cosmetics; |
2088 | 6. Suspension or revocation by a federal, state, or local |
2089 | government of any permit currently or previously held by the |
2090 | applicant for the manufacture or distribution of any drugs, |
2091 | devices, or cosmetics; |
2092 | 7. Compliance with permitting requirements under any |
2093 | previously granted permits; |
2094 | 8. Compliance with requirements to maintain or make |
2095 | available to the state permitting authority or to federal, |
2096 | state, or local law enforcement officials those records required |
2097 | under this section; and |
2098 | 9. Any other factors or qualifications the department |
2099 | considers relevant to and consistent with the public health and |
2100 | safety. |
2101 | (5)(6) Except for a permit permits for a prescription drug |
2102 | wholesale distributor wholesalers or an out-of-state |
2103 | prescription drug wholesale distributor wholesalers: |
2104 | (a) The department shall adopt rules for the biennial |
2105 | renewal of permits. |
2106 | (b) The department shall renew a permit upon receipt of |
2107 | the renewal application and renewal fee if the applicant meets |
2108 | the requirements established under this part ss. 499.001-499.081 |
2109 | and the rules adopted under this part those sections. |
2110 | (c) A permit, unless sooner suspended or revoked, |
2111 | automatically expires 2 years after the last day of the |
2112 | anniversary month in which the permit was originally issued. A |
2113 | permit issued under this part ss. 499.001-499.081 may be renewed |
2114 | by making application for renewal on forms furnished by the |
2115 | department and paying the appropriate fees. If a renewal |
2116 | application and fee are submitted and postmarked after the |
2117 | expiration date of the permit, the permit may be renewed only |
2118 | upon payment of a late renewal delinquent fee of $100, plus the |
2119 | required renewal fee, not later than 60 days after the |
2120 | expiration date. |
2121 | (d) Failure to renew a permit in accordance with this |
2122 | section precludes any future renewal of that permit. If a permit |
2123 | issued pursuant to this part section has expired and cannot be |
2124 | renewed, before an establishment may engage in activities that |
2125 | require a permit under this part ss. 499.001-499.081, the |
2126 | establishment must submit an application for a new permit, pay |
2127 | the applicable application fee, the initial permit fee, and all |
2128 | applicable penalties, and be issued a new permit by the |
2129 | department. |
2130 | (6)(7) A permit issued by the department is |
2131 | nontransferable. Each permit is valid only for the person or |
2132 | governmental unit to which it is issued and is not subject to |
2133 | sale, assignment, or other transfer, voluntarily or |
2134 | involuntarily; nor is a permit valid for any establishment other |
2135 | than the establishment for which it was originally issued. |
2136 | (a) A person permitted under this part ss. 499.001-499.081 |
2137 | must notify the department before making a change of address. |
2138 | The department shall set a change of location fee not to exceed |
2139 | $100. |
2140 | (b)1. An application for a new permit is required when a |
2141 | majority of the ownership or controlling interest of a permitted |
2142 | establishment is transferred or assigned or when a lessee agrees |
2143 | to undertake or provide services to the extent that legal |
2144 | liability for operation of the establishment will rest with the |
2145 | lessee. The application for the new permit must be made before |
2146 | the date of the sale, transfer, assignment, or lease. |
2147 | 2. A permittee that is authorized to distribute |
2148 | prescription legend drugs may transfer such drugs to the new |
2149 | owner or lessee under subparagraph 1. only after the new owner |
2150 | or lessee has been approved for a permit to distribute |
2151 | prescription legend drugs. |
2152 | (c) If an establishment permitted under this part ss. |
2153 | 499.001-499.081 closes, the owner must notify the department in |
2154 | writing before the effective date of closure and must: |
2155 | 1. Return the permit to the department; |
2156 | 2. If the permittee is authorized to distribute |
2157 | prescription legend drugs, indicate the disposition of such |
2158 | drugs, including the name, address, and inventory, and provide |
2159 | the name and address of a person to contact regarding access to |
2160 | records that are required to be maintained under this part ss. |
2161 | 499.001-499.081. Transfer of ownership of prescription legend |
2162 | drugs may be made only to persons authorized to possess |
2163 | prescription legend drugs under this part ss. 499.001-499.081. |
2164 |
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2165 | The department may revoke the permit of any person that fails to |
2166 | comply with the requirements of this subsection. |
2167 | (7)(8) A permit must be posted in a conspicuous place on |
2168 | the licensed premises. |
2169 | (8)(3) An application for a permit or to renew a permit |
2170 | for a prescription drug wholesale distributor wholesaler or an |
2171 | out-of-state prescription drug wholesale distributor wholesaler |
2172 | submitted to the department must include: |
2173 | (a) The name, full business address, and telephone number |
2174 | of the applicant. |
2175 | (b) All trade or business names used by the applicant. |
2176 | (c) The address, telephone numbers, and the names of |
2177 | contact persons for each facility used by the applicant for the |
2178 | storage, handling, and distribution of prescription drugs. |
2179 | (d) The type of ownership or operation, such as a |
2180 | partnership, corporation, or sole proprietorship. |
2181 | (e) The names of the owner and the operator of the |
2182 | establishment, including: |
2183 | 1. If an individual, the name of the individual. |
2184 | 2. If a partnership, the name of each partner and the name |
2185 | of the partnership. |
2186 | 3. If a corporation: |
2187 | a. The name, address, and title of each corporate officer |
2188 | and director. |
2189 | b. The name and address of the corporation, resident agent |
2190 | of the corporation, the resident agent's address, and the |
2191 | corporation's state of incorporation. |
2192 | c. The name and address of each shareholder of the |
2193 | corporation that owns 5 percent or more of the outstanding stock |
2194 | of the corporation. |
2195 | 4. If a sole proprietorship, the full name of the sole |
2196 | proprietor and the name of the business entity. |
2197 | 5. If a limited liability company: |
2198 | a. The name and address of each member. |
2199 | b. The name and address of each manager. |
2200 | c. The name and address of the limited liability company, |
2201 | the resident agent of the limited liability company, and the |
2202 | name of the state in which the limited liability company was |
2203 | organized. |
2204 | (f) If applicable, the name and address of each member of |
2205 | the affiliated group of which the applicant is a member. |
2206 | (g)1. For an application for a new permit, the estimated |
2207 | annual dollar volume of prescription drug sales of the |
2208 | applicant, the estimated annual percentage of the applicant's |
2209 | total company sales that are prescription drugs, the applicant's |
2210 | estimated annual total dollar volume of purchases of |
2211 | prescription drugs, and the applicant's estimated annual total |
2212 | dollar volume of prescription drug purchases directly from |
2213 | manufacturers. |
2214 | 2. For an application to renew a permit, the total dollar |
2215 | volume of prescription drug sales in the previous year, the |
2216 | total dollar volume of prescription drug sales made in the |
2217 | previous 6 months, the percentage of total company sales that |
2218 | were prescription drugs in the previous year, the total dollar |
2219 | volume of purchases of prescription drugs in the previous year, |
2220 | and the total dollar volume of prescription drug purchases |
2221 | directly from manufacturers in the previous year. |
2222 |
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2223 | Such portions of the information required pursuant to this |
2224 | paragraph which are a trade secret, as defined in s. 812.081, |
2225 | shall be maintained by the department as trade secret |
2226 | information is required to be maintained under s. 499.051. |
2227 | (h) The tax year of the applicant. |
2228 | (i) A copy of the deed for the property on which |
2229 | applicant's establishment is located, if the establishment is |
2230 | owned by the applicant, or a copy of the applicant's lease for |
2231 | the property on which applicant's establishment is located that |
2232 | has an original term of not less than 1 calendar year, if the |
2233 | establishment is not owned by the applicant. |
2234 | (j) A list of all licenses and permits issued to the |
2235 | applicant by any other state which authorize the applicant to |
2236 | purchase or possess prescription drugs. |
2237 | (k) The name of the manager of the establishment that is |
2238 | applying for the permit or to renew the permit, the next four |
2239 | highest ranking employees responsible for prescription drug |
2240 | wholesale operations for the establishment, and the name of all |
2241 | affiliated parties for the establishment, together with the |
2242 | personal information statement and fingerprints required |
2243 | pursuant to subsection (9) (4) for each of such persons. |
2244 | (l) The name of each of the applicant's designated |
2245 | representatives as required by subsection (16) (11), together |
2246 | with the personal information statement and fingerprints |
2247 | required pursuant to subsection (9) (4) for each such person. |
2248 | (m) For an applicant that is a secondary wholesale |
2249 | distributor wholesaler, each of the following: |
2250 | 1. A personal background information statement containing |
2251 | the background information and fingerprints required pursuant to |
2252 | subsection (9) (4) for each person named in the applicant's |
2253 | response to paragraphs (k) and (l) and for each affiliated party |
2254 | of the applicant. |
2255 | 2. If any of the five largest shareholders of the |
2256 | corporation seeking the permit is a corporation, the name, |
2257 | address, and title of each corporate officer and director of |
2258 | each such corporation; the name and address of such corporation; |
2259 | the name of such corporation's resident agent, such |
2260 | corporation's resident agent's address, and such corporation's |
2261 | state of its incorporation; and the name and address of each |
2262 | shareholder of such corporation that owns 5 percent or more of |
2263 | the stock of such corporation. |
2264 | 3. The name and address of all financial institutions in |
2265 | which the applicant has an account which is used to pay for the |
2266 | operation of the establishment or to pay for drugs purchased for |
2267 | the establishment, together with the names of all persons that |
2268 | are authorized signatories on such accounts. The portions of the |
2269 | information required pursuant to this subparagraph which are a |
2270 | trade secret, as defined in s. 812.081, shall be maintained by |
2271 | the department as trade secret information is required to be |
2272 | maintained under s. 499.051. |
2273 | 4. The sources of all funds and the amounts of such funds |
2274 | used to purchase or finance purchases of prescription drugs or |
2275 | to finance the premises on which the establishment is to be |
2276 | located. |
2277 | 5. If any of the funds identified in subparagraph 4. were |
2278 | borrowed, copies of all promissory notes or loans used to obtain |
2279 | such funds. |
2280 | (n) Any other relevant information that the department |
2281 | requires, including, but not limited to, any information related |
2282 | to whether the applicant satisfies the definition of a primary |
2283 | wholesale distributor wholesaler or a secondary wholesale |
2284 | distributor wholesaler. |
2285 | (9)(4)(a) Each person required by subsection (8) (3) to |
2286 | provide a personal information statement and fingerprints shall |
2287 | provide the following information to the department on forms |
2288 | prescribed by the department: |
2289 | 1. The person's places of residence for the past 7 years. |
2290 | 2. The person's date and place of birth. |
2291 | 3. The person's occupations, positions of employment, and |
2292 | offices held during the past 7 years. |
2293 | 4. The principal business and address of any business, |
2294 | corporation, or other organization in which each such office of |
2295 | the person was held or in which each such occupation or position |
2296 | of employment was carried on. |
2297 | 5. Whether the person has been, during the past 7 years, |
2298 | the subject of any proceeding for the revocation of any license |
2299 | and, if so, the nature of the proceeding and the disposition of |
2300 | the proceeding. |
2301 | 6. Whether, during the past 7 years, the person has been |
2302 | enjoined, either temporarily or permanently, by a court of |
2303 | competent jurisdiction from violating any federal or state law |
2304 | regulating the possession, control, or distribution of |
2305 | prescription drugs, together with details concerning any such |
2306 | event. |
2307 | 7. A description of any involvement by the person with any |
2308 | business, including any investments, other than the ownership of |
2309 | stock in a publicly traded company or mutual fund, during the |
2310 | past 7 years, which manufactured, administered, prescribed, |
2311 | distributed, or stored pharmaceutical products and any lawsuits |
2312 | in which such businesses were named as a party. |
2313 | 8. A description of any felony criminal offense of which |
2314 | the person, as an adult, was found guilty, regardless of whether |
2315 | adjudication of guilt was withheld or whether the person pled |
2316 | guilty or nolo contendere. A criminal offense committed in |
2317 | another jurisdiction which would have been a felony in this |
2318 | state must be reported. If the person indicates that a criminal |
2319 | conviction is under appeal and submits a copy of the notice of |
2320 | appeal of that criminal offense, the applicant must, within 15 |
2321 | days after the disposition of the appeal, submit to the |
2322 | department a copy of the final written order of disposition. |
2323 | 9. A photograph of the person taken in the previous 30 |
2324 | days. |
2325 | 10. A set of fingerprints for the person on a form and |
2326 | under procedures specified by the department, together with |
2327 | payment of an amount equal to the costs incurred by the |
2328 | department for the criminal record check of the person. |
2329 | 11. The name, address, occupation, and date and place of |
2330 | birth for each member of the person's immediate family who is 18 |
2331 | years of age or older. As used in this subparagraph, the term |
2332 | "member of the person's immediate family" includes the person's |
2333 | spouse, children, parents, siblings, the spouses of the person's |
2334 | children, and the spouses of the person's siblings. |
2335 | 12. Any other relevant information that the department |
2336 | requires. |
2337 | (b) The information required pursuant to paragraph (a) |
2338 | shall be provided under oath. |
2339 | (c) The department shall submit the fingerprints provided |
2340 | by a person for initial licensure to the Department of Law |
2341 | Enforcement for a statewide criminal record check and for |
2342 | forwarding to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national |
2343 | criminal record check of the person. The department shall submit |
2344 | the fingerprints provided by a person as a part of a renewal |
2345 | application to the Department of Law Enforcement for a statewide |
2346 | criminal record check, and for forwarding to the Federal Bureau |
2347 | of Investigation for a national criminal record check, for the |
2348 | initial renewal of a permit after January 1, 2004; for any |
2349 | subsequent renewal of a permit, the department shall submit the |
2350 | required information for a statewide and national criminal |
2351 | record check of the person. Any person who as a part of an |
2352 | initial permit application or initial permit renewal after |
2353 | January 1, 2004, submits to the department a set of fingerprints |
2354 | required for the criminal record check required in this |
2355 | paragraph shall not be required to provide a subsequent set of |
2356 | fingerprints for a criminal record check to the department, if |
2357 | the person has undergone a criminal record check as a condition |
2358 | of the issuance of an initial permit or the initial renewal of a |
2359 | permit of an applicant after January 1, 2004. |
2360 | (10)(5) The department may deny an application for a |
2361 | permit or refuse to renew a permit for a prescription drug |
2362 | wholesale distributor wholesaler or an out-of-state prescription |
2363 | drug wholesale distributor wholesaler if: |
2364 | (a) The applicant has not met the requirements for the |
2365 | permit. |
2366 | (b) The management, officers, or directors of the |
2367 | applicant or any affiliated party are found by the department to |
2368 | be incompetent or untrustworthy. |
2369 | (c) The applicant is so lacking in experience in managing |
2370 | a wholesale distributor as to make the issuance of the proposed |
2371 | permit hazardous to the public health. |
2372 | (d) The applicant is so lacking in experience in managing |
2373 | a wholesale distributor as to jeopardize the reasonable promise |
2374 | of successful operation of the wholesale distributor. |
2375 | (e) The applicant is lacking in experience in the |
2376 | distribution of prescription drugs. |
2377 | (f) The applicant's past experience in manufacturing or |
2378 | distributing prescription drugs indicates that the applicant |
2379 | poses a public health risk. |
2380 | (g) The applicant is affiliated directly or indirectly |
2381 | through ownership, control, or other business relations, with |
2382 | any person or persons whose business operations are or have been |
2383 | detrimental to the public health. |
2384 | (h) The applicant, or any affiliated party, has been found |
2385 | guilty of or has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to any felony |
2386 | or crime punishable by imprisonment for 1 year or more under the |
2387 | laws of the United States, any state, or any other country, |
2388 | regardless of whether adjudication of guilt was withheld. |
2389 | (i) The applicant or any affiliated party has been charged |
2390 | with a felony in a state or federal court and the disposition of |
2391 | that charge is pending during the application review or renewal |
2392 | review period. |
2393 | (j) The applicant has furnished false or fraudulent |
2394 | information or material in any application made in this state or |
2395 | any other state in connection with obtaining a permit or license |
2396 | to manufacture or distribute drugs, devices, or cosmetics. |
2397 | (k) That a federal, state, or local government permit |
2398 | currently or previously held by the applicant, or any affiliated |
2399 | party, for the manufacture or distribution of any drugs, |
2400 | devices, or cosmetics has been disciplined, suspended, or |
2401 | revoked and has not been reinstated. |
2402 | (l) The applicant does not possess the financial or |
2403 | physical resources to operate in compliance with the permit |
2404 | being sought, this chapter, and the rules adopted under this |
2405 | chapter. |
2406 | (m) The applicant or any affiliated party receives, |
2407 | directly or indirectly, financial support and assistance from a |
2408 | person who was an affiliated party of a permittee whose permit |
2409 | was subject to discipline or was suspended or revoked, other |
2410 | than through the ownership of stock in a publicly traded company |
2411 | or a mutual fund. |
2412 | (n) The applicant or any affiliated party receives, |
2413 | directly or indirectly, financial support and assistance from a |
