37-7-602. Definitions.

MONTANA STATUTES AND CODES

     37-7-602. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:
     (1) "Blood" means whole blood collected from a single donor and processed either for transfusion or for further manufacturing.
     (2) "Blood component" means that part of blood separated by physical or mechanical means.
     (3) "Drug sample" means a unit of a prescription drug that is not intended to be sold and is intended to promote the sale of the drug.
     (4) "Manufacturer" means a person or entity engaged in the manufacturing, preparing, propagating, compounding, processing, packaging, repackaging, or labeling of a prescription drug or device.
     (5) "Prescription drug" has the same meaning as provided in 37-7-101.
     (6) (a) "Wholesale drug distribution" means distribution of prescription drugs to persons other than a consumer or patient.
     (b) The term does not include:
     (i) intracompany sales;
     (ii) the purchase or other acquisition, by a hospital or other health care entity that is a member of a group purchasing organization, of a drug for its own use from the group purchasing organization or from other hospitals or health care entities that are members of group purchasing organizations;
     (iii) the sale, purchase, or trade of a drug or an offer to sell, purchase, or trade a drug by a charitable organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3), as amended, to a nonprofit affiliate of the organization to the extent otherwise permitted by law;
     (iv) the sale, purchase, or trade of a drug or an offer to sell, purchase, or trade a drug among hospitals or other health care entities that are under common control. For purposes of this subsection (6)(b)(iv), "common control" means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person or an organization, whether by ownership of stock, voting rights, contract, or otherwise.
     (v) the sale, purchase, or trade of a drug or an offer to sell, purchase, or trade a drug for emergency medical reasons. For the purposes of this subsection (6)(b)(v), "emergency medical reasons" includes transfers of prescription drugs by a retail pharmacy to another retail pharmacy to alleviate a temporary shortage.
     (vi) the sale, purchase, or trade of a drug or an offer to sell, purchase, or trade a drug, or the dispensing of a drug pursuant to a prescription;
     (vii) the distribution of drug samples by manufacturers' representatives or distributors' representatives; or
     (viii) the sale, purchase, or trade of blood and blood components intended for transfusion.
     (7) "Wholesale drug distributor" means a person or entity engaged in wholesale distribution of prescription drugs, including but not limited to manufacturers, repackers, own-label distributors, private-label distributors, jobbers, brokers, warehouses (including manufacturers' and distributors' warehouses, chain drug warehouses, and wholesale drug warehouses), independent wholesale drug traders, and retail pharmacies that conduct wholesale distributions.