For the purposes of this section and sections 21a-70i to 21a-70k:

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(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Consumer Protection;

(2) “Contact” means any communication transmitted in person or by telephone, electronic mail, text message or other electronic means between a pharmaceutical representative and a prescribing practitioner or pharmacist, to promote or provide information relating to a legend drug;

(3) “Department” means the Department of Consumer Protection;

(4) “Legend drug” has the same meaning as provided in section 20-571;

(5) “Pharmaceutical manufacturer” means a (A) person, whether within or without the boundaries of the state of Connecticut, that produces, prepares, cultivates, grows, propagates, compounds, converts or processes a drug, device or cosmetic, directly or indirectly, by extraction from substances of natural origin, by means of chemical synthesis or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis, or that packages, repackages, labels or relabels a container under such manufacturer’s own trademark or label or any other trademark or label, or a drug, device or cosmetic for the purpose of selling the drug, device or cosmetic, or (B) sterile compounding pharmacy, as defined in section 20-633b that dispenses sterile pharmaceuticals without a prescription or a patient-specific medical order intended for use in humans;

(6) “Pharmaceutical manufacturer” includes a virtual manufacturer, as defined in section 20-571;

(7) “Pharmaceutical marketing firm” means a pharmaceutical manufacturer that employs pharmaceutical representatives;

(8) “Pharmaceutical representative” means any person, including, but not limited to, a sales representative, who markets, promotes or provides information regarding a legend drug for human use to a prescribing practitioner and is employed or compensated by a pharmaceutical manufacturer;

(9) “Pharmacist” has the same meaning as provided in section 20-571; and

(10) “Prescribing practitioner” has the same meaning as provided in section 20-571.