2414 | person who has been found guilty of any violation of this part |
2415 | ss. 499.001-499.081 or chapter 465, chapter 501, or chapter 893, |
2416 | any rules adopted under any of this part those sections or those |
2417 | chapters, any federal or state drug law, or any felony where the |
2418 | underlying facts related to drugs, regardless of whether the |
2419 | person has been pardoned, had her or his civil rights restored, |
2420 | or had adjudication withheld, other than through the ownership |
2421 | of stock in a publicly traded company or a mutual fund. |
2422 | (o) The applicant for renewal of a permit under s. |
2423 | 499.01(2)(d) paragraph (2)(a) or s. 499.01(2)(e) paragraph |
2424 | (2)(c) has not actively engaged in the wholesale distribution |
2425 | of prescription drugs, as demonstrated by the regular and |
2426 | systematic distribution of prescription drugs throughout the |
2427 | year as evidenced by not fewer than 12 wholesale distributions |
2428 | in the previous year and not fewer than three wholesale |
2429 | distributions in the previous 6 months. |
2430 | (p) Information obtained in response to s. 499.01(2)(d) |
2431 | paragraph (2)(a) or s. 499.01(2)(e) paragraph (2)(c) |
2432 | demonstrates it would not be in the best interest of the public |
2433 | health, safety, and welfare to issue a permit. |
2434 | (q) The applicant does not possess the financial standing |
2435 | and business experience for the successful operation of the |
2436 | applicant. |
2437 | (r) The applicant or any affiliated party has failed to |
2438 | comply with the requirements for manufacturing or distributing |
2439 | prescription drugs under this part ss. 499.001-499.081, similar |
2440 | federal laws, similar laws in other states, or the rules adopted |
2441 | under such laws. |
2442 | (11)(6) Upon approval of the application by the department |
2443 | and payment of the required fee, the department shall issue or |
2444 | renew a prescription drug wholesale distributor wholesaler or an |
2445 | out-of-state prescription drug wholesale distributor wholesaler |
2446 | permit to the applicant. |
2447 | (12)(7) For a permit permits for a prescription drug |
2448 | wholesale distributor wholesalers or an out-of-state |
2449 | prescription drug wholesale distributor wholesalers: |
2450 | (a) The department shall adopt rules for the annual |
2451 | renewal of permits. At least 90 days before the expiration of a |
2452 | permit, the department shall forward a permit renewal |
2453 | notification and renewal application to the prescription drug |
2454 | wholesale distributor wholesaler or out-of-state prescription |
2455 | drug wholesale distributor wholesaler at the mailing address of |
2456 | the permitted establishment on file with the department. The |
2457 | permit renewal notification must state conspicuously the date on |
2458 | which the permit for the establishment will expire and that the |
2459 | establishment may not operate unless the permit for the |
2460 | establishment is renewed timely. |
2461 | (b) A permit, unless sooner suspended or revoked, |
2462 | automatically expires 1 year after the last day of the |
2463 | anniversary month in which the permit was originally issued. A |
2464 | permit may be renewed by making application for renewal on forms |
2465 | furnished by the department and paying the appropriate fees. If |
2466 | a renewal application and fee are submitted and postmarked after |
2467 | 45 days prior to the expiration date of the permit, the permit |
2468 | may be renewed only upon payment of a late renewal fee of $100, |
2469 | plus the required renewal fee. A permittee that has submitted a |
2470 | renewal application in accordance with this paragraph may |
2471 | continue to operate under its permit, unless the permit is |
2472 | suspended or revoked, until final disposition of the renewal |
2473 | application. |
2474 | (c) Failure to renew a permit in accordance with this |
2475 | section precludes any future renewal of that permit. If a permit |
2476 | issued pursuant to this section has expired and cannot be |
2477 | renewed, before an establishment may engage in activities that |
2478 | require a permit under this part ss. 499.001-499.081, the |
2479 | establishment must submit an application for a new permit; pay |
2480 | the applicable application fee, initial permit fee, and all |
2481 | applicable penalties; and be issued a new permit by the |
2482 | department. |
2483 | (13)(8) A person that engages in wholesale distribution of |
2484 | prescription drugs in this state must have a wholesale |
2485 | distributor's permit issued by the department, except as noted |
2486 | in this section. Each establishment must be separately permitted |
2487 | except as noted in this subsection. |
2488 | (a) A separate establishment permit is not required when a |
2489 | permitted prescription drug wholesale distributor wholesaler |
2490 | consigns a prescription drug to a pharmacy that is permitted |
2491 | under chapter 465 and located in this state, provided that: |
2492 | 1. The consignor wholesale distributor wholesaler notifies |
2493 | the department in writing of the contract to consign |
2494 | prescription drugs to a pharmacy along with the identity and |
2495 | location of each consignee pharmacy; |
2496 | 2. The pharmacy maintains its permit under chapter 465; |
2497 | 3. The consignor wholesale distributor wholesaler, which |
2498 | has no legal authority to dispense prescription drugs, complies |
2499 | with all wholesale distribution requirements of ss. s. 499.0121 |
2500 | and 499.01212 with respect to the consigned drugs and maintains |
2501 | records documenting the transfer of title or other completion of |
2502 | the wholesale distribution of the consigned prescription drugs; |
2503 | 4. The distribution of the prescription drug is otherwise |
2504 | lawful under this chapter and other applicable law; |
2505 | 5. Open packages containing prescription drugs within a |
2506 | pharmacy are the responsibility of the pharmacy, regardless of |
2507 | how the drugs are titled; and |
2508 | 6. The pharmacy dispenses the consigned prescription drug |
2509 | in accordance with the limitations of its permit under chapter |
2510 | 465 or returns the consigned prescription drug to the consignor |
2511 | wholesale distributor wholesaler. In addition, a person who |
2512 | holds title to prescription drugs may transfer the drugs to a |
2513 | person permitted or licensed to handle the reverse distribution |
2514 | or destruction of drugs. Any other distribution by and means of |
2515 | the consigned prescription drug by any person, not limited to |
2516 | the consignor wholesale distributor wholesaler or consignee |
2517 | pharmacy, to any other person is prohibited. |
2518 | (b) A wholesale distributor's permit is not required for |
2519 | the one-time transfer of title of a pharmacy's lawfully acquired |
2520 | prescription drug inventory by a pharmacy with a valid permit |
2521 | issued under chapter 465 to a consignor prescription drug |
2522 | wholesale distributor wholesaler, permitted under this chapter, |
2523 | in accordance with a written consignment agreement between the |
2524 | pharmacy and that wholesale distributor wholesaler if: the |
2525 | permitted pharmacy and the permitted prescription drug wholesale |
2526 | distributor wholesaler comply with all of the provisions of |
2527 | paragraph (a) and the prescription drugs continue to be within |
2528 | the permitted pharmacy's inventory for dispensing in accordance |
2529 | with the limitations of the pharmacy permit under chapter 465. A |
2530 | consignor drug wholesale distributor wholesaler may not use the |
2531 | pharmacy as a wholesale distributor through which it distributes |
2532 | the prescription legend drugs to other pharmacies. Nothing in |
2533 | this section is intended to prevent a wholesale drug distributor |
2534 | from obtaining this inventory in the event of nonpayment by the |
2535 | pharmacy. |
2536 | (c) A separate establishment permit is not required when a |
2537 | permitted prescription drug wholesale distributor operates |
2538 | temporary transit storage facilities for the sole purpose of |
2539 | storage, for up to 16 hours, of a delivery of prescription drugs |
2540 | when the wholesale distributor was temporarily unable to |
2541 | complete the delivery to the recipient. |
2542 | (d)(c) The department shall require information from each |
2543 | wholesale distributor as part of the permit and renewal of such |
2544 | permit, as required under s. 499.01 or this section. |
2545 | (14)(9) Personnel employed in wholesale distribution must |
2546 | have appropriate education and experience to enable them to |
2547 | perform their duties in compliance with state permitting |
2548 | requirements. |
2549 | (15)(10) The name of a permittee or establishment on a |
2550 | prescription drug wholesale distributor wholesaler permit or an |
2551 | out-of-state prescription drug wholesale distributor wholesaler |
2552 | permit may not include any indicia of attainment of any |
2553 | educational degree, any indicia that the permittee or |
2554 | establishment possesses a professional license, or any name or |
2555 | abbreviation that the department determines is likely to cause |
2556 | confusion or mistake or that the department determines is |
2557 | deceptive, including that of any other entity authorized to |
2558 | purchase prescription drugs. |
2559 | (16)(11)(a) Each establishment that is issued an initial |
2560 | or renewal permit as a prescription drug wholesale distributor |
2561 | wholesaler or an out-of-state prescription drug wholesale |
2562 | distributor wholesaler must designate in writing to the |
2563 | department at least one natural person to serve as the |
2564 | designated representative of the wholesale distributor |
2565 | wholesaler. Such person must have an active certification as a |
2566 | designated representative from the department. |
2567 | (b) To be certified as a designated representative, a |
2568 | natural person must: |
2569 | 1. Submit an application on a form furnished by the |
2570 | department and pay the appropriate fees; |
2571 | 2. Be at least 18 years of age; |
2572 | 3. Have not less than 2 years of verifiable full-time work |
2573 | experience in a pharmacy licensed in this state or another |
2574 | state, where the person's responsibilities included, but were |
2575 | not limited to, recordkeeping for prescription drugs, or have |
2576 | not less than 2 years of verifiable full-time managerial |
2577 | experience with a prescription drug wholesale distributor |
2578 | wholesaler licensed in this state or in another state; |
2579 | 4. Receive a passing score of at least 75 percent on an |
2580 | examination given by the department regarding federal laws |
2581 | governing distribution of prescription drugs and this part ss. |
2582 | 499.001-499.081 and the rules adopted by the department |
2583 | governing the wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. This |
2584 | requirement shall be effective 1 year after the results of the |
2585 | initial examination are mailed to the persons that took the |
2586 | examination. The department shall offer such examinations at |
2587 | least four times each calendar year; and |
2588 | 5. Provide the department with a personal information |
2589 | statement and fingerprints pursuant to subsection (9)(4). |
2590 | (c) The department may deny an application for |
2591 | certification as a designated representative or may suspend or |
2592 | revoke a certification of a designated representative pursuant |
2593 | to s. 499.067. |
2594 | (d) A designated representative: |
2595 | 1. Must be actively involved in and aware of the actual |
2596 | daily operation of the wholesale distributor. |
2597 | 2. Must be employed full time in a managerial position by |
2598 | the wholesale distributor. |
2599 | 3. Must be physically present at the establishment during |
2600 | normal business hours, except for time periods when absent due |
2601 | to illness, family illness or death, scheduled vacation, or |
2602 | other authorized absence. |
2603 | 4. May serve as a designated representative for only one |
2604 | wholesale distributor at any one time. |
2605 | (e) A wholesale distributor must notify the department |
2606 | when a designated representative leaves the employ of the |
2607 | wholesale distributor. Such notice must be provided to the |
2608 | department within 10 business days after the last day of |
2609 | designated representative's employment with the wholesale |
2610 | distributor. |
2611 | (f) A wholesale distributor may not operate under a |
2612 | prescription drug wholesale distributor wholesaler permit or an |
2613 | out-of-state prescription drug wholesale distributor wholesaler |
2614 | permit for more than 10 business days after the designated |
2615 | representative leaves the employ of the wholesale distributor, |
2616 | unless the wholesale distributor employs another designated |
2617 | representative and notifies the department within 10 business |
2618 | days of the identity of the new designated representative. |
2619 | Section 12. Section 499.01201, Florida Statutes, is |
2620 | amended to read: |
2621 | 499.01201 Agency for Health Care Administration review and |
2622 | use of statute and rule violation or compliance |
2623 | data.--Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the |
2624 | contrary, the Agency for Health Care Administration may not: |
2625 | (1) Review or use any violation or alleged violation of s. |
2626 | 499.0121(6) or s. 499.01212, or any rules adopted under those |
2627 | sections that section, as a ground for denying or withholding |
2628 | any payment of a Medicaid reimbursement to a pharmacy licensed |
2629 | under chapter 465; or |
2630 | (2) Review or use compliance with s. 499.0121(6) or s. |
2631 | 499.01212, or any rules adopted under those sections that |
2632 | section, as the subject of any audit of Medicaid-related records |
2633 | held by a pharmacy licensed under chapter 465. |
2634 | Section 13. Section 499.0121, Florida Statutes, is |
2635 | amended, and subsection (4) of section 499.013, Florida |
2636 | Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph (d) of subsection (6) of |
2637 | that section and amended, to read: |
2638 | 499.0121 Storage and handling of prescription drugs; |
2639 | recordkeeping.--The department shall adopt rules to implement |
2640 | this section as necessary to protect the public health, safety, |
2641 | and welfare. Such rules shall include, but not be limited to, |
2642 | requirements for the storage and handling of prescription drugs |
2643 | and for the establishment and maintenance of prescription drug |
2644 | distribution records. |
2645 | (1) ESTABLISHMENTS.--An establishment at which |
2646 | prescription drugs are stored, warehoused, handled, held, |
2647 | offered, marketed, or displayed must: |
2648 | (a) Be of suitable size and construction to facilitate |
2649 | cleaning, maintenance, and proper operations; |
2650 | (b) Have storage areas designed to provide adequate |
2651 | lighting, ventilation, temperature, sanitation, humidity, space, |
2652 | equipment, and security conditions; |
2653 | (c) Have a quarantine area for storage of prescription |
2654 | drugs that are outdated, damaged, deteriorated, misbranded, or |
2655 | adulterated, or that are in immediate or sealed, secondary |
2656 | containers that have been opened; |
2657 | (d) Be maintained in a clean and orderly condition; and |
2658 | (e) Be free from infestation by insects, rodents, birds, |
2659 | or vermin of any kind. |
2660 | (2) SECURITY.-- |
2661 | (a) An establishment that is used for wholesale drug |
2662 | distribution must be secure from unauthorized entry. |
2663 | 1. Access from outside the premises must be kept to a |
2664 | minimum and be well-controlled. |
2665 | 2. The outside perimeter of the premises must be well- |
2666 | lighted. |
2667 | 3. Entry into areas where prescription drugs are held must |
2668 | be limited to authorized personnel. |
2669 | (b) An establishment that is used for wholesale drug |
2670 | distribution must be equipped with: |
2671 | 1. An alarm system to detect entry after hours; however, |
2672 | the department may exempt by rule establishments that only hold |
2673 | a permit as prescription drug wholesale distributor-brokers |
2674 | wholesaler-brokers and establishments that only handle medical |
2675 | oxygen; and |
2676 | 2. A security system that will provide suitable protection |
2677 | against theft and diversion. When appropriate, the security |
2678 | system must provide protection against theft or diversion that |
2679 | is facilitated or hidden by tampering with computers or |
2680 | electronic records. |
2681 | (c) Any vehicle that contains prescription drugs must be |
2682 | secure from unauthorized access to the prescription drugs in the |
2683 | vehicle. |
2684 | (3) STORAGE.--All prescription drugs shall be stored at |
2685 | appropriate temperatures and under appropriate conditions in |
2686 | accordance with requirements, if any, in the labeling of such |
2687 | drugs, or with requirements in the official compendium. |
2688 | (a) If no storage requirements are established for a |
2689 | prescription drug, the drug may be held at "controlled" room |
2690 | temperature, as defined in the official compendium, to help |
2691 | ensure that its identity, strength, quality, and purity are not |
2692 | adversely affected. |
2693 | (b) Appropriate manual, electromechanical, or electronic |
2694 | temperature and humidity recording equipment, devices, or logs |
2695 | must be used to document proper storage of prescription drugs. |
2696 | (c) The recordkeeping requirements in subsection (6) must |
2697 | be followed for all stored prescription drugs. |
2698 | (4) EXAMINATION OF MATERIALS AND RECORDS.-- |
2699 | (a) Upon receipt, each outside shipping container must be |
2700 | visually examined for identity and to prevent the acceptance of |
2701 | contaminated prescription drugs that are otherwise unfit for |
2702 | distribution. This examination must be adequate to reveal |
2703 | container damage that would suggest possible contamination or |
2704 | other damage to the contents. |
2705 | (b) Each outgoing shipment must be carefully inspected for |
2706 | identity of the prescription drug products and to ensure that |
2707 | there is no delivery of prescription drugs that have expired or |
2708 | been damaged in storage or held under improper conditions. |
2709 | (c) The recordkeeping requirements in subsection (6) must |
2710 | be followed for all incoming and outgoing prescription drugs. |
2711 | (d) Upon receipt, a wholesale distributor wholesaler must |
2712 | review records required under this section for the acquisition |
2713 | of prescription drugs for accuracy and completeness, considering |
2714 | the total facts and circumstances surrounding the transactions |
2715 | and the wholesale distributors involved. This includes |
2716 | authenticating each transaction listed on a pedigree paper, as |
2717 | defined in s. 499.003(35) s. 499.001(31). |
2718 | (5) RETURNED, DAMAGED, OR OUTDATED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.-- |
2719 | (a)1. Prescription drugs that are outdated, damaged, |
2720 | deteriorated, misbranded, or adulterated must be quarantined and |
2721 | physically separated from other prescription drugs until they |
2722 | are destroyed or returned to their supplier. A quarantine |
2723 | section must be separate and apart from other sections where |
2724 | prescription drugs are stored so that prescription drugs in this |
2725 | section are not confused with usable prescription drugs. |
2726 | 2. Prescription drugs must be examined at least every 12 |
2727 | months, and drugs for which the expiration date has passed must |
2728 | be removed and quarantined. |
2729 | (b) Any prescription drugs of which the immediate or |
2730 | sealed outer containers or sealed secondary containers have been |
2731 | opened or used must be identified as such and must be |
2732 | quarantined and physically separated from other prescription |
2733 | drugs until they are either destroyed or returned to the |
2734 | supplier. |
2735 | (c) If the conditions under which a prescription drug has |
