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2011 vol. II 689 (2011)

handle is hein.ssl/ssnm0168 and id is 1 raw text is: Chapter 119
1                               AN ACT
2    RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PROVIDING FOR PRESCRIPTION
3    DRUG DONATION; ENACTING A NEW SECTION OF THE NEW MEXICO DRUG,
4    DEVICE AND COSMETIC ACT.
5
6    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
7         SECTION 1. A new section of the New Mexico Drug, Device
8    and Cosmetic Act is enacted to read:
9         PRESCRIPTION DRUG DONATION.--
10              A. As used in this section:
11                    (1) clinic means a facility licensed
12    pursuant to Section 61-11-14 NMSA 1978 in which one or more
13    licensed practitioners diagnose and treat patients and in
14   which drugs are stored, dispensed or administered for the
15    diagnosis and treatment of the facility's patients; provided
16    that clinic does not include the privately owned practice
17    of a licensed practitioner or group of licensed practitioners
18    exempt under Section 61-11-22 NMSA 1978;
19                    (2) donor means an individual who donates
20    unused prescription drugs to a clinic or a participating
21    practitioner for the purpose of redistribution to established
22    patients of that clinic or practitioner;
23                    (3) participating practitioner means a
24    licensed practitioner who is authorized to prescribe drugs
25    and who registers with the board, and is subject to rules
SPAC/Senate Bill 37, aa
Approved April 7, 2011

Chap. 119

Laws of 2011