Section 338.335

Title XXII OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS

Chapter 338

Effective - 28 Aug 2010   

  338.335.  Separate licenses required, when — exemptions. — 1.  Separate licenses shall be required for each distribution site owned or operated by a wholesale drug distributor or pharmacy distributor unless drugs are delivered only on a consignment basis as defined by the board, or the entity meets the requirements of subsection 2 of this section.

  2.  A wholesale drug distributor distributing drug-related devices in Missouri is not required to obtain a license from the board for out-of-state distribution sites owned by the wholesale drug distributor if:

  (1)  The wholesale drug distributor has one or more distribution sites located in Missouri, and all such in-state distribution sites receiving shipments of drug-related devices are licensed by the board as a distributor;

  (2)  The wholesale drug distributor's out-of-state distribution sites shipping to the in-state distribution site are in compliance with their respective state's licensing laws;

  (3)  The wholesale drug distributor's out-of-state distribution sites that deliver drug-related devices regulated by the board into Missouri for patient use deliver such devices only to the licensed wholesale drug distributor's in-state distribution site.

  3.  A Missouri wholesale drug distributor receiving shipments of drug-related devices from an out-of-state facility that is not required to be licensed as a distributor pursuant to subsection 2 of this section shall be responsible for all shipments received.

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(L. 1998 S.B. 940, A.L. 2010 H.B. 2226, et al.)