2736 | been returned cast doubt on the drug's safety, identity, |
2737 | strength, quality, or purity, the drug must be destroyed or |
2738 | returned to the supplier, unless examination, testing, or other |
2739 | investigation proves that the drug meets appropriate standards |
2740 | of safety, identity, strength, quality, and purity. In |
2741 | determining whether the conditions under which a drug has been |
2742 | returned cast doubt on the drug's safety, identity, strength, |
2743 | quality, or purity, the wholesale drug distributor must |
2744 | consider, among other things, the conditions under which the |
2745 | drug has been held, stored, or shipped before or during its |
2746 | return and the conditions of the drug and its container, carton, |
2747 | or labeling, as a result of storage or shipping. |
2748 | (d) The recordkeeping requirements in subsection (6) must |
2749 | be followed for all outdated, damaged, deteriorated, misbranded, |
2750 | or adulterated prescription drugs. |
2751 | (6) RECORDKEEPING.--The department shall adopt rules that |
2752 | require keeping such records of prescription drugs as are |
2753 | necessary for the protection of the public health. |
2754 | (a) Wholesale drug distributors must establish and |
2755 | maintain inventories and records of all transactions regarding |
2756 | the receipt and distribution or other disposition of |
2757 | prescription drugs. These records must provide a complete audit |
2758 | trail from receipt to sale or other disposition, be readily |
2759 | retrievable for inspection, and include, at a minimum, the |
2760 | following information: |
2761 | 1. The source of the drugs, including the name and |
2762 | principal address of the seller or transferor, and the address |
2763 | of the location from which the drugs were shipped; |
2764 | 2. The name, principal address, and state license permit |
2765 | or registration number of the person authorized to purchase |
2766 | prescription drugs; |
2767 | 3. The name, strength, dosage form, and quantity of the |
2768 | drugs received and distributed or disposed of; |
2769 | 4. The dates of receipt and distribution or other |
2770 | disposition of the drugs; and |
2771 | 5. Any financial documentation supporting the transaction. |
2772 | (b) Inventories and records must be made available for |
2773 | inspection and photocopying by authorized federal, state, or |
2774 | local officials for a period of 2 years following disposition of |
2775 | the drugs or 3 years after the creation of the records, |
2776 | whichever period is longer. |
2777 | (c) Records described in this section that are kept at the |
2778 | inspection site or that can be immediately retrieved by computer |
2779 | or other electronic means must be readily available for |
2780 | authorized inspection during the retention period. Records that |
2781 | are kept at a central location outside of this state and that |
2782 | are not electronically retrievable must be made available for |
2783 | inspection within 2 working days after a request by an |
2784 | authorized official of a federal, state, or local law |
2785 | enforcement agency. Records that are maintained at a central |
2786 | location within this state must be maintained at an |
2787 | establishment that is permitted pursuant to this part ss. |
2788 | 499.001-499.081 and must be readily available. |
2789 | (d)(4) Each manufacturer or repackager of medical devices, |
2790 | over-the-counter drugs, or cosmetics must maintain records that |
2791 | include the name and principal address of the seller or |
2792 | transferor of the product, the address of the location from |
2793 | which the product was shipped, the date of the transaction, the |
2794 | name and quantity of the product involved, and the name and |
2795 | principal address of the person who purchased the product. |
2796 | (e) A wholesale distributor must maintain pedigree papers |
2797 | separate and distinct from other records required under this |
2798 | chapter. |
2799 | (d)1. Effective July 1, 2006, each person who is engaged in |
2800 | the wholesale distribution of a prescription drug and who is not |
2801 | the manufacturer of that drug must, before each wholesale |
2802 | distribution of such drug, provide to the person who receives |
2803 | the drug a pedigree paper as defined in s. 499.003(31). |
2804 | 2. A repackager must comply with this paragraph. |
2805 | 3. The pedigree paper requirements in this paragraph do |
2806 | not apply to compressed medical gases or veterinary legend |
2807 | drugs. |
2808 | 4. Each wholesale distributor of prescription drugs must |
2809 | maintain separate and distinct from other required records all |
2810 | statements that are required under subparagraph 1. |
2811 | 5. Subparagraph 1. is satisfied when a wholesale |
2812 | distributor takes title to, but not possession of, a |
2813 | prescription drug and the prescription drug's manufacturer ships |
2814 | the prescription drug directly to a person authorized by law to |
2815 | purchase prescription drugs for the purpose of administering or |
2816 | dispensing the drug, as defined in s. 465.003, or a member of an |
2817 | affiliated group, as described in paragraph (f), with the |
2818 | exception of a repackager. |
2819 | a. The wholesale distributor must deliver to the recipient |
2820 | of the prescription drug, within 14 days after the shipment |
2821 | notification from the manufacturer, an invoice and the following |
2822 | sworn statement: "This wholesale distributor purchased the |
2823 | specific unit of the prescription drug listed on the invoice |
2824 | directly from the manufacturer, and the specific unit of |
2825 | prescription drug was shipped by the manufacturer directly to a |
2826 | person authorized by law to administer or dispense the legend |
2827 | drug, as defined in s. 465.003, Florida Statutes, or a member of |
2828 | an affiliated group, as described in s. 499.0121(6)(f), Florida |
2829 | Statutes, with the exception of a repackager." The invoice must |
2830 | contain a unique cross-reference to the shipping document sent |
2831 | by the manufacturer to the recipient of the prescription drug. |
2832 | b. The manufacturer of the prescription drug shipped |
2833 | directly to the recipient under this section must provide and |
2834 | the recipient of the prescription drug must acquire, within 14 |
2835 | days after receipt of the prescription drug, a shipping document |
2836 | from the manufacturer that contains, at a minimum: |
2837 | (I) The name and address of the manufacturer, including |
2838 | the point of origin of the shipment, and the names and addresses |
2839 | of the wholesaler and the purchaser. |
2840 | (II) The name of the prescription drug as it appears on |
2841 | the label. |
2842 | (III) The quantity, dosage form, and strength of the |
2843 | prescription drug. |
2844 | (IV) The date of the shipment from the manufacturer. |
2845 | c. The wholesale distributor must also maintain and make |
2846 | available to the department, upon request, the lot number of |
2847 | such drug if not contained in the shipping document acquired by |
2848 | the recipient. |
2849 | 6. Failure of the manufacturer to provide, the recipient |
2850 | to acquire, or the wholesale distributor to deliver, the |
2851 | documentation required under subparagraph 5. shall constitute |
2852 | failure to acquire or deliver a pedigree paper under s. |
2853 | 499.0051. Forgery by the manufacturer, the recipient, or the |
2854 | wholesale distributor of the documentation required to be |
2855 | acquired or delivered under subparagraph 5. shall constitute |
2856 | forgery of a pedigree paper under s. 499.0051. |
2857 | 7. The department may, by rule, specify alternatives to |
2858 | compliance with subparagraph 1. for a prescription drug in the |
2859 | inventory of a permitted prescription drug wholesaler as of June |
2860 | 30, 2006, and the return of a prescription drug purchased prior |
2861 | to July 1, 2006. The department may specify time limits for such |
2862 | alternatives. |
2863 | (7)(e) PRESCRIPTION DRUG PURCHASE LIST.--Each wholesale |
2864 | distributor, except for a manufacturer, shall annually provide |
2865 | the department with a written list of all wholesale distributors |
2866 | and manufacturers from whom the wholesale distributor purchases |
2867 | prescription drugs. A wholesale distributor, except a |
2868 | manufacturer, shall notify the department not later than 10 days |
2869 | after any change to either list. Such portions of the |
2870 | information required pursuant to this subsection paragraph which |
2871 | are a trade secret, as defined in s. 812.081, shall be |
2872 | maintained by the department as trade secret information is |
2873 | required to be maintained under s. 499.051. |
2874 | (f)1. This paragraph applies only to an affiliated group, |
2875 | as defined by s. 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as |
2876 | amended, which is composed of chain drug entities, including at |
2877 | least 50 retail pharmacies, warehouses, or repackagers, which |
2878 | are members of the same affiliated group, if the affiliated |
2879 | group: |
2880 | a. Discloses to the department the names of all its |
2881 | members; and |
2882 | b. Agrees in writing to provide records on prescription |
2883 | drug purchases by members of the affiliated group not later than |
2884 | 48 hours after the department requests such records, regardless |
2885 | of the location where the records are stored. |
2886 | 2. Each warehouse within the affiliated group must comply |
2887 | with all applicable federal and state drug wholesale permit |
2888 | requirements and must purchase, receive, hold, and distribute |
2889 | prescription drugs only to a retail pharmacy or warehouse within |
2890 | the affiliated group. Such a warehouse is exempt from providing |
2891 | a pedigree paper in accordance with paragraph (d) to its |
2892 | affiliated group member warehouse or retail pharmacy, provided |
2893 | that: |
2894 | a. Any affiliated group member that purchases or receives |
2895 | a prescription drug from outside the affiliated group must |
2896 | receive a pedigree paper if the prescription drug is distributed |
2897 | in or into this state and a pedigree paper is required under |
2898 | this section and must authenticate the documentation as required |
2899 | in subsection (4), regardless of whether the affiliated group |
2900 | member is directly subject to regulation under this chapter; and |
2901 | b. The affiliated group makes available to the department |
2902 | on request all records related to the purchase or acquisition of |
2903 | prescription drugs by members of the affiliated group, |
2904 | regardless of the location where the records are stored, if the |
2905 | prescription drugs were distributed in or into this state. |
2906 | 3. If a repackager repackages prescription drugs solely |
2907 | for distribution to its affiliated group members for the |
2908 | exclusive distribution to and among retail pharmacies that are |
2909 | members of the affiliated group to which the repackager is a |
2910 | member: |
2911 | a. The repackager must: |
2912 | (I) In lieu of the written statement required by paragraph |
2913 | (d), for all repackaged prescription drugs distributed in or |
2914 | into this state, state in writing under oath with each |
2915 | distribution of a repackaged prescription drug to an affiliated |
2916 | group member warehouse or repackager: "All repackaged |
2917 | prescription drugs are purchased by the affiliated group |
2918 | directly from the manufacturer or from a prescription drug |
2919 | wholesaler that purchased the prescription drugs directly from |
2920 | the manufacturer."; |
2921 | (II) Purchase all prescription drugs it repackages: |
2922 | (A) Directly from the manufacturer; or |
2923 | (B) From a prescription drug wholesaler that purchased the |
2924 | prescription drugs directly from the manufacturer; and |
2925 | (III) Maintain records in accordance with this section to |
2926 | document that it purchased the prescription drugs directly from |
2927 | the manufacturer or that its prescription drug wholesale |
2928 | supplier purchased the prescription drugs directly from the |
2929 | manufacturer. |
2930 | b. All members of the affiliated group must provide to |
2931 | agents of the department on request records of purchases by all |
2932 | members of the affiliated group of prescription drugs that have |
2933 | been repackaged, regardless of the location where the records |
2934 | are stored or where the repackager is located. |
2935 | (8)(7) WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.--Wholesale drug |
2936 | distributors must establish, maintain, and adhere to written |
2937 | policies and procedures, which must be followed for the receipt, |
2938 | security, storage, inventory, and distribution of prescription |
2939 | drugs, including policies and procedures for identifying, |
2940 | recording, and reporting losses or thefts, and for correcting |
2941 | all errors and inaccuracies in inventories. Wholesale drug |
2942 | distributors must include in their written policies and |
2943 | procedures: |
2944 | (a) A procedure whereby the oldest approved stock of a |
2945 | prescription drug product is distributed first. The procedure |
2946 | may permit deviation from this requirement, if the deviation is |
2947 | temporary and appropriate. |
2948 | (b) A procedure to be followed for handling recalls and |
2949 | withdrawals of prescription drugs. Such procedure must be |
2950 | adequate to deal with recalls and withdrawals due to: |
2951 | 1. Any action initiated at the request of the Food and |
2952 | Drug Administration or any other federal, state, or local law |
2953 | enforcement or other government agency, including the |
2954 | department. |
2955 | 2. Any voluntary action by the manufacturer or repackager |
2956 | to remove defective or potentially defective drugs from the |
2957 | market; or |
2958 | 3. Any action undertaken to promote public health and |
2959 | safety by replacing existing merchandise with an improved |
2960 | product or new package design. |
2961 | (c) A procedure to ensure that wholesale drug distributors |
2962 | prepare for, protect against, and handle any crisis that affects |
2963 | security or operation of any facility if a strike, fire, flood, |
2964 | or other natural disaster, or a local, state, or national |
2965 | emergency, occurs. |
2966 | (d) A procedure to ensure that any outdated prescription |
2967 | drugs are segregated from other drugs and either returned to the |
2968 | manufacturer or repackager or destroyed. This procedure must |
2969 | provide for written documentation of the disposition of outdated |
2970 | prescription drugs. This documentation must be maintained for 2 |
2971 | years after disposition of the outdated drugs. |
2972 | (9)(8) RESPONSIBLE PERSONS.--Wholesale drug distributors |
2973 | must establish and maintain lists of officers, directors, |
2974 | managers, designated representatives, and other persons in |
2975 | charge of wholesale drug distribution, storage, and handling, |
2976 | including a description of their duties and a summary of their |
2977 | qualifications. |
2978 | (10)(9) COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAW.--A |
2979 | wholesale drug distributor must operate in compliance with |
2980 | applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. |
2981 | (a) A wholesale drug distributor must allow the department |
2982 | and authorized federal, state, and local officials to enter and |
2983 | inspect its premises and delivery vehicles, and to audit its |
2984 | records and written operating procedures, at reasonable times |
2985 | and in a reasonable manner, to the extent authorized by law. |
2986 | (b) A wholesale drug distributor that deals in controlled |
2987 | substances must register with the Drug Enforcement |
2988 | Administration and must comply with all applicable state, local, |
2989 | and federal laws. A wholesale drug distributor that distributes |
2990 | any substance controlled under chapter 893 must notify the |
2991 | department when registering with the Drug Enforcement |
2992 | Administration pursuant to that chapter and must provide the |
2993 | department with its DEA number. |
2994 | (11)(10) SALVAGING AND REPROCESSING.--A wholesale drug |
2995 | distributor is subject to any applicable federal, state, or |
2996 | local laws or regulations that relate to prescription drug |
2997 | product salvaging or reprocessing. |
2998 | (12)(11) SHIPPING AND TRANSPORTATION.--The person |
2999 | responsible for shipment and transportation of a prescription |
3000 | drug in a wholesale distribution may use a common carrier; its |
3001 | own vehicle or employee acting within the scope of employment if |
3002 | authorized under s. 499.03 for the possession of prescription |
3003 | drugs in this state; or, in the case of a prescription drug |
3004 | intended for domestic distribution, an independent contractor |
3005 | who must be the agent of the authorized seller or recipient |
3006 | responsible for shipping and transportation as set forth in a |
3007 | written contract between the parties. A person selling a |
3008 | prescription drug for export must obtain documentation, such as |
3009 | a validated airway bill, bill of lading, or other appropriate |
3010 | documentation that the prescription drug was exported. A person |
3011 | responsible for shipping or transporting prescription drugs is |
3012 | not required to maintain documentation from a common carrier |
3013 | that the designated recipient received the prescription drugs; |
3014 | however, the person must obtain such documentation from the |
3015 | common carrier and make it available to the department upon |
3016 | request of the department. |
3017 | (13)(12) DUE DILIGENCE OF SUPPLIERS.--Prior to purchasing |
3018 | any prescription drugs from another wholesale drug distributor, |
3019 | a prescription drug wholesale distributor wholesaler, an out-of- |
3020 | state prescription drug wholesale distributor wholesaler, or a |
3021 | prescription drug repackager must: |
3022 | (a) Enter an agreement with the selling wholesale drug |
3023 | distributor by which the selling wholesale drug distributor will |
3024 | indemnify the purchasing wholesale drug distributor for any loss |
3025 | caused to the purchasing wholesale drug distributor related to |
3026 | the purchase of drugs from the selling wholesale drug |
3027 | distributor which are determined to be counterfeit or to have |
3028 | been distributed in violation of any federal or state law |
3029 | governing the distribution of drugs. |
3030 | (b) Determine that the selling wholesale drug distributor |
3031 | has insurance coverage of not less than the greater of 1 percent |
3032 | of the amount of total dollar volume of the prescription drug |
3033 | sales reported to the department under s. 499.012(8)(g) s. |
3034 | 499.012(3)(g) or $500,000; however the coverage need not exceed |
3035 | $2 million. |
3036 | (c) Obtain information from the selling wholesale drug |
3037 | distributor, including the length of time the selling wholesale |
3038 | drug distributor has been licensed in this state, a copy of the |
3039 | selling wholesale drug distributor's licenses or permits, and |
3040 | background information concerning the ownership of the selling |
3041 | wholesale drug distributor, including the experience of the |
3042 | wholesale distributor in the wholesale distribution of |
3043 | prescription drugs. |
3044 | (d) Verify that the selling wholesale drug distributor's |
3045 | Florida permit is valid. |
3046 | (e) Inspect the selling wholesale drug distributor's |
3047 | licensed establishment to document that it has a policies and |
3048 | procedures manual relating to the distribution of drugs, the |
3049 | appropriate temperature controlled environment for drugs |
3050 | requiring temperature control, an alarm system, appropriate |
3051 | access restrictions, and procedures to ensure that records |
3052 | related to the wholesale distribution of prescription drugs are |
3053 | maintained as required by law: |
3054 | 1. Before purchasing any drug from the wholesale drug |
