Terms Used In Florida Statutes 499.01211

• Department: means the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. See Florida Statutes 499.003
• distribution: means to sell, purchase, trade, deliver, handle, store, or receive. See Florida Statutes 499.003
• Drug: means an article that is:
  (a) Recognized in the current edition of the United States Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or any supplement to any of those publications;
  (b) Intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, therapy, or prevention of disease in humans or other animals;
  (c) Intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals; or
  (d) Intended for use as a component of any article specified in paragraph (a), paragraph (b), or paragraph (c), and includes active pharmaceutical ingredients, but does not include devices or their nondrug components, parts, or accessories. See Florida Statutes 499.003
• Hospital: means a facility as defined in…. See Florida Statutes 499.003
• Manufacturer: means :
  (a) A person who holds a New Drug Application, an Abbreviated New Drug Application, a Biologics License Application, or a New Animal Drug Application approved under the federal act or a license issued under…. See Florida Statutes 499.003
• Medical gas: means any liquefied or vaporized gas that is a prescription drug, whether alone or in combination with other gases, and as defined in the federal act. See Florida Statutes 499.003
• Person: means any individual, child, joint venture, syndicate, fiduciary, partnership, corporation, division of a corporation, firm, trust, business trust, company, estate, public or private institution, association, organization, group, city, county, city and county, political subdivision of this state, other governmental agency within this state, and any representative, agent, or agency of any of the foregoing, or any other group or combination of the foregoing. See Florida Statutes 499.003
• Pharmacist: means a person licensed under chapter 465. See Florida Statutes 499.003
• Pharmacy: means an entity licensed under chapter 465. See Florida Statutes 499.003
• Prescription drug: means a prescription, medicinal, or legend drug, including, but not limited to, finished dosage forms or active pharmaceutical ingredients subject to, defined by, or described by…. See Florida Statutes 499.003
• Retail pharmacy: means a community pharmacy licensed under chapter 465 that purchases prescription drugs at fair market prices and provides prescription services to the public. See Florida Statutes 499.003
• Wholesale distribution: means the distribution of a prescription drug to a person other than a consumer or patient, or the receipt of a prescription drug by a person other than the consumer or patient, but does not include:
  (a) Any of the following activities, which is not a violation of…. See Florida Statutes 499.003
• Wholesale distributor: means a person, other than a manufacturer, a manufacturer's co-licensed partner, a third-party logistics provider, or a repackager, who is engaged in wholesale distribution. See Florida Statutes 499.003