196.981. Immunity from civil or criminal liability, when. - Missouri Statutes

Immunity from civil or criminal liability, when.

196.981. 1. The following persons and entities when acting in goodfaith shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability for injury,death, or loss to person or property, or professional disciplinary actionfor matters related to donating, accepting, or dispensing prescriptiondrugs under the prescription drug repository program:

(1) The department of health and senior services;

(2) The director of the department of health and senior services;

(3) Any prescription drug manufacturer, governmental entity, orperson donating prescription drugs to the program;

(4) Any pharmacy, hospital, nonprofit clinic, out-of-state charitablerepository, or health care professional that prescribes, accepts ordispenses prescription drugs under the program; and

(5) Any pharmacy, hospital, nonprofit clinic, or out-of-statecharitable repository that employs or has a hospital medical staffaffiliation with a health care professional who accepts or dispensesprescription drugs under the program.

2. A prescription drug manufacturer shall not, in the absence of badfaith, be subject to criminal or civil liability for injury, death, or lossto person or property for matters related to the donation, acceptance, ordispensing of a prescription drug manufactured by the prescription drugmanufacturer that is donated by any person under the program, including butnot limited to liability for failure to transfer or communicate product orconsumer information or the expiration date of the donated prescriptiondrug.

(L. 2004 S.B. 1160, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1687)