3055 | distributor, and at least once each subsequent year; or |
3056 | 2. Before purchasing any drug from the wholesale drug |
3057 | distributor, and each subsequent year obtain a complete copy of |
3058 | the most recent inspection report for the establishment which |
3059 | was prepared by the department or the regulatory authority |
3060 | responsible for wholesale drug distributors in the state in |
3061 | which the establishment is located. |
3062 | Section 14. Section 499.01211, Florida Statutes, is |
3063 | amended to read: |
3064 | 499.01211 Drug Wholesale Distributor Wholesaler Advisory |
3065 | Council.-- |
3066 | (1) There is created the Drug Wholesale Distributor |
3067 | Wholesaler Advisory Council within the department. The council |
3068 | shall meet at least once each calendar quarter. Staff for the |
3069 | council shall be provided by the department. The council shall |
3070 | consist of 11 members who shall serve without compensation. The |
3071 | council shall elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson |
3072 | annually. |
3073 | (2) The State Surgeon General, or his or her designee, and |
3074 | the Secretary of Health Care Administration, or her or his |
3075 | designee, shall be members of the council. The State Surgeon |
3076 | General shall appoint nine additional members to the council who |
3077 | shall be appointed to a term of 4 years each, as follows: |
3078 | (a) Three different persons each of whom is employed by a |
3079 | different prescription drug wholesale distributor wholesaler |
3080 | licensed under this part chapter which operates nationally and |
3081 | is a primary wholesale distributor wholesaler, as defined in s. |
3082 | 499.003(46) s. 499.012(1)(d). |
3083 | (b) One person employed by a prescription drug wholesale |
3084 | distributor wholesaler licensed under this part chapter which is |
3085 | a secondary wholesale distributor wholesaler, as defined in s. |
3086 | 499.003(51) s. 499.012(1)(f). |
3087 | (c) One person employed by a retail pharmacy chain located |
3088 | in this state. |
3089 | (d) One person who is a member of the Board of Pharmacy |
3090 | and is a pharmacist licensed under chapter 465. |
3091 | (e) One person who is a physician licensed pursuant to |
3092 | chapter 458 or chapter 459. |
3093 | (f) One person who is an employee of a hospital licensed |
3094 | pursuant to chapter 395 and is a pharmacist licensed pursuant to |
3095 | chapter 465. |
3096 | (g) One person who is an employee of a pharmaceutical |
3097 | manufacturer. |
3098 | (3) The council shall review this part ss. 499.001-499.081 |
3099 | and the rules adopted to administer this part ss. 499.001- |
3100 | 499.081 annually, provide input to the department regarding all |
3101 | proposed rules to administer this part ss. 499.001-499.081, make |
3102 | recommendations to the department to improve the protection of |
3103 | the prescription drugs and public health, make recommendations |
3104 | to improve coordination with other states' regulatory agencies |
3105 | and the federal government concerning the wholesale distribution |
3106 | of drugs, and make recommendations to minimize the impact of |
3107 | regulation of the wholesale distribution industry while ensuring |
3108 | protection of the public health. |
3109 | Section 15. Section 499.01212, Florida Statutes, is |
3110 | created to read: |
3111 | 499.01212 Pedigree paper.-- |
3112 | (1) APPLICATION.--Each person who is engaged in the |
3113 | wholesale distribution of a prescription drug must, prior to or |
3114 | simultaneous with each wholesale distribution, provide a |
3115 | pedigree paper to the person who receives the drug. |
3116 | (2) FORMAT.--A pedigree paper must contain the following |
3117 | information: |
3118 | (a) For the wholesale distribution of a prescription drug |
3119 | within the normal distribution chain: |
3120 | 1. The following statement: "This wholesale distributor |
3121 | purchased the specific unit of the prescription drug directly |
3122 | from the manufacturer." |
3123 | 2. The manufacturer's national drug code identifier and |
3124 | the name and address of the wholesale distributor and the |
3125 | purchaser of the prescription drug. |
3126 | 3. The name of the prescription drug as it appears on the |
3127 | label. |
3128 | 4. The quantity, dosage form, and strength of the |
3129 | prescription drug. |
3130 | |
3131 | The wholesale distributor must also maintain and make available |
3132 | to the department, upon request, the point of origin of the |
3133 | prescription drugs, including intracompany transfers, the date |
3134 | of the shipment from the manufacturer to the wholesale |
3135 | distributor, the lot numbers of such drugs, and the invoice |
3136 | numbers from the manufacturer. |
3137 | (b) For all other wholesale distributions of prescription |
3138 | drugs: |
3139 | 1. The quantity, dosage form, and strength of the |
3140 | prescription drugs. |
3141 | 2. The lot numbers of the prescription drugs. |
3142 | 3. The name and address of each owner of the prescription |
3143 | drug and his or her signature. |
3144 | 4. Shipping information, including the name and address of |
3145 | each person certifying delivery or receipt of the prescription |
3146 | drug. |
3147 | 5. An invoice number, a shipping document number, or |
3148 | another number uniquely identifying the transaction. |
3149 | 6. A certification that the recipient wholesale |
3150 | distributor has authenticated the pedigree papers. |
3151 | 7. The unique serialization of the prescription drug, if |
3152 | the manufacturer or repackager has uniquely serialized the |
3153 | individual prescription drug unit. |
3154 | 8. The name, address, telephone number, and, if available, |
3155 | e-mail contact information of each wholesale distributor |
3156 | involved in the chain of the prescription drug's custody. |
3157 | (3) EXCEPTIONS.--A pedigree paper is not required for: |
3158 | (a) The wholesale distribution of a prescription drug by |
3159 | the manufacturer or by a third party logistics provider |
3160 | performing a wholesale distribution of a prescription drug for a |
3161 | manufacturer. |
3162 | (b) The wholesale distribution of a prescription drug by a |
3163 | freight forwarder within the authority of a freight forwarder |
3164 | permit. |
3165 | (c) The wholesale distribution of a prescription drug by a |
3166 | limited prescription drug veterinary wholesale distributor to a |
3167 | veterinarian. |
3168 | (d) The wholesale distribution of a compressed medical |
3169 | gas. |
3170 | (e) The wholesale distribution of a veterinary |
3171 | prescription drug. |
3172 | (f) A drop shipment, provided: |
3173 | 1. The wholesale distributor delivers to the recipient of |
3174 | the prescription drug, within 14 days after the shipment |
3175 | notification from the manufacturer, an invoice and the following |
3176 | sworn statement: "This wholesale distributor purchased the |
3177 | specific unit of the prescription drug listed on the invoice |
3178 | directly from the manufacturer, and the specific unit of |
3179 | prescription drug was shipped by the manufacturer directly to a |
3180 | person authorized by law to administer or dispense the legend |
3181 | drug, as defined in s. 465.003, Florida Statutes, or a member of |
3182 | an affiliated group, with the exception of a repackager." The |
3183 | invoice must contain a unique cross-reference to the shipping |
3184 | document sent by the manufacturer to the recipient of the |
3185 | prescription drug. |
3186 | 2. The manufacturer of the prescription drug shipped |
3187 | directly to the recipient provides and the recipient of the |
3188 | prescription drug acquires, within 14 days after receipt of the |
3189 | prescription drug, a shipping document from the manufacturer |
3190 | that contains, at a minimum: |
3191 | a. The name and address of the manufacturer, including the |
3192 | point of origin of the shipment, and the names and addresses of |
3193 | the wholesale distributor and the purchaser. |
3194 | b. The name of the prescription drug as it appears on the |
3195 | label. |
3196 | c. The quantity, dosage form, and strength of the |
3197 | prescription drug. |
3198 | d. The date of the shipment from the manufacturer. |
3199 | 3. The wholesale distributor maintains and makes available |
3200 | to the department, upon request, the lot number of such drug if |
3201 | not contained in the shipping document acquired by the |
3202 | recipient. |
3203 | |
3204 | Failure of the manufacturer to provide, the recipient to |
3205 | acquire, or the wholesale distributor to deliver the |
3206 | documentation required under this paragraph shall constitute |
3207 | failure to acquire or deliver a pedigree paper under ss. |
3208 | 499.005(28) and 499.0051. Forgery by the manufacturer, the |
3209 | recipient, or the wholesale distributor of the documentation |
3210 | required to be acquired or delivered under this paragraph shall |
3211 | constitute forgery of a pedigree paper under s. 499.0051. |
3212 | 4. The wholesale distributor that takes title to, but not |
3213 | possession of, the prescription drug is not a member of the |
3214 | affiliated group that receives the prescription drug directly |
3215 | from the manufacturer. |
3216 | (g) The wholesale distribution of a prescription drug by a |
3217 | warehouse within an affiliated group to a warehouse or retail |
3218 | pharmacy within its affiliated group, provided: |
3219 | 1. Any affiliated group member that purchases or receives |
3220 | a prescription drug from outside the affiliated group must |
3221 | receive a pedigree paper if the prescription drug is distributed |
3222 | in or into this state and a pedigree paper is required under |
3223 | this section and must authenticate the documentation as required |
3224 | in s. 499.0121(4), regardless of whether the affiliated group |
3225 | member is directly subject to regulation under this part; and |
3226 | 2. The affiliated group makes available, within 48 hours, |
3227 | to the department on request to one or more of its members all |
3228 | records related to the purchase or acquisition of prescription |
3229 | drugs by members of the affiliated group, regardless of the |
3230 | location where the records are stored, if the prescription drugs |
3231 | were distributed in or into this state. |
3232 | (h) The repackaging of prescription drugs by a repackager |
3233 | solely for distribution to its affiliated group members for the |
3234 | exclusive distribution to and among retail pharmacies that are |
3235 | members of the affiliated group to which the repackager is a |
3236 | member. |
3237 | 1. The repackager must: |
3238 | a. For all repackaged prescription drugs distributed in or |
3239 | into this state, state in writing under oath with each |
3240 | distribution of a repackaged prescription drug to an affiliated |
3241 | group member warehouse or repackager: "All repackaged |
3242 | prescription drugs are purchased by the affiliated group |
3243 | directly from the manufacturer or from a prescription drug |
3244 | wholesale distributor that purchased the prescription drugs |
3245 | directly from the manufacturer." |
3246 | b. Purchase all prescription drugs it repackages: |
3247 | (I) Directly from the manufacturer; or |
3248 | (II) From a prescription drug wholesale distributor that |
3249 | purchased the prescription drugs directly from the manufacturer. |
3250 | c. Maintain records in accordance with this section to |
3251 | document that it purchased the prescription drugs directly from |
3252 | the manufacturer or that its prescription drug wholesale |
3253 | supplier purchased the prescription drugs directly from the |
3254 | manufacturer. |
3255 | 2. All members of the affiliated group must provide, |
3256 | within 48 hours, to agents of the department on request to one |
3257 | or more of its members records of purchases by all members of |
3258 | the affiliated group of prescription drugs that have been |
3259 | repackaged, regardless of the location at which the records are |
3260 | stored or at which the repackager is located. |
3261 | Section 16. Section 499.0122, Florida Statutes, is |
3262 | repealed. |
3263 | Section 17. Section 499.013, Florida Statutes, is |
3264 | repealed. |
3265 | Section 18. Subsections (1), (3), (4), (6), (8), and (9) |
3266 | of section 499.015, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
3267 | 499.015 Registration of drugs, devices, and cosmetics; |
3268 | issuance of certificates of free sale.-- |
3269 | (1)(a) Except for those persons exempted from the |
3270 | definition of manufacturer in s. 499.003(32) s. 499.003(28), any |
3271 | person who manufactures, packages, repackages, labels, or |
3272 | relabels a drug, device, or cosmetic in this state must register |
3273 | such drug, device, or cosmetic biennially with the department; |
3274 | pay a fee in accordance with the fee schedule provided by s. |
3275 | 499.041; and comply with this section. The registrant must list |
3276 | each separate and distinct drug, device, or cosmetic at the time |
3277 | of registration. |
3278 | (b) The department may not register any product that does |
3279 | not comply with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as |
3280 | amended, or Title 21 C.F.R. Registration of a product by the |
3281 | department does not mean that the product does in fact comply |
3282 | with all provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, |
3283 | as amended. |
3284 | (3) Except for those persons exempted from the definition |
3285 | of manufacturer in s. 499.003(31) s. 499.003(28), a person may |
3286 | not sell any product that he or she has failed to register in |
3287 | conformity with this section. Such failure to register subjects |
3288 | such drug, device, or cosmetic product to seizure and |
3289 | condemnation as provided in s. 499.062 ss. 499.062-499.064, and |
3290 | subjects such person to the penalties and remedies provided in |
3291 | this part ss. 499.001-499.081. |
3292 | (4) Unless a registration is renewed, it expires 2 years |
3293 | after the last day of the month in which it was issued. The |
3294 | department may issue a stop-sale notice or order against a |
3295 | person that is subject to the requirements of this section and |
3296 | that fails to comply with this section within 31 days after the |
3297 | date the registration expires. The notice or order shall |
3298 | prohibit such person from selling or causing to be sold any |
3299 | drugs, devices, or cosmetics covered by this part ss. 499.001- |
3300 | 499.081 until he or she complies with the requirements of this |
3301 | section. |
3302 | (6) The department may issue a certificate of free sale |
3303 | for any product that is required to be registered under this |
3304 | part ss. 499.001-499.081. |
3305 | (8) Notwithstanding any requirements set forth in this |
3306 | part ss. 499.001-499.081, a manufacturer of medical devices that |
3307 | is registered with the federal Food and Drug Administration is |
3308 | exempt from this section and s. 499.041(6) if: |
3309 | (a) The manufacturer's medical devices are approved for |
3310 | marketing by, or listed with the federal Food and Drug |
3311 | Administration in accordance with federal law for commercial |
3312 | distribution; or |
3313 | (b) The manufacturer subcontracts with a manufacturer of |
3314 | medical devices to manufacture components of such devices. |
3315 | (9) However, the manufacturer must submit evidence of such |
3316 | registration, listing, or approval with its initial application |
3317 | for a permit to do business in this state, as required in s. |
3318 | 499.01 s. 499.013 and any changes to such information previously |
3319 | submitted at the time of renewal of the permit. Evidence of |
3320 | approval, listing, and registration by the federal Food and Drug |
3321 | Administration must include: |
3322 | (a) For Class II devices, a copy of the pre-market |
3323 | notification letter (510K); |
3324 | (b) For Class III devices, a Federal Drug Administration |
3325 | pre-market approval number; |
3326 | (c) For a manufacturer who subcontracts with a |
3327 | manufacturer of medical devices to manufacture components of |
3328 | such devices, a Federal Drug Administration registration number; |
3329 | or |
3330 | (d) For a manufacturer of medical devices whose devices |
3331 | are exempt from pre-market approval by the Federal Drug |
3332 | Administration, a Federal Drug Administration registration |
3333 | number. |
3334 | Section 19. Subsections (3), (5), and (6) of section |
3335 | 499.024, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
3336 | 499.024 Drug product classification.--The State Surgeon |
3337 | General shall adopt rules to classify drug products intended for |
3338 | use by humans which the United States Food and Drug |
3339 | Administration has not classified in the federal act or the Code |
3340 | of Federal Regulations. |
3341 | (3) Any product that falls under the definition of drug in |
3342 | s. 499.003(19) definition, s. 499.003(17), may be classified |
3343 | under the authority of this section. This section does not |
3344 | subject portable emergency oxygen inhalators to classification; |
3345 | however, this section does not exempt any person from ss. 499.01 |
3346 | and 499.015. |
3347 | (5) The department may by rule reclassify drugs subject to |
3348 | this part ss. 499.001-499.081 when such classification action is |
3349 | necessary to protect the public health. |
3350 | (6) The department may adopt rules that exempt from any |
3351 | labeling or packaging requirements of this part ss. 499.001- |
3352 | 499.081 drugs classified under this section if those |
3353 | requirements are not necessary to protect the public health. |
3354 | Section 20. Subsections (7), (12), and (15) of section |
3355 | 499.028, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
3356 | 499.028 Drug samples or complimentary drugs; starter |
3357 | packs; permits to distribute.-- |
3358 | (7) A drug manufacturer or distributor must report to the |
3359 | department any conviction of itself or of its assigns, agents, |
3360 | employees, or representatives for a violation of s. 503(c)(1) of |
3361 | the federal act or of this part ss. 499.001-499.081 because of |
3362 | the sale, purchase, or trade of a drug sample or the offer to |
3363 | sell, purchase, or trade a drug sample. |
3364 | (12) The department may suspend or revoke a permit issued |
3365 | under this section, after giving notice and an opportunity to be |
3366 | heard pursuant to chapter 120, when: |
3367 | (a) Such permit was obtained by misrepresentation or fraud |
3368 | or through a mistake of the department. |
3369 | (b) The holder of the permit has distributed or disposed |
3370 | of any prescription legend drug, directly or through its agents, |
3371 | employees, or independent contractors, to any person not |
3372 | authorized to possess such drug. |
3373 | (c) The holder of the permit, or its agents, employees, or |
3374 | independent contractors, has distributed or possessed any |
3375 | prescription legend drug except in the usual course of its |
3376 | business. |
3377 | (d) The holder of the permit, or its agents, employees, or |
3378 | independent contractors, has distributed any prescription legend |
3379 | drug that is misbranded or adulterated under this part ss. |
3380 | 499.001-499.081. |
3381 | (e) The holder of the permit, or its agents, employees, or |
3382 | independent contractors, has distributed any prescription legend |
3383 | drug without written request, when a written request is required |
3384 | by this section. |
3385 | (f) The holder of the permit has in its employ, or uses as |
3386 | agent or independent contractor for the purpose of distributing |
3387 | or disposing of drugs, any person who has: |
3388 | 1. Violated the requirements of this section or any rule |
3389 | adopted under this section. |
3390 | 2. Been convicted in any of the courts of this state, the |
3391 | United States, or any other state of a felony or any other crime |
3392 | involving moral turpitude or involving those drugs named or |
3393 | described in chapter 893. |
3394 | (15) A person may not possess a prescription drug sample |
3395 | unless: |
3396 | (a) The drug sample was prescribed to her or him as |
3397 | evidenced by the label required in s. 465.0276(5). |
3398 | (b) She or he is the employee of a complimentary drug |
3399 | distributor that holds a permit issued under this part ss. |
3400 | 499.001-499.081. |
3401 | (c) She or he is a person to whom prescription drug |
3402 | samples may be distributed pursuant to this section. |
3403 | (d) He or she is an officer or employee of a federal, |
3404 | state, or local government acting within the scope of his or her |
3405 | employment. |
3406 | Section 21. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 499.029, |
3407 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
3408 | 499.029 Cancer Drug Donation Program.-- |
3409 | (2) There is created a Cancer Drug Donation Program within |
3410 | the department of Health for the purpose of authorizing and |
3411 | facilitating the donation of cancer drugs and supplies to |
3412 | eligible patients. |
3413 | (3) As used in this section: |
3414 | (a) "Cancer drug" means a prescription drug that has been |
3415 | approved under s. 505 of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic |
3416 | Act and is used to treat cancer or its side effects or is used |
3417 | to treat the side effects of a prescription drug used to treat |
3418 | cancer or its side effects. "Cancer drug" does not include a |
3419 | substance listed in Schedule II, Schedule III, Schedule IV, or |
3420 | Schedule V of s. 893.03. |
3421 | (b) "Closed drug delivery system" means a system in which |
3422 | the actual control of the unit-dose medication package is |
3423 | maintained by the facility rather than by the individual |
3424 | patient. |
3425 | (c) "Department" means the Department of Health. |
3426 | (c)(d) "Donor" means a patient or patient representative |
3427 | who donates cancer drugs or supplies needed to administer cancer |
3428 | drugs that have been maintained within a closed drug delivery |
3429 | system; health care facilities, nursing homes, hospices, or |
3430 | hospitals with closed drug delivery systems; or pharmacies, drug |
3431 | manufacturers, medical device manufacturers or suppliers, or |
3432 | wholesalers of drugs or supplies, in accordance with this |
3433 | section. "Donor" includes a physician licensed under chapter 458 |
3434 | or chapter 459 who receives cancer drugs or supplies directly |
3435 | from a drug manufacturer, wholesale distributor drug wholesaler, |
3436 | or pharmacy. |
3437 | (d)(e) "Eligible patient" means a person who the |
3438 | department determines is eligible to receive cancer drugs from |
3439 | the program. |
3440 | (e)(k) "Participant facility" means a class II hospital |
3441 | pharmacy that has elected to participate in the program and that |
3442 | accepts donated cancer drugs and supplies under the rules |
3443 | adopted by the department for the program. |
3444 | (f)(n) "Prescribing practitioner" means a physician |
3445 | licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 or any other medical |
3446 | professional with authority under state law to prescribe cancer |
3447 | medication. |
3448 | (o) "Prescription drug" means a drug as defined in s. |
3449 | 465.003(8). |
3450 | (g)(p) "Program" means the Cancer Drug Donation Program |
3451 | created by this section. |
3452 | (h)(q) "Supplies" means any supplies used in the |
3453 | administration of a cancer drug. |
3454 | Section 22. Subsection (1) of section 499.03, Florida |
3455 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
3456 | 499.03 Possession of certain drugs without prescriptions |
3457 | unlawful; exemptions and exceptions.-- |
3458 | (1) A person may not possess, or possess with intent to |
3459 | sell, dispense, or deliver, any habit-forming, toxic, harmful, |
3460 | or new drug subject to s. 499.003(32) s. 499.003(29), or |
3461 | prescription legend drug as defined in s. 499.003(42) s. |
3462 | 499.003(25), unless the possession of the drug has been obtained |
3463 | by a valid prescription of a practitioner licensed by law to |
3464 | prescribe the drug. However, this section does not apply to the |
3465 | delivery of such drugs to persons included in any of the classes |
3466 | named in this subsection, or to the agents or employees of such |
3467 | persons, for use in the usual course of their businesses or |
3468 | practices or in the performance of their official duties, as the |
3469 | case may be; nor does this section apply to the possession of |
3470 | such drugs by those persons or their agents or employees for |
3471 | such use: |
3472 | (a) A licensed pharmacist or any person under the licensed |
3473 | pharmacist's supervision while acting within the scope of the |
3474 | licensed pharmacist's practice; |
3475 | (b) A licensed practitioner authorized by law to prescribe |
3476 | prescription legend drugs or any person under the licensed |
3477 | practitioner's supervision while acting within the scope of the |
3478 | licensed practitioner's practice; |
3479 | (c) A qualified person who uses prescription legend drugs |
3480 | for lawful research, teaching, or testing, and not for resale; |
3481 | (d) A licensed hospital or other institution that procures |
3482 | such drugs for lawful administration or dispensing by |
3483 | practitioners; |
3484 | (e) An officer or employee of a federal, state, or local |
3485 | government; or |
3486 | (f) A person that holds a valid permit issued by the |
3487 | department pursuant to this part ss. 499.001-499.081 which |
3488 | authorizes that person to possess prescription drugs. |
3489 | Section 23. Section 499.032, Florida Statutes, is amended |
3490 | to read: |
3491 | 499.032 Phenylalanine; prescription |
3492 | required.--Phenylalanine restricted formula is declared to be a |
3493 | prescription legend drug and may be dispensed only upon the |
3494 | prescription of a practitioner authorized by law to prescribe |
3495 | prescription medicinal drugs. |
3496 | Section 24. Subsection (1) of section 499.033, Florida |
3497 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
3498 | 499.033 Ephedrine; prescription required.--Ephedrine is |
3499 | declared to be a prescription drug. |
3500 | (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), any product that |
3501 | contains any quantity of ephedrine, a salt of ephedrine, an |
3502 | optical isomer of ephedrine, or a salt of an optical isomer of |
3503 | ephedrine may be dispensed only upon the prescription of a duly |
3504 | licensed practitioner authorized by the laws of the state to |
3505 | prescribe prescription medicinal drugs. |
3506 | Section 25. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 499.039, |
3507 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
3508 | 499.039 Sale, distribution, or transfer of harmful |
3509 | chemical substances; penalties; authority for enforcement.--It |
3510 | is unlawful for a person to sell, deliver, or give to a person |
3511 | under the age of 18 years any compound, liquid, or chemical |
3512 | containing toluol, hexane, trichloroethylene, acetone, toluene, |
3513 | ethyl acetate, methyl ethyl ketone, trichloroethane, |
3514 | isopropanol, methyl isobutyl ketone, ethylene glycol monomethyl |
3515 | ether acetate, cyclohexanone, nitrous oxide, diethyl ether, |
3516 | alkyl nitrites (butyl nitrite), or any similar substance for the |
3517 | purpose of inducing by breathing, inhaling, or ingesting a |
3518 | condition of intoxication or which is intended to distort or |
3519 | disturb the auditory, visual, or other physical or mental |
3520 | processes. |
3521 | (1) On the first violation of this section, the department |
3522 | may issue a warning according to s. 499.002(5) s. 499.071, if |
3523 | the violation has not caused temporary or permanent physical or |
3524 | mental injury to the user. |
3525 | (3) The department of Health shall adopt rules to |
3526 | implement this section. |
3527 | Section 26. Section 499.04, Florida Statutes, is amended |
3528 | to read: |
3529 | 499.04 Fee authority.--The department may collect fees for |
3530 | all drug, device, and cosmetic applications, permits, product |
3531 | registrations, and free-sale certificates. The total amount of |
3532 | fees collected from all permits, applications, product |
3533 | registrations, and free-sale certificates must be adequate to |
3534 | fund the expenses incurred by the department in carrying out |
3535 | this part ss. 499.001-499.081. The department shall, by rule, |
3536 | establish a schedule of fees that are within the ranges provided |
3537 | in this section and shall adjust those fees from time to time |
3538 | based on the costs associated with administering this part ss. |
3539 | 499.001-499.081. The fees are payable to the department to be |
3540 | deposited into the Florida Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Trust Fund |
3541 | for the sole purpose of carrying out the provisions of this part |
3542 | ss. 499.001-499.081. |
3543 | Section 27. Subsections (1) through (5), (8), and (10) of |
3544 | section 499.041, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
3545 | 499.041 Schedule of fees for drug, device, and cosmetic |
3546 | applications and permits, product registrations, and free-sale |
3547 | certificates.-- |
3548 | (1) The department shall assess applicants requiring a |
3549 | manufacturing permit an annual fee within the ranges established |
3550 | in this section for the specific type of manufacturer. |
3551 | (a) The fee for a prescription drug manufacturer |
3552 | manufacturer's permit may not be less than $500 or more than |
3553 | $750 annually. |
3554 | (b) The fee for a device manufacturer manufacturer's |
3555 | permit may not be less than $500 or more than $600 annually. |
3556 | (c) The fee for a cosmetic manufacturer manufacturer's |
3557 | permit may not be less than $250 or more than $400 annually. |
3558 | (d) The fee for an over-the-counter drug manufacturer |
3559 | manufacturer's permit may not be less than $300 or more than |
3560 | $400 annually. |
3561 | (e) The fee for a compressed medical gas manufacturer |
3562 | manufacturer's permit may not be less than $400 or more than |
3563 | $500 annually. |
3564 | (f) The fee for a prescription drug repackager |
3565 | repackager's permit may not be less than $500 or more than $750 |
3566 | annually. |
3567 | (g) A manufacturer may not be required to pay more than |
3568 | one fee per establishment to obtain an additional manufacturing |
3569 | permit, but each manufacturer must pay the highest fee |
3570 | applicable to his or her operation in each establishment. |
3571 | (2) The department shall assess an applicant that is |
3572 | required to have a wholesaling permit an annual fee within the |
3573 | ranges established in this section for the specific type of |
3574 | wholesaling. |
3575 | (a) The fee for a prescription drug wholesale distributor |
3576 | wholesaler's permit may not be less than $300 or more than $800 |
3577 | annually. |
3578 | (b) The fee for a compressed medical gas wholesale |
3579 | distributor wholesaler's permit may not be less than $200 or |
3580 | more than $300 annually. |
3581 | (c) The fee for an out-of-state prescription drug |
3582 | wholesale distributor wholesaler's permit may not be less than |
3583 | $300 or more than $800 annually. |
3584 | (d) The fee for a nonresident prescription drug |
3585 | manufacturer manufacturer's permit may not be less than $300 or |
3586 | more than $500 annually. |
3587 | (e) The fee for a retail pharmacy drug wholesale |
3588 | distributor wholesaler's permit may not be less than $35 or more |
3589 | than $50 annually. |
3590 | (f) The fee for a freight forwarder forwarder's permit may |
3591 | not be less than $200 or more than $300 annually. |
3592 | (g) The fee for a veterinary prescription drug wholesale |
3593 | distributor wholesaler's permit may not be less than $300 or |
3594 | more than $500 annually. |
3595 | (h) The fee for a limited prescription drug veterinary |
3596 | wholesale distributor wholesaler's permit may not be less than |
3597 | $300 or more than $500 annually. |
3598 | (i) The fee for a third part logistics provider permit may |
3599 | not be less than $200 or more than $300 annually. |
3600 | (3) The department shall assess an applicant that is |
3601 | required to have a retail establishment permit an annual fee |
3602 | within the ranges established in this section for the specific |
3603 | type of retail establishment. |
3604 | (a) The fee for a veterinary prescription legend drug |
3605 | retail establishment permit may not be less than $200 or more |
3606 | than $300 annually. |
3607 | (b) The fee for a medical oxygen retail establishment |
3608 | permit may not be less than $200 or more than $300 annually. |
3609 | (c) The fee for a health care clinic establishment permit |
3610 | may not be less than $125 or more than $250 annually. |
3611 | (4) The department shall assess an applicant that is |
3612 | required to have a restricted prescription drug distributor |
3613 | distributor's permit an annual fee of not less than $200 or more |
3614 | than $300. |
3615 | (5) In addition to the fee charged for a permit required |
3616 | by this part ss. 499.001-499.081, the department shall assess |
3617 | applicants an initial application fee of $150 for each new |
3618 | permit issued by the department which requires an onsite |
3619 | inspection. |
3620 | (8) The department shall assess an out-of-state |
3621 | prescription drug wholesale distributor wholesaler applicant or |
3622 | permittee an onsite inspection fee of not less than $1,000 or |
3623 | more than $3,000 annually, to be based on the actual cost of the |
3624 | inspection if an onsite inspection is performed by agents of the |
3625 | department. |
3626 | (10) The department shall assess other fees as provided in |
3627 | this part ss. 499.001-499.081. |
3628 | Section 28. Section 499.05, Florida Statutes, is amended; |
3629 | subsection (3) of section 499.013, Florida Statutes, is |
3630 | redesignated as paragraph (k) of subsection (1) of that section |
3631 | and amended; paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section |
3632 | 499.0122, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph (l) of |
3633 | subsection (1) of that section and amended; and subsection (12) |
3634 | of section 499.012, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as |
3635 | paragraph (m) of subsection (1) of that section and amended, to |
3636 | read: |
3637 | 499.05 Rules.-- |
3638 | (1) The department shall adopt rules to implement and |
3639 | enforce this part ss. 499.001-499.081 with respect to: |
3640 | (a) The definition of terms used in this part ss. 499.001- |
3641 | 499.081, and used in the rules adopted under this part ss. |
3642 | 499.001-499.081, when the use of the term is not its usual and |
3643 | ordinary meaning. |
3644 | (b) Labeling requirements for drugs, devices, and |
3645 | cosmetics. |
3646 | (c) The establishment of fees authorized in this part ss. |
3647 | 499.001-499.081. |
3648 | (d) The identification of permits that require an initial |
3649 | application and onsite inspection or other prerequisites for |
3650 | permitting which demonstrate that the establishment and person |
3651 | are in compliance with the requirements of this part ss. |
3652 | 499.001-499.081. |
3653 | (e) The application processes and forms for product |
3654 | registration. |
3655 | (f) Procedures for requesting and issuing certificates of |
3656 | free sale. |
3657 | (g) Inspections and investigations conducted under s. |
3658 | 499.051, and the identification of information claimed to be a |
3659 | trade secret and exempt from the public records law as provided |
3660 | in s. 499.051(7). |
3661 | (h) The establishment of a range of penalties, as provided |
3662 | in s. 499.066 s. 499.006; requirements for notifying persons of |
3663 | the potential impact of a violation of this part ss. 499.001- |
3664 | 499.081; and a process for the uncontested settlement of alleged |
3665 | violations. |
3666 | (i) Additional conditions that qualify as an emergency |
3667 | medical reason under s. 499.003(53)(b)2. s. 499.012(1)(a)2.b. |
3668 | (j) Procedures and forms relating to the pedigree paper |
3669 | requirement of s. 499.01212. |
3670 | (k)(3) The department may adopt such rules as are |
3671 | necessary for The protection of the public health, safety, and |
3672 | welfare regarding good manufacturing practices that |
3673 | manufacturers and repackagers must follow to ensure the safety |
3674 | of the products. |
3675 | (l)(b) The department shall adopt rules relating to |
3676 | Information required from each retail establishment pursuant to |
3677 | s. 499.012(3) s. 499.01(4), including requirements for |
3678 | prescriptions or orders. |
3679 | (m)(12) The department may adopt rules governing The |
3680 | recordkeeping, storage, and handling with respect to each of the |
3681 | distributions of prescription drugs specified in s. |
3682 | 499.003(53)(a)-(d) subparagraphs (1)(a)1.-4. |
3683 | (n) Alternatives to compliance with s. 499.01212 for a |
3684 | prescription drug in the inventory of a permitted prescription |
3685 | drug wholesale distributor as of June 30, 2006, and the return |
3686 | of a prescription drug purchased prior to July 1, 2006. The |
3687 | department may specify time limits for such alternatives. |
3688 | (2) With respect to products in interstate commerce, those |
3689 | rules must not be inconsistent with rules and regulations of |
3690 | federal agencies unless specifically otherwise directed by the |
3691 | Legislature. |
3692 | (3) The department shall adopt rules regulating |
3693 | recordkeeping for and the storage, handling, and distribution of |
3694 | medical devices and over-the-counter drugs to protect the public |
3695 | from adulterated products. |
3696 | Section 29. Section 499.051, Florida Statutes, is amended |
3697 | to read: |
3698 | 499.051 Inspections and investigations.-- |
3699 | (1) The agents of the department of Health and of the |
3700 | Department of Law Enforcement, after they present proper |
3701 | identification, may inspect, monitor, and investigate any |
3702 | establishment permitted pursuant to this part ss. 499.001- |
3703 | 499.081 during business hours for the purpose of enforcing this |
3704 | part ss. 499.001-499.081, chapters 465, 501, and 893, and the |
3705 | rules of the department that protect the public health, safety, |
3706 | and welfare. |
3707 | (2) In addition to the authority set forth in subsection |
3708 | (1), the department and any duly designated officer or employee |
3709 | of the department may enter and inspect any other establishment |
3710 | for the purpose of determining compliance with this part ss. |
3711 | 499.001-499.081 and rules adopted under this part those sections |
3712 | regarding any drug, device, or cosmetic product. |
3713 | (3) Any application for a permit or product registration |
3714 | or for renewal of such permit or registration made pursuant to |
3715 | this part ss. 499.001-499.081 and rules adopted under this part |
3716 | those sections constitutes permission for any entry or |
3717 | inspection of the premises in order to verify compliance with |
3718 | this part those sections and rules; to discover, investigate, |
3719 | and determine the existence of compliance; or to elicit, |
3720 | receive, respond to, and resolve complaints and violations. |
3721 | (4) Any application for a permit made pursuant to s. |
3722 | 499.012 ss. 499.01 and 499.012 and rules adopted under that |
3723 | section those sections constitutes permission for agents of the |
3724 | department of Health and the Department of Law Enforcement, |
3725 | after presenting proper identification, to inspect, review, and |
3726 | copy any financial document or record related to the |
3727 | manufacture, repackaging, or distribution of a drug as is |
3728 | necessary to verify compliance with this part ss. 499.001- |
3729 | 499.081 and the rules adopted by the department to administer |
3730 | this part those sections, in order to discover, investigate, and |
3731 | determine the existence of compliance, or to elicit, receive, |
3732 | respond to, and resolve complaints and violations. |
3733 | (5) The authority to inspect under this section includes |
3734 | the authority to access, review, and copy any and all financial |
3735 | documents related to the activity of manufacturing, repackaging, |
3736 | or distributing prescription drugs. |
3737 | (6) The authority to inspect under this section includes |
3738 | the authority to secure: |
3739 | (a) Samples or specimens of any drug, device, or cosmetic; |
3740 | or |
3741 | (b) Such other evidence as is needed for any action to |
3742 | enforce this part ss. 499.001-499.081 and the rules adopted |
3743 | under this part those sections. |
3744 | (7) The complaint and all information obtained pursuant to |
3745 | the investigation by the department are confidential and exempt |
3746 | from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the |
3747 | State Constitution until the investigation and the enforcement |
3748 | action are completed. However, trade secret information |
3749 | contained therein as defined by s. 812.081(1)(c) shall remain |
3750 | confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and |
3751 | s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution, as long as the |
3752 | information is retained by the department. This subsection does |
3753 | not prohibit the department from using such information for |
3754 | regulatory or enforcement proceedings under this chapter or from |
3755 | providing such information to any law enforcement agency or any |
3756 | other regulatory agency. However, the receiving agency shall |
3757 | keep such records confidential and exempt as provided in this |
3758 | subsection. In addition, this subsection is not intended to |
3759 | prevent compliance with the provisions of s. 499.01212 s. |
3760 | 499.0121(6)(d), and the pedigree papers required in that section |
3761 | subsection shall not be deemed a trade secret. |
3762 | Section 30. Section 499.052, Florida Statutes, is amended |
3763 | to read: |
3764 | 499.052 Records of interstate shipment.--For the purpose |
3765 | of enforcing this part ss. 499.001-499.081, carriers engaged in |
3766 | interstate commerce and persons receiving drugs, devices, or |
3767 | cosmetics in interstate commerce must, upon the request, in the |
3768 | manner set out below, by an officer or employee duly designated |
3769 | by the department, permit the officer or employee to have access |
3770 | to and to copy all records showing the movement in interstate |
3771 | commerce of any drug, device, or cosmetic, and the quantity, |
3772 | shipper, and consignee thereof. |
3773 | Section 31. Subsection (4) of section 499.055, Florida |
3774 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
3775 | 499.055 Reports and dissemination of information by |
3776 | department.-- |
3777 | (4) The department shall publish on the department's |
3778 | website and update at least monthly: |
3779 | (a) A list of the prescription drug wholesale distributors |
3780 | wholesalers, out-of-state prescription drug wholesale |
3781 | distributors wholesalers, and retail pharmacy drug wholesale |
3782 | distributors wholesalers against whom the department has |
3783 | initiated enforcement action pursuant to this part ss. 499.001- |
3784 | 499.081 to suspend or revoke a permit, seek an injunction, or |
3785 | otherwise file an administrative complaint and the permit number |
3786 | of each such wholesale distributor wholesaler. |
3787 | (b) A list of the prescription drug wholesale distributors |
3788 | wholesalers, out-of-state prescription drug wholesale |
3789 | distributors wholesalers, and retail pharmacy drug wholesale |
3790 | distributors wholesalers to which the department has issued a |
3791 | permit, including the date on which each permit will expire. |
3792 | (c) A list of the prescription drug wholesale distributor |
3793 | wholesalers, out-of-state prescription drug wholesale |
3794 | distributor wholesalers, and retail pharmacy drug wholesale |
3795 | distributor wholesalers' permits that have been returned to the |
3796 | department, were suspended, were revoked, have expired, or were |
3797 | not renewed in the previous year. |
3798 | Section 32. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 499.06, |
3799 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
3800 | 499.06 Embargoing, detaining, or destroying article or |
3801 | processing equipment which is in violation of law or rule.-- |
3802 | (1) When a duly authorized agent of the department finds, |
3803 | or has probable cause to believe, that any drug, device, or |
3804 | cosmetic is in violation of any provision of this part ss. |
3805 | 499.001-499.081 or any rule adopted under this part such |
3806 | sections so as to be dangerous, unwholesome, or fraudulent |
3807 | within the meaning of this part ss. 499.001-499.081, she or he |
3808 | may issue and enforce a stop-sale, stop-use, removal, or hold |
3809 | order, which order gives notice that such article or processing |
3810 | equipment is, or is suspected of being, in violation and has |
3811 | been detained or embargoed, and which order warns all persons |
3812 | not to remove, use, or dispose of such article or processing |
3813 | equipment by sale or otherwise until permission for removal, |
3814 | use, or disposal is given by such agent or the court. It is |
3815 | unlawful for any person to remove, use, or dispose of such |
3816 | detained or embargoed article or processing equipment by sale or |
3817 | otherwise without such permission; and such act is a felony of |
3818 | the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. |
3819 | 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
3820 | (3) If the court finds that the detained or embargoed |
3821 | article or processing equipment is in violation, such article or |
3822 | processing equipment shall, after entry of the court order, be |
3823 | destroyed or made sanitary at the expense of the claimant |
3824 | thereof, under the supervision of such agent; and all court |
3825 | costs, fees, and storage and other proper expenses shall be |
3826 | taxed against the claimant of such article or processing |
3827 | equipment or her or his agent. However, when the violation can |
3828 | be corrected by proper labeling of the article or sanitizing of |
3829 | the processing equipment, and after such costs, fees, and |
3830 | expenses have been paid and a good and sufficient bond, |
3831 | conditioned that such article be so labeled or processed or such |
3832 | processing equipment be so sanitized, has been executed, the |
3833 | court may by order direct that such article or processing |
3834 | equipment be delivered to the claimant thereof for such |
3835 | labeling, processing, or sanitizing, under the supervision of an |
3836 | agent of the department. The expense of such supervision shall |
3837 | be paid by the claimant. Such bond shall be returned to the |
3838 | claimant of the article or processing equipment upon |
3839 | representation to the court by the department that the article |
3840 | or processing equipment is no longer in violation of this part |
3841 | ss. 499.001-499.081 and that the expenses of such supervision |
3842 | have been paid. |
3843 | Section 33. Section 499.062, Florida Statutes, is amended; |
3844 | section 499.063, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as section |
3845 | (2) of that section and amended; and section 499.064, Florida |
3846 | Statutes, is redesignated as paragraphs (a) and (b) of |
3847 | subsection (2) of that section and amended, to read: |
3848 | 499.062 Cause for Seizure and condemnation of drugs, |
3849 | devices, or cosmetics.-- |
3850 | (1) Any article of any drug, device, or cosmetic that is |
3851 | adulterated or misbranded under this part ss. 499.001-499.081 is |
3852 | subject to seizure and condemnation by the department or by its |
3853 | duly authorized agents designated for that purpose in regard to |
3854 | drugs, devices, or cosmetics. |
3855 | (2)499.063 Seizure; procedure; prohibition on sale or |
3856 | disposal of article; penalty.--Whenever a duly authorized |
3857 | officer or employee of the department finds cause, or has |
3858 | probable cause to believe that cause exists, for the seizure of |
3859 | any drug, device, or cosmetic, as set out in this part ss. |
3860 | 499.001-499.081, he or she shall affix to the article a tag, |
3861 | stamp, or other appropriate marking, giving notice that the |
3862 | article is, or is suspected of being, subject to seizure under |
3863 | this part ss. 499.001-499.081 and that the article has been |
3864 | detained and seized by the department. Such officer or employee |
3865 | shall also warn all persons not to remove or dispose of the |
3866 | article, by sale or otherwise, until permission is given by the |
3867 | department or the court. Any person who violates this subsection |
3868 | section is guilty of a felony of the second degree, punishable |
3869 | as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
3870 | (a)499.064 Condemnation and sale; release of seized |
3871 | article.--(1) When any article detained or seized under this |
3872 | subsection s. 499.063 has been found by the department to be |
3873 | subject to seizure and condemnation under s. 499.063, the |
3874 | department shall petition the court for an order of condemnation |
3875 | or sale, as the court directs. The proceeds of the sale of |
3876 | drugs, devices, and cosmetics, less the legal costs and charges, |
3877 | shall be deposited into the Florida Drug, Device, and Cosmetic |
3878 | Trust Fund. |
3879 | (b)(2) If the department finds that any article seized |
3880 | under this subsection s. 499.063 was not subject to seizure |
3881 | under that section, the department or the designated officer or |
3882 | employee shall remove the tag or marking. |
3883 | Section 34. Section 499.065, Florida Statutes, is amended |
3884 | to read: |
3885 | 499.065 Inspections; imminent danger.-- |
3886 | (1) Notwithstanding s. 499.051, the department shall |
3887 | inspect each prescription drug wholesale distributor |
3888 | establishment, prescription drug repackager establishment, |
3889 | veterinary prescription drug wholesale distributor |
3890 | establishment, limited prescription drug veterinary wholesale |
3891 | distributor wholesaler establishment, and retail pharmacy drug |
3892 | wholesale distributor wholesaler establishment that is required |
3893 | to be permitted under this part chapter as often as necessary to |
3894 | ensure compliance with applicable laws and rules. The department |
3895 | shall have the right of entry and access to these facilities at |
3896 | any reasonable time. |
3897 | (2) To protect the public from prescription drugs that are |
3898 | adulterated or otherwise unfit for human or animal consumption, |
3899 | the department may examine, sample, seize, and stop the sale or |
3900 | use of prescription drugs to determine the condition of those |
3901 | drugs. The department may immediately seize and remove any |
3902 | prescription drugs if the State Surgeon General or his or her |
3903 | designee determines that the prescription drugs represent a |
3904 | threat to the public health. The owner of any property seized |
3905 | under this section may, within 10 days after the seizure, apply |
3906 | to a court of competent jurisdiction for whatever relief is |
3907 | appropriate. At any time after 10 days, the department may |
3908 | destroy the drugs as contraband. |
3909 | (3) The department may determine that a prescription drug |
3910 | wholesale distributor establishment, prescription drug |
3911 | repackager establishment, veterinary prescription drug wholesale |
3912 | distributor establishment, limited prescription drug veterinary |
3913 | wholesale distributor wholesaler establishment, or retail |
3914 | pharmacy drug wholesale distributor wholesaler establishment |
3915 | that is required to be permitted under this part chapter is an |
3916 | imminent danger to the public health and shall require its |
3917 | immediate closure if the establishment fails to comply with |
3918 | applicable laws and rules and, because of the failure, presents |
3919 | an imminent threat to the public's health, safety, or welfare. |
3920 | Any establishment so deemed and closed shall remain closed until |
3921 | allowed by the department or by judicial order to reopen. |
3922 | (4) For purposes of this section, a refusal to allow entry |
3923 | to the department for inspection at reasonable times, or a |
3924 | failure or refusal to provide the department with required |
3925 | documentation for purposes of inspection, constitutes an |
3926 | imminent danger to the public health. |
3927 | Section 35. Subsections (1) through (4) of section |
3928 | 499.066, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
3929 | 499.066 Penalties; remedies.--In addition to other |
3930 | penalties and other enforcement provisions: |
3931 | (1) The department may institute such suits or other legal |
3932 | proceedings as are required to enforce any provision of this |
3933 | part ss. 499.001-499.081. If it appears that a person has |
3934 | violated any provision of this part ss. 499.001-499.081 for |
3935 | which criminal prosecution is provided, the department may |
3936 | provide the appropriate state attorney or other prosecuting |
3937 | agency having jurisdiction with respect to such prosecution with |
3938 | the relevant information in the department's possession. |
3939 | (2) If any person engaged in any activity covered by this |
3940 | part ss. 499.001-499.081 violates any provision of this part |
3941 | those sections, any rule adopted under this part those sections, |
3942 | or a cease and desist order as provided by this part those |
3943 | sections, the department may obtain an injunction in the circuit |
3944 | court of the county in which the violation occurred or in which |
3945 | the person resides or has its principal place of business, and |
3946 | may apply in that court for such temporary and permanent orders |
3947 | as the department considers necessary to restrain the person |
3948 | from engaging in any such activities until the person complies |
3949 | with this part ss. 499.001-499.081, the rules adopted under this |
3950 | part those sections, and the orders of the department authorized |
3951 | by this part those sections or to mandate compliance with this |
3952 | part ss. 499.001-499.081, the rules adopted under this part |
3953 | those sections, and any order or permit issued by the department |
3954 | under this part those sections. |
3955 | (3) The department may impose an administrative fine, not |
3956 | to exceed $5,000 per violation per day, for the violation of any |
3957 | provision of this part ss. 499.001-499.081 or rules adopted |
3958 | under this part those sections. Each day a violation continues |
3959 | constitutes a separate violation, and each separate violation is |
3960 | subject to a separate fine. All amounts collected pursuant to |
3961 | this section shall be deposited into the Florida Drug, Device, |
3962 | and Cosmetic Trust Fund and are appropriated for the use of the |
3963 | department in administering this part ss. 499.001-499.081. In |
3964 | determining the amount of the fine to be levied for a violation, |
3965 | the department shall consider: |
3966 | (a) The severity of the violation; |
3967 | (b) Any actions taken by the person to correct the |
3968 | violation or to remedy complaints; and |
3969 | (c) Any previous violations. |
3970 | (4) The department shall deposit any rewards, fines, or |
3971 | collections that are due the department and which derive from |
3972 | joint enforcement activities with other state and federal |
3973 | agencies which relate to this part ss. 499.001-499.081, chapter |
3974 | 893, or the federal act, into the Florida Drug, Device, and |
3975 | Cosmetic Trust Fund. The proceeds of those rewards, fines, and |
3976 | collections are appropriated for the use of the department in |
3977 | administering this part ss. 499.001-499.081. |
3978 | Section 36. Section 499.0661, Florida Statutes, is amended |
3979 | to read: |
3980 | 499.0661 Cease and desist orders; removal of certain |
3981 | persons.-- |
3982 | (1)(2) CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS.-- |
3983 | (a) In addition to any authority otherwise provided in |
3984 | this chapter, the department may issue and serve a complaint |
3985 | stating charges upon any permittee or upon any affiliated party, |
3986 | whenever the department has reasonable cause to believe that the |
3987 | person or individual named therein is engaging in or has engaged |
3988 | in conduct that is: |
3989 | 1. An act that demonstrates a lack of fitness or |
3990 | trustworthiness to engage in the business authorized under the |
3991 | permit issued pursuant to this part ss. 499.001-499.081, is |
3992 | hazardous to the public health, or constitutes business |
3993 | operations that are a detriment to the public health; |
3994 | 2. A violation of any provision of this part ss. 499.001- |
3995 | 499.081; |
3996 | 3. A violation of any rule of the department; |
3997 | 4. A violation of any order of the department; or |
3998 | 5. A breach of any written agreement with the department. |
3999 | (b) The complaint must contain a statement of facts and |
4000 | notice of opportunity for a hearing pursuant to ss. 120.569 and |
4001 | 120.57. |
4002 | (c) If a hearing is not requested within the time allowed |
4003 | by ss. 120.569 and 120.57, or if a hearing is held and the |
4004 | department finds that any of the charges are proven, the |
4005 | department may enter an order directing the permittee or the |
4006 | affiliated party named in the complaint to cease and desist from |
4007 | engaging in the conduct complained of and take corrective action |
4008 | to remedy the effects of past improper conduct and assure future |
4009 | compliance. |
4010 | (d) A contested or default cease and desist order is |
4011 | effective when reduced to writing and served upon the permittee |
4012 | or affiliated party named therein. An uncontested cease and |
4013 | desist order is effective as agreed. |
4014 | (e) Whenever the department finds that conduct described |
4015 | in paragraph (a) is likely to cause an immediate threat to the |
4016 | public health, it may issue an emergency cease and desist order |
4017 | requiring the permittee or any affiliated party to immediately |
4018 | cease and desist from engaging in the conduct complained of and |
4019 | to take corrective and remedial action. The emergency order is |
4020 | effective immediately upon service of a copy of the order upon |
4021 | the permittee or affiliated party named therein and remains |
4022 | effective for 90 days. If the department begins nonemergency |
4023 | cease and desist proceedings under this subsection, the |
4024 | emergency order remains effective until the conclusion of the |
4025 | proceedings under ss. 120.569 and 120.57. |
4026 | (2)(3) REMOVAL OF AFFILIATED PARTIES BY THE DEPARTMENT.-- |
4027 | (a) The department may issue and serve a complaint stating |
4028 | charges upon any affiliated party and upon the permittee |
4029 | involved whenever the department has reason to believe that an |
4030 | affiliated party is engaging in or has engaged in conduct that |
4031 | constitutes: |
4032 | 1. An act that demonstrates a lack of fitness or |
4033 | trustworthiness to engage in the business authorized under the |
4034 | permit issued pursuant to this part ss. 499.001-499.081, is |
4035 | hazardous to the public health, or constitutes business |
4036 | operations that are a detriment to the public health; |
4037 | 2. A willful violation of this part ss. 499.001-499.081; |
4038 | however, if the violation constitutes a misdemeanor, a complaint |
4039 | may not be served as provided in this section until the |
4040 | affiliated party is notified in writing of the matter of the |
4041 | violation and has been afforded a reasonable period of time, as |
4042 | set forth in the notice, to correct the violation and has failed |
4043 | to do so; |
4044 | 3. A violation of any other law involving fraud or moral |
4045 | turpitude which constitutes a felony; |
4046 | 4. A willful violation of any rule of the department; |
4047 | 5. A willful violation of any order of the department; or |
4048 | 6. A material misrepresentation of fact, made knowingly |
4049 | and willfully or made with reckless disregard for the truth of |
4050 | the matter. |
4051 | (b) The complaint must contain a statement of facts and |
4052 | notice of opportunity for a hearing pursuant to ss. 120.569 and |
4053 | 120.57. |
4054 | (c) If a hearing is not requested within the time allotted |
4055 | by ss. 120.569 and 120.57, or if a hearing is held and the |
4056 | department finds that any of the charges in the complaint are |
4057 | proven true, the department may enter an order removing the |
4058 | affiliated party or restricting or prohibiting participation by |
4059 | the person in the affairs of that permittee or of any other |
4060 | permittee. |
4061 | (d) A contested or default order of removal, restriction, |
4062 | or prohibition is effective when reduced to writing and served |
4063 | on the permittee and the affiliated party. An uncontested order |
4064 | of removal, restriction, or prohibition is effective as agreed. |
4065 | (e)1. The chief executive officer, designated |
4066 | representative, or the person holding the equivalent office, of |
4067 | a permittee shall promptly notify the department if she or he |
4068 | has actual knowledge that any affiliated party is charged with a |
4069 | felony in a state or federal court. |
4070 | 2. Whenever any affiliated party is charged with a felony |
4071 | in a state or federal court or with the equivalent of a felony |
4072 | in the courts of any foreign country with which the United |
4073 | States maintains diplomatic relations, and the charge alleges |
4074 | violation of any law involving prescription drugs, |
4075 | pharmaceuticals, fraud, theft, or moral turpitude, the |
4076 | department may enter an emergency order suspending the |
4077 | affiliated party or restricting or prohibiting participation by |
4078 | the affiliated party in the affairs of the particular permittee |
4079 | or of any other permittee upon service of the order upon the |
4080 | permittee and the affiliated party charged. The order must |
4081 | contain notice of opportunity for a hearing pursuant to ss. |
4082 | 120.569 and 120.57, where the affiliated party may request a |
4083 | postsuspension hearing to show that continued service to or |
4084 | participation in the affairs of the permittee does not pose a |
4085 | threat to the public health or the interests of the permittee |
4086 | and does not threaten to impair public confidence in the |
4087 | permittee. In accordance with applicable departmental rules, the |
4088 | department shall notify the affiliated party whether the order |
4089 | suspending or prohibiting the person from participation in the |
4090 | affairs of a permittee will be rescinded or otherwise modified. |
4091 | The emergency order remains in effect, unless otherwise modified |
4092 | by the department, until the criminal charge is disposed of. The |
4093 | acquittal of the person charged, or the final, unappealed |
4094 | dismissal of all charges against the person, dissolves the |
4095 | emergency order but does not prohibit the department from |
4096 | instituting proceedings under paragraph (a). If the person |
4097 | charged is convicted or pleads guilty or nolo contendere, |
4098 | whether or not an adjudication of guilt is entered by the court, |
4099 | the emergency order shall become final. |
4100 | (f) Any affiliated party removed pursuant to this section |
4101 | is not eligible for reemployment by the permittee or to be an |
4102 | affiliated party of any permittee except upon the written |
4103 | consent of the department. Any affiliated party who is removed, |
4104 | restricted, or prohibited from participating in the affairs of a |
4105 | permittee pursuant to this section may petition the department |
4106 | for modification or termination of the removal, restriction, or |
4107 | prohibition. |
4108 | Section 37. Section 499.067, Florida Statutes, is amended |
4109 | to read: |
4110 | 499.067 Denial, suspension, or revocation of permit, |
4111 | certification, or registration.-- |
4112 | (1)(a) The department may deny, suspend, or revoke a |
4113 | permit if it finds that there has been a substantial failure to |
4114 | comply with this part ss. 499.001-499.081 or chapter 465, |
4115 | chapter 501, or chapter 893, the rules adopted under this part |
4116 | any of those sections or those chapters, any final order of the |
4117 | department, or applicable federal laws or regulations or other |
4118 | state laws or rules governing drugs, devices, or cosmetics. |
4119 | (b) The department may deny an application for a permit or |
4120 | certification, or suspend or revoke a permit or certification, |
4121 | if the department finds that: |
4122 | 1. The applicant is not of good moral character or that it |
4123 | would be a danger or not in the best interest of the public |
4124 | health, safety, and welfare if the applicant were issued a |
4125 | permit or certification. |
4126 | 2. The applicant has not met the requirements for the |
4127 | permit or certification. |
4128 | 3. The applicant is not eligible for a permit or |
4129 | certification for any of the reasons enumerated in s. 499.012 s. |
4130 | 499.01 or s. 499.012(5). |
4131 | 4. The applicant, permittee, or person certified under s. |
4132 | 499.012(16) s. 499.012(11) demonstrates any of the conditions |
4133 | enumerated in s. 499.012 s. 499.01 or s. 499.012(5). |
4134 | 5. The applicant, permittee, or person certified under s. |
4135 | 499.012(16) s. 499.012(11) has committed any violation of ss. |
4136 | 499.005-499.0054. |
4137 | (2) The department may deny, suspend, or revoke any |
4138 | registration required by the provisions of this part ss. |
4139 | 499.001-499.081 for the violation of any provision of this part |
4140 | ss. 499.001-499.081 or of any rules adopted under this part |
4141 | those sections. |
4142 | (3) The department may revoke or suspend a permit: |
4143 | (a) If the permit was obtained by misrepresentation or |
4144 | fraud or through a mistake of the department; |
4145 | (b) If the permit was procured, or attempted to be |
4146 | procured, for any other person by making or causing to be made |
4147 | any false representation; or |
4148 | (c) If the permittee has violated any provision of this |
4149 | part ss. 499.001-499.081 or rules adopted under this part those |
4150 | sections. |
4151 | (4) If any permit issued under this part ss. 499.001- |
4152 | 499.081 is revoked or suspended, the owner, manager, operator, |
4153 | or proprietor of the establishment shall cease to operate as the |
4154 | permit authorized, from the effective date of the suspension or |
4155 | revocation until the person is again registered with the |
4156 | department and possesses the required permit. If a permit is |
4157 | revoked or suspended, the owner, manager, or proprietor shall |
4158 | remove all signs and symbols that identify the operation as |
4159 | premises permitted as a drug wholesaling establishment; drug, |
4160 | device, or cosmetic manufacturing establishment; or retail |
4161 | establishment. The department shall determine the length of time |
4162 | for which the permit is to be suspended. If a permit is revoked, |
4163 | the person that owns or operates the establishment may not apply |
4164 | for any permit under this part ss. 499.001-499.081 for a period |
4165 | of 1 year after the date of the revocation. A revocation of a |
4166 | permit may be permanent if the department considers that to be |
4167 | in the best interest of the public health. |
4168 | (5) The department may deny, suspend, or revoke a permit |
4169 | issued under this part ss. 499.001-499.081 which authorizes the |
4170 | permittee to purchase prescription drugs, if any owner, officer, |
4171 | employee, or other person who participates in administering or |
4172 | operating the establishment has been found guilty of any |
4173 | violation of this part ss. 499.001-499.081 or chapter 465, |
4174 | chapter 501, or chapter 893, any rules adopted under this part |
4175 | any of those sections or those chapters, or any federal or state |
4176 | drug law, regardless of whether the person has been pardoned, |
4177 | had her or his civil rights restored, or had adjudication |
4178 | withheld. |
4179 | (6) The department shall deny, suspend, or revoke the |
4180 | permit of any person or establishment if the assignment, sale, |
4181 | transfer, or lease of an establishment permitted under this part |
4182 | ss. 499.001-499.081 will avoid an administrative penalty, civil |
4183 | action, or criminal prosecution. |
4184 | (7) Notwithstanding s. 120.60(5), if a permittee fails to |
4185 | comply with s. 499.012(6) s. 499.01(7), the department may |
4186 | revoke the permit of the permittee and shall provide notice of |
4187 | the intended agency action by posting a notice at the |
4188 | department's headquarters and by mailing a copy of the notice of |
4189 | intended agency action by certified mail to the most recent |
4190 | mailing address on record with the department and, if the |
4191 | permittee is not a natural person, to the permittee's registered |
4192 | agent on file with the Department of State. |
4193 | Section 38. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section |
4194 | 409.9201, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
4195 | 409.9201 Medicaid fraud.-- |
4196 | (1) As used in this section, the term: |
4197 | (a) "Prescription Legend drug" means any drug, including, |
4198 | but not limited to, finished dosage forms or active ingredients |
4199 | that are subject to, defined by, or described by s. 503(b) of |
4200 | the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or by s. 465.003(8), s. |
4201 | 499.007(13) s. 499.007(12), or s. 499.003(45) or (52) s. |
4202 | 499.0122(1)(b) or (c). |
4203 |
|
4204 | The value of individual items of the legend drugs or goods or |
4205 | services involved in distinct transactions committed during a |
4206 | single scheme or course of conduct, whether involving a single |
4207 | person or several persons, may be aggregated when determining |
4208 | the punishment for the offense. |
4209 | Section 39. Paragraph (c) of subsection (9) of section |
4210 | 460.403, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
4211 | 460.403 Definitions.--As used in this chapter, the term: |
4212 | (9) |
4213 | (c)1. Chiropractic physicians may adjust, manipulate, or |
4214 | treat the human body by manual, mechanical, electrical, or |
4215 | natural methods; by the use of physical means or physiotherapy, |
4216 | including light, heat, water, or exercise; by the use of |
4217 | acupuncture; or by the administration of foods, food |
4218 | concentrates, food extracts, and items for which a prescription |
4219 | is not required and may apply first aid and hygiene, but |
4220 | chiropractic physicians are expressly prohibited from |
4221 | prescribing or administering to any person any legend drug |
4222 | except as authorized under subparagraph 2., from performing any |
4223 | surgery except as stated herein, or from practicing obstetrics. |
4224 | 2. Notwithstanding the prohibition against prescribing and |
4225 | administering legend drugs under subparagraph 1., or s. |
4226 | 499.01(2)(m) s. 499.0122, pursuant to board rule chiropractic |
4227 | physicians may order, store, and administer, for emergency |
4228 | purposes only at the chiropractic physician's office or place of |
4229 | business, prescription medical oxygen and may also order, store, |
4230 | and administer the following topical anesthetics in aerosol |
4231 | form: |
4232 | a. Any solution consisting of 25 percent ethylchloride and |
4233 | 75 percent dichlorodifluoromethane. |
4234 | b. Any solution consisting of 15 percent |
4235 | dichlorodifluoromethane and 85 percent |
4236 | trichloromonofluoromethane. |
4237 |
|
4238 | However, this paragraph does not authorize a chiropractic |
4239 | physician to prescribe medical oxygen as defined in chapter 499. |
4240 | Section 40. Subsection (3) of section 465.0265, Florida |
4241 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
4242 | 465.0265 Centralized prescription filling.-- |
4243 | (3) The filling, delivery, and return of a prescription by |
4244 | one pharmacy for another pursuant to this section shall not be |
4245 | construed as the filling of a transferred prescription as set |
4246 | forth in s. 465.026 or as a wholesale distribution as set forth |
4247 | in s. 499.003(53) s. 499.012(1)(a). |
4248 | Section 41. Section 794.075, Florida Statutes, is amended |
4249 | to read: |
4250 | 794.075 Sexual predators; erectile dysfunction drugs.-- |
4251 | (1) A person may not possess a prescription drug, as |
4252 | defined in s. 499.003(42) s. 499.003(25), for the purpose of |
4253 | treating erectile dysfunction if the person is designated as a |
4254 | sexual predator under s. 775.21. |
4255 | (2) A person who violates a provision of this section for |
4256 | the first time commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, |
4257 | punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. A person who |
4258 | violates a provision of this section a second or subsequent time |
4259 | commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as |
4260 | provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. |
4261 | Section 42. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section |
4262 | 895.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
4263 | 895.02 Definitions.--As used in ss. 895.01-895.08, the |
4264 | term: |
4265 | (1) "Racketeering activity" means to commit, to attempt to |
4266 | commit, to conspire to commit, or to solicit, coerce, or |
4267 | intimidate another person to commit: |
4268 | (a) Any crime that is chargeable by indictment or |
4269 | information under the following provisions of the Florida |
4270 | Statutes: |
4271 | 1. Section 210.18, relating to evasion of payment of |
4272 | cigarette taxes. |
4273 | 2. Section 403.727(3)(b), relating to environmental |
4274 | control. |
4275 | 3. Section 409.920 or s. 409.9201, relating to Medicaid |
4276 | fraud. |
4277 | 4. Section 414.39, relating to public assistance fraud. |
4278 | 5. Section 440.105 or s. 440.106, relating to workers' |
4279 | compensation. |
4280 | 6. Section 443.071(4), relating to creation of a |
4281 | fictitious employer scheme to commit unemployment compensation |
4282 | fraud. |
4283 | 7. Section 465.0161, relating to distribution of medicinal |
4284 | drugs without a permit as an Internet pharmacy. |
4285 | 8. Section 499.0051 Sections 499.0051, 499.0052, |
4286 | 499.00535, 499.00545, and 499.0691, relating to crimes involving |
4287 | contraband and adulterated drugs. |
4288 | 9. Part IV of chapter 501, relating to telemarketing. |
4289 | 10. Chapter 517, relating to sale of securities and |
4290 | investor protection. |
4291 | 11. Section 550.235, s. 550.3551, or s. 550.3605, relating |
4292 | to dogracing and horseracing. |
4293 | 12. Chapter 550, relating to jai alai frontons. |
4294 | 13. Section 551.109, relating to slot machine gaming. |
4295 | 14. Chapter 552, relating to the manufacture, |
4296 | distribution, and use of explosives. |
4297 | 15. Chapter 560, relating to money transmitters, if the |
4298 | violation is punishable as a felony. |
4299 | 16. Chapter 562, relating to beverage law enforcement. |
4300 | 17. Section 624.401, relating to transacting insurance |
4301 | without a certificate of authority, s. 624.437(4)(c)1., relating |
4302 | to operating an unauthorized multiple-employer welfare |
4303 | arrangement, or s. 626.902(1)(b), relating to representing or |
4304 | aiding an unauthorized insurer. |
4305 | 18. Section 655.50, relating to reports of currency |
4306 | transactions, when such violation is punishable as a felony. |
4307 | 19. Chapter 687, relating to interest and usurious |
4308 | practices. |
4309 | 20. Section 721.08, s. 721.09, or s. 721.13, relating to |
4310 | real estate timeshare plans. |
4311 | 21. Chapter 782, relating to homicide. |
4312 | 22. Chapter 784, relating to assault and battery. |
4313 | 23. Chapter 787, relating to kidnapping or human |
4314 | trafficking. |
4315 | 24. Chapter 790, relating to weapons and firearms. |
4316 | 25. Section 796.03, s. 796.035, s. 796.04, s. 796.045, s. |
4317 | 796.05, or s. 796.07, relating to prostitution and sex |
4318 | trafficking. |
4319 | 26. Chapter 806, relating to arson. |
4320 | 27. Section 810.02(2)(c), relating to specified burglary |
4321 | of a dwelling or structure. |
4322 | 28. Chapter 812, relating to theft, robbery, and related |
4323 | crimes. |
4324 | 29. Chapter 815, relating to computer-related crimes. |
4325 | 30. Chapter 817, relating to fraudulent practices, false |
4326 | pretenses, fraud generally, and credit card crimes. |
4327 | 31. Chapter 825, relating to abuse, neglect, or |
4328 | exploitation of an elderly person or disabled adult. |
4329 | 32. Section 827.071, relating to commercial sexual |
4330 | exploitation of children. |
4331 | 33. Chapter 831, relating to forgery and counterfeiting. |
4332 | 34. Chapter 832, relating to issuance of worthless checks |
4333 | and drafts. |
4334 | 35. Section 836.05, relating to extortion. |
4335 | 36. Chapter 837, relating to perjury. |
4336 | 37. Chapter 838, relating to bribery and misuse of public |
4337 | office. |
4338 | 38. Chapter 843, relating to obstruction of justice. |
4339 | 39. Section 847.011, s. 847.012, s. 847.013, s. 847.06, or |
4340 | s. 847.07, relating to obscene literature and profanity. |
4341 | 40. Section 849.09, s. 849.14, s. 849.15, s. 849.23, or s. |
4342 | 849.25, relating to gambling. |
4343 | 41. Chapter 874, relating to criminal street gangs. |
4344 | 42. Chapter 893, relating to drug abuse prevention and |
4345 | control. |
4346 | 43. Chapter 896, relating to offenses related to financial |
4347 | transactions. |
4348 | 44. Sections 914.22 and 914.23, relating to tampering with |
4349 | a witness, victim, or informant, and retaliation against a |
4350 | witness, victim, or informant. |
4351 | 45. Sections 918.12 and 918.13, relating to tampering with |
4352 | jurors and evidence. |
4353 | Section 43. Paragraphs (d), (f), (h), (i), and (j) of |
4354 | subsection (3) of section 921.0022, Florida Statutes, are |
4355 | amended to read: |
4356 | 921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity |
4357 | ranking chart.-- |
4358 | (3) OFFENSE SEVERITY RANKING CHART |
4359 | (d) LEVEL 4 |
4360 |
|
| FloridaStatute | FelonyDegree | Description |
|
4361 |
|
| 316.1935(3)(a) | 2nd | Driving at high speed or with wanton disregard for safety while fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement officer who is in a patrol vehicle with siren and lights activated. |
|
4362 |
|
| 499.0051(1) | 3rd | Failure to maintain or deliver pedigree papers. |
|
4363 |
|
| 499.0051(2) | 3rd | Failure to authenticate pedigree papers. |
|
4364 |
|
| 499.0051(6) | 2nd | Knowing sale or delivery, or possession with intent to sell, contraband prescription legend drugs. |
|
4365 |
|
| 784.07(2)(b) | 3rd | Battery of law enforcement officer, firefighter, intake officer, etc. |
|
4366 |
|
| 784.074(1)(c) | 3rd | Battery of sexually violent predators facility staff. |
|
4367 |
|
| 784.075 | 3rd | Battery on detention or commitment facility staff. |
|
4368 |
|
| 784.078 | 3rd | Battery of facility employee by throwing, tossing, or expelling certain fluids or materials. |
|
4369 |
|
| 784.08(2)(c) | 3rd | Battery on a person 65 years of age or older. |
|
4370 |
|
| 784.081(3) | 3rd | Battery on specified official or employee. |
|
4371 |
|
| 784.082(3) | 3rd | Battery by detained person on visitor or other detainee. |
|
4372 |
|
| 784.083(3) | 3rd | Battery on code inspector. |
|
4373 |
|
| 784.085 | 3rd | Battery of child by throwing, tossing, projecting, or expelling certain fluids or materials. |
|
4374 |
|
| 787.03(1) | 3rd | Interference with custody; wrongly takes minor from appointed guardian. |
|
4375 |
|
| 787.04(2) | 3rd | Take, entice, or remove child beyond state limits with criminal intent pending custody proceedings. |
|
4376 |
|
| 787.04(3) | 3rd | Carrying child beyond state lines with criminal intent to avoid producing child at custody hearing or delivering to designated person. |
|
4377 |
|
| 790.115(1) | 3rd | Exhibiting firearm or weapon within 1,000 feet of a school. |
|
4378 |
|
| 790.115(2)(b) | 3rd | Possessing electric weapon or device, destructive device, or other weapon on school property. |
|
4379 |
|
| 790.115(2)(c) | 3rd | Possessing firearm on school property. |
|
4380 |
|
| 800.04(7)(d) | 3rd | Lewd or lascivious exhibition; offender less than 18 years. |
|
4381 |
|
| 810.02(4)(a) | 3rd | Burglary, or attempted burglary, of an unoccupied structure; unarmed; no assault or battery. |
|
4382 |
|
| 810.02(4)(b) | 3rd | Burglary, or attempted burglary, of an unoccupied conveyance; unarmed; no assault or battery. |
|
4383 |
|
| 810.06 | 3rd | Burglary; possession of tools. |
|
4384 |
|
| 810.08(2)(c) | 3rd | Trespass on property, armed with firearm or dangerous weapon. |
|
4385 |
|
| 812.014(2)(c)3. | 3rd | Grand theft, 3rd degree $10,000 or more but less than $20,000. |
|
4386 |
|
| 812.014(2)(c)4.-10. | 3rd | Grand theft, 3rd degree, a will, firearm, motor vehicle, livestock, etc. |
|
4387 |
|
| 812.0195(2) | 3rd | Dealing in stolen property by use of the Internet; property stolen $300 or more. |
|
4388 |
|
| 817.563(1) | 3rd | Sell or deliver substance other than controlled substance agreed upon, excluding s. 893.03(5) drugs. |
|
4389 |
|
| 817.568(2)(a) | 3rd | Fraudulent use of personal identification information. |
|
4390 |
|
| 817.625(2)(a) | 3rd | Fraudulent use of scanning device or reencoder. |
|
4391 |
|
| 828.125(1) | 2nd | Kill, maim, or cause great bodily harm or permanent breeding disability to any registered horse or cattle. |
|
4392 |
|
| 837.02(1) | 3rd | Perjury in official proceedings. |
|
4393 |
|
| 837.021(1) | 3rd | Make contradictory statements in official proceedings. |
|
4394 |
|
| 838.022 | 3rd | Official misconduct. |
|
4395 |
|
| 839.13(2)(a) | 3rd | Falsifying records of an individual in the care and custody of a state agency. |
|
4396 |
|
| 839.13(2)(c) | 3rd | Falsifying records of the Department of Children and Family Services. |
|
4397 |
|
| 843.021 | 3rd | Possession of a concealed handcuff key by a person in custody. |
|
4398 |
|
| 843.025 | 3rd | Deprive law enforcement, correctional, or correctional probation officer of means of protection or communication. |
|
4399 |
|
| 843.15(1)(a) | 3rd | Failure to appear while on bail for felony (bond estreature or bond jumping). |
|
4400 |
|
| 874.05(1) | 3rd | Encouraging or recruiting another to join a criminal street gang. |
|
4401 |
|
| 893.13(2)(a)1. | 2nd | Purchase of cocaine (or other s. 893.03(1)(a), (b), or (d), (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)4. drugs). |
|
4402 |
|
| 914.14(2) | 3rd | Witnesses accepting bribes. |
|
4403 |
|
| 914.22(1) | 3rd | Force, threaten, etc., witness, victim, or informant. |
|
4404 |
|
| 914.23(2) | 3rd | Retaliation against a witness, victim, or informant, no bodily injury. |
|
4405 |
|
| 918.12 | 3rd | Tampering with jurors. |
|
4406 |
|
| 934.215 | 3rd | Use of two-way communications device to facilitate commission of a crime. |
|
4407 |
|
4408 | (f) LEVEL 6 |
4409 |
|
| FloridaStatute | FelonyDegree | Description |
|
4410 |
|
| 316.193(2)(b) | 3rd | Felony DUI, 4th or subsequent conviction. |
|
4411 |
|
| 499.0051(3) | 2nd | Knowing forgery of pedigree papers. |
|
4412 |
|
| 499.0051(4) | 2nd | Knowing purchase or receipt of prescription legend drug from unauthorized person. |
|
4413 |
|
| 499.0051(5) | 2nd | Knowing sale or transfer of prescription legend drug to unauthorized person. |
|
4414 |
|
| 775.0875(1) | 3rd | Taking firearm from law enforcement officer. |
|
4415 |
|
| 784.021(1)(a) | 3rd | Aggravated assault; deadly weapon without intent to kill. |
|
4416 |
|
| 784.021(1)(b) | 3rd | Aggravated assault; intent to commit felony. |
|
4417 |
|
| 784.041 | 3rd | Felony battery; domestic battery by strangulation. |
|
4418 |
|
| 784.048(3) | 3rd | Aggravated stalking; credible threat. |
|
4419 |
|
| 784.048(5) | 3rd | Aggravated stalking of person under 16. |
|
4420 |
|
| 784.07(2)(c) | 2nd | Aggravated assault on law enforcement officer. |
|
4421 |
|
| 784.074(1)(b) | 2nd | Aggravated assault on sexually violent predators facility staff. |
|
4422 |
|
| 784.08(2)(b) | 2nd | Aggravated assault on a person 65 years of age or older. |
|
4423 |
|
| 784.081(2) | 2nd | Aggravated assault on specified official or employee. |
|
4424 |
|
| 784.082(2) | 2nd | Aggravated assault by detained person on visitor or other detainee. |
|
4425 |
|
| 784.083(2) | 2nd | Aggravated assault on code inspector. |
|
4426 |
|
| 787.02(2) | 3rd | False imprisonment; restraining with purpose other than those in s. 787.01. |
|
4427 |
|
| 790.115(2)(d) | 2nd | Discharging firearm or weapon on school property. |
|
4428 |
|
| 790.161(2) | 2nd | Make, possess, or throw destructive device with intent to do bodily harm or damage property. |
|
4429 |
|
| 790.164(1) | 2nd | False report of deadly explosive, weapon of mass destruction, or act of arson or violence to state property. |
|
4430 |
|
| 790.19 | 2nd | Shooting or throwing deadly missiles into dwellings, vessels, or vehicles. |
|
4431 |
|
| 794.011(8)(a) | 3rd | Solicitation of minor to participate in sexual activity by custodial adult. |
|
4432 |
|
| 794.05(1) | 2nd | Unlawful sexual activity with specified minor. |
|
4433 |
|
| 800.04(5)(d) | 3rd | Lewd or lascivious molestation; victim 12 years of age or older but less than 16 years; offender less than 18 years. |
|
4434 |
|
| 800.04(6)(b) | 2nd | Lewd or lascivious conduct; offender 18 years of age or older. |
|
4435 |
|
| 806.031(2) | 2nd | Arson resulting in great bodily harm to firefighter or any other person. |
|
4436 |
|
| 810.02(3)(c) | 2nd | Burglary of occupied structure; unarmed; no assault or battery. |
|
4437 |
|
| 812.014(2)(b)1. | 2nd | Property stolen $20,000 or more, but less than $100,000, grand theft in 2nd degree. |
|
4438 |
|
| 812.014(6) | 2nd | Theft; property stolen $3,000 or more; coordination of others. |
|
4439 |
|
| 812.015(9)(a) | 2nd | Retail theft; property stolen $300 or more; second or subsequent conviction. |
|
4440 |
|
| 812.015(9)(b) | 2nd | Retail theft; property stolen $3,000 or more; coordination of others. |
|
4441 |
|
| 812.13(2)(c) | 2nd | Robbery, no firearm or other weapon (strong-arm robbery). |
|
4442 |
|
| 817.034(4)(a)1. | 1st | Communications fraud, value greater than $50,000. |
|
4443 |
|
| 817.4821(5) | 2nd | Possess cloning paraphernalia with intent to create cloned cellular telephones. |
|
4444 |
|
| 825.102(1) | 3rd | Abuse of an elderly person or disabled adult. |
|
4445 |
|
| 825.102(3)(c) | 3rd | Neglect of an elderly person or disabled adult. |
|
4446 |
|
| 825.1025(3) | 3rd | Lewd or lascivious molestation of an elderly person or disabled adult. |
|
4447 |
|
| 825.103(2)(c) | 3rd | Exploiting an elderly person or disabled adult and property is valued at less than $20,000. |
|
4448 |
|
| 827.03(1) | 3rd | Abuse of a child. |
|
4449 |
|
| 827.03(3)(c) | 3rd | Neglect of a child. |
|
4450 |
|
| 827.071(2)&(3) | 2nd | Use or induce a child in a sexual performance, or promote or direct such performance. |
|
4451 |
|
| 836.05 | 2nd | Threats; extortion. |
|
4452 |
|
| 836.10 | 2nd | Written threats to kill or do bodily injury. |
|
4453 |
|
| 843.12 | 3rd | Aids or assists person to escape. |
|
4454 |
|
| 847.0135(2) | 3rd | Facilitates sexual conduct of or with a minor or the visual depiction of such conduct. |
|
4455 |
|
| 914.23 | 2nd | Retaliation against a witness, victim, or informant, with bodily injury. |
|
4456 |
|
| 944.35(3)(a)2. | 3rd | Committing malicious battery upon or inflicting cruel or inhuman treatment on an inmate or offender on community supervision, resulting in great bodily harm. |
|
4457 |
|
| |
4458 |
|
| 944.46 | 3rd | Harboring, concealing, aiding escaped prisoners. |
|
4459 |
|
| 944.47(1)(a)5. | 2nd | Introduction of contraband (firearm, weapon, or explosive) into correctional facility. |
|
4460 |
|
| 951.22(1) | 3rd | Intoxicating drug, firearm, or weapon introduced into county facility. |
|
4461 |
|
4462 | (h) LEVEL 8 |
4463 |
|
| FloridaStatute | FelonyDegree | Description |
|
4464 |
|
| 316.193(3)(c)3.a. | 2nd | DUI manslaughter. |
|
4465 |
|
| 316.1935(4)(b) | 1st | Aggravated fleeing or attempted eluding with serious bodily injury or death. |
|
4466 |
|
| 327.35(3)(c)3. | 2nd | Vessel BUI manslaughter. |
|
4467 |
|
| 499.0051(8) 499.0051(7) | 1st | Knowing forgery of prescription labels or prescription legend drug labels. |
|
4468 |
|
| 499.0051(7) 499.0052 | 1st | Knowing trafficking in contraband prescription legend drugs. |
|
4469 |
|
| 560.123(8)(b)2. | 2nd | Failure to report currency or payment instruments totaling or exceeding $20,000, but less than $100,000 by money transmitter. |
|
4470 |
|
| 560.125(5)(b) | 2nd | Money transmitter business by unauthorized person, currency or payment instruments totaling or exceeding $20,000, but less than $100,000. |
|
4471 |
|
| 655.50(10)(b)2. | 2nd | Failure to report financial transactions totaling or exceeding $20,000, but less than $100,000 by financial institutions. |
|
4472 |
|
| 777.03(2)(a) | 1st | Accessory after the fact, capital felony. |
|
4473 |
|
| 782.04(4) | 2nd | Killing of human without design when engaged in act or attempt of any felony other than arson, sexual battery, robbery, burglary, kidnapping, aircraft piracy, or unlawfully discharging bomb. |
|
4474 |
|
| 782.051(2) | 1st | Attempted felony murder while perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate a felony not enumerated in s. 782.04(3). |
|
4475 |
|
| 782.071(1)(b) | 1st | Committing vehicular homicide and failing to render aid or give information. |
|
4476 |
|
| 782.072(2) | 1st | Committing vessel homicide and failing to render aid or give information. |
|
4477 |
|
| 790.161(3) | 1st | Discharging a destructive device which results in bodily harm or property damage. |
|
4478 |
|
| 794.011(5) | 2nd | Sexual battery, victim 12 years or over, offender does not use physical force likely to cause serious injury. |
|
4479 |
|
| 794.08(3) | 2nd | Female genital mutilation, removal of a victim younger than 18 years of age from this state. |
|
4480 |
|
| 800.04(4) | 2nd | Lewd or lascivious battery. |
|
4481 |
|
| 806.01(1) | 1st | Maliciously damage dwelling or structure by fire or explosive, believing person in structure. |
|
4482 |
|
| 810.02(2)(a) | 1st,PBL | Burglary with assault or battery. |
|
4483 |
|
| 810.02(2)(b) | 1st,PBL | Burglary; armed with explosives or dangerous weapon. |
|
4484 |
|
| 810.02(2)(c) | 1st | Burglary of a dwelling or structure causing structural damage or $1,000 or more property damage. |
|
4485 |
|
| 812.014(2)(a)2. | 1st | Property stolen; cargo valued at $50,000 or more, grand theft in 1st degree. |
|
4486 |
|
| 812.13(2)(b) | 1st | Robbery with a weapon. |
|
4487 |
|
| 812.135(2)(c) | 1st | Home-invasion robbery, no firearm, deadly weapon, or other weapon. |
|
4488 |
|
| 817.568(6) | 2nd | Fraudulent use of personal identification information of an individual under the age of 18. |
|
4489 |
|
| 825.102(2) | 2nd | Aggravated abuse of an elderly person or disabled adult. |
|
4490 |
|
| 825.1025(2) | 2nd | Lewd or lascivious battery upon an elderly person or disabled adult. |
|
4491 |
|
| 825.103(2)(a) | 1st | Exploiting an elderly person or disabled adult and property is valued at $100,000 or more. |
|
4492 |
|
| 837.02(2) | 2nd | Perjury in official proceedings relating to prosecution of a capital felony. |
|
4493 |
|
| 837.021(2) | 2nd | Making contradictory statements in official proceedings relating to prosecution of a capital felony. |
|
4494 |
|
| 860.121(2)(c) | 1st | Shooting at or throwing any object in path of railroad vehicle resulting in great bodily harm. |
|
4495 |
|
| 860.16 | 1st | Aircraft piracy. |
|
4496 |
|
| 893.13(1)(b) | 1st | Sell or deliver in excess of 10 grams of any substance specified in s. 893.03(1)(a) or (b). |
|
4497 |
|
| 893.13(2)(b) | 1st | Purchase in excess of 10 grams of any substance specified in s. 893.03(1)(a) or (b). |
|
4498 |
|
| 893.13(6)(c) | 1st | Possess in excess of 10 grams of any substance specified in s. 893.03(1)(a) or (b). |
|
4499 |
|
| 893.135(1)(a)2. | 1st | Trafficking in cannabis, more than 2,000 lbs., less than 10,000 lbs. |
|
4500 |
|
| 893.135(1)(b)1.b. | 1st | Trafficking in cocaine, more than 200 grams, less than 400 grams. |
|
4501 |
|
| 893.135(1)(c)1.b. | 1st | Trafficking in illegal drugs, more than 14 grams, less than 28 grams. |
|
4502 |
|
| 893.135(1)(d)1.b. | 1st | Trafficking in phencyclidine, more than 200 grams, less than 400 grams. |
|
4503 |
|
| 893.135(1)(e)1.b. | 1st | Trafficking in methaqualone, more than 5 kilograms, less than 25 kilograms. |
|
4504 |
|
| 893.135(1)(f)1.b. | 1st | Trafficking in amphetamine, more than 28 grams, less than 200 grams. |
|
4505 |
|
| 893.135(1)(g)1.b. | 1st | Trafficking in flunitrazepam, 14 grams or more, less than 28 grams. |
|
4506 |
|
| 893.135(1)(h)1.b. | 1st | Trafficking in gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), 5 kilograms or more, less than 10 kilograms. |
|
4507 |
|
| 893.135(1)(j)1.b. | 1st | Trafficking in 1,4-Butanediol, 5 kilograms or more, less than 10 kilograms. |
|
4508 |
|
| 893.135(1)(k)2.b. | 1st | Trafficking in Phenethylamines, 200 grams or more, less than 400 grams. |
|
4509 |
|
| 895.03(1) | 1st | Use or invest proceeds derived from pattern of racketeering activity. |
|
4510 |
|
| 895.03(2) | 1st | Acquire or maintain through racketeering activity any interest in or control of any enterprise or real property. |
|
4511 |
|
| 895.03(3) | 1st | Conduct or participate in any enterprise through pattern of racketeering activity. |
|
4512 |
|
| 896.101(5)(b) | 2nd | Money laundering, financial transactions totaling or exceeding $20,000, but less than $100,000. |
|
4513 |
|
| 896.104(4)(a)2. | 2nd | Structuring transactions to evade reporting or registration requirements, financial transactions totaling or exceeding $20,000 but less than $100,000. |
|
4514 |
|
4515 | (i) LEVEL 9 |
4516 |
|
| FloridaStatute | FelonyDegree | Description |
|
4517 |
|
| 316.193(3)(c)3.b. | 1st | DUI manslaughter; failing to render aid or give information. |
|
4518 |
|
| 327.35(3)(c)3.b. | 1st | BUI manslaughter; failing to render aid or give information. |
|
4519 |
|
| 499.0051(9) 499.00535 | 1st | Knowing sale or purchase of contraband prescription legend drugs resulting in great bodily harm. |
|
4520 |
|
| 560.123(8)(b)3. | 1st | Failure to report currency or payment instruments totaling or exceeding $100,000 by money transmitter. |
|
4521 |
|
| 560.125(5)(c) | 1st | Money transmitter business by unauthorized person, currency, or payment instruments totaling or exceeding $100,000. |
|
4522 |
|
| 655.50(10)(b)3. | 1st | Failure to report financial transactions totaling or exceeding $100,000 by financial institution. |
|
4523 |
|
| 775.0844 | 1st | Aggravated white collar crime. |
|
4524 |
|
| 782.04(1) | 1st | Attempt, conspire, or solicit to commit premeditated murder. |
|
4525 |
|
| 782.04(3) | 1st,PBL | Accomplice to murder in connection with arson, sexual battery, robbery, burglary, and other specified felonies. |
|
4526 |
|
| 782.051(1) | 1st | Attempted felony murder while perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate a felony enumerated in s. 782.04(3). |
|
4527 |
|
| 782.07(2) | 1st | Aggravated manslaughter of an elderly person or disabled adult. |
|
4528 |
|
| 787.01(1)(a)1. | 1st,PBL | Kidnapping; hold for ransom or reward or as a shield or hostage. |
|
4529 |
|
| 787.01(1)(a)2. | 1st,PBL | Kidnapping with intent to commit or facilitate commission of any felony. |
|
4530 |
|
| 787.01(1)(a)4. | 1st,PBL | Kidnapping with intent to interfere with performance of any governmental or political function. |
|
4531 |
|
| 787.02(3)(a) | 1st | False imprisonment; child under age 13; perpetrator also commits aggravated child abuse, sexual battery, or lewd or lascivious battery, molestation, conduct, or exhibition. |
|
4532 |
|
| 790.161 | 1st | Attempted capital destructive device offense. |
|
4533 |
|
| 790.166(2) | 1st,PBL | Possessing, selling, using, or attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. |
|
4534 |
|
| 794.011(2) | 1st | Attempted sexual battery; victim less than 12 years of age. |
|
4535 |
|
| 794.011(2) | Life | Sexual battery; offender younger than 18 years and commits sexual battery on a person less than 12 years. |
|
4536 |
|
| 794.011(4) | 1st | Sexual battery; victim 12 years or older, certain circumstances. |
|
4537 |
|
| 794.011(8)(b) | 1st | Sexual battery; engage in sexual conduct with minor 12 to 18 years by person in familial or custodial authority. |
|
4538 |
|
| 794.08(2) | 1st | Female genital mutilation; victim younger than 18 years of age. |
|
4539 |
|
| 800.04(5)(b) | Life | Lewd or lascivious molestation; victim less than 12 years; offender 18 years or older. |
|
4540 |
|
| 812.13(2)(a) | 1st,PBL | Robbery with firearm or other deadly weapon. |
|
4541 |
|
| 812.133(2)(a) | 1st,PBL | Carjacking; firearm or other deadly weapon. |
|
4542 |
|
| 812.135(2)(b) | 1st | Home-invasion robbery with weapon. |
|
4543 |
|
| 817.568(7) | 2nd,PBL | Fraudulent use of personal identification information of an individual under the age of 18 by his or her parent, legal guardian, or person exercising custodial authority. |
|
4544 |
|
| 827.03(2) | 1st | Aggravated child abuse. |
|
4545 |
|
| 847.0145(1) | 1st | Selling, or otherwise transferring custody or control, of a minor. |
|
4546 |
|
| 847.0145(2) | 1st | Purchasing, or otherwise obtaining custody or control, of a minor. |
|
4547 |
|
| 859.01 | 1st | Poisoning or introducing bacteria, radioactive materials, viruses, or chemical compounds into food, drink, medicine, or water with intent to kill or injure another person. |
|
4548 |
|
| 893.135 | 1st | Attempted capital trafficking offense. |
|
4549 |
|
| 893.135(1)(a)3. | 1st | Trafficking in cannabis, more than 10,000 lbs. |
|
4550 |
|
| 893.135(1)(b)1.c. | 1st | Trafficking in cocaine, more than 400 grams, less than 150 kilograms. |
|
4551 |
|
| 893.135(1)(c)1.c. | 1st | Trafficking in illegal drugs, more than 28 grams, less than 30 kilograms. |
|
4552 |
|
| 893.135(1)(d)1.c. | 1st | Trafficking in phencyclidine, more than 400 grams. |
|
4553 |
|
| 893.135(1)(e)1.c. | 1st | Trafficking in methaqualone, more than 25 kilograms. |
|
4554 |
|
| 893.135(1)(f)1.c. | 1st | Trafficking in amphetamine, more than 200 grams. |
|
4555 |
|
| 893.135(1)(h)1.c. | 1st | Trafficking in gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), 10 kilograms or more. |
|
4556 |
|
| 893.135(1)(j)1.c. | 1st | Trafficking in 1,4-Butanediol, 10 kilograms or more. |
|
4557 |
|
| 893.135(1)(k)2.c. | 1st | Trafficking in Phenethylamines, 400 grams or more. |
|
4558 |
|
| 896.101(5)(c) | 1st | Money laundering, financial instruments totaling or exceeding $100,000. |
|
4559 |
|
| 896.104(4)(a)3. | 1st | Structuring transactions to evade reporting or registration requirements, financial transactions totaling or exceeding $100,000. |
|
4560 |
|
4561 | (j) LEVEL 10 |
4562 |
|
| FloridaStatute | FelonyDegree | Description |
|
4563 |
|
| 499.0051(10) 499.00545 | 1st | Knowing sale or purchase of contraband prescription legend drugs resulting in death. |
|
4564 |
|
| 782.04(2) | 1st,PBL | Unlawful killing of human; act is homicide, unpremeditated. |
|
4565 |
|
| 787.01(1)(a)3. | 1st,PBL | Kidnapping; inflict bodily harm upon or terrorize victim. |
|
4566 |
|
| 787.01(3)(a) | Life | Kidnapping; child under age 13, perpetrator also commits aggravated child abuse, sexual battery, or lewd or lascivious battery, molestation, conduct, or exhibition. |
|
4567 |
|
| 782.07(3) | 1st | Aggravated manslaughter of a child. |
|
4568 |
|
| 794.011(3) | Life | Sexual battery; victim 12 years or older, offender uses or threatens to use deadly weapon or physical force to cause serious injury. |
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4569 |
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| 812.135(2)(a) | 1st,PBL | Home-invasion robbery with firearm or other deadly weapon. |
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4570 |
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| 876.32 | 1st | Treason against the state. |
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4571 |
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4572 | Section 44. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |