Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 37 > Chapter 7 > Part 6 - Wholesale Distributors -- Licensing

• Administer: means the direct application of a drug to the body of a patient by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means. See Montana Code 37-7-101
• Board: means the board of pharmacy provided for in 2-15-1733. See Montana Code 37-7-101
• Department: means the department of labor and industry provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 17. See Montana Code 37-7-101
• Dispenser: means a retail pharmacy, a hospital pharmacy, a group of chain pharmacies under common ownership and control that do not act as a wholesale distributor, or any other person authorized by law to dispense or administer prescription drugs, and the affiliated warehouses or distribution centers of the entities listed in this subsection (1)(a), if they are under common ownership and control and do not act as a wholesale distributor. See Montana Code 37-7-602
• dispensing: means the interpretation, evaluation, and implementation of a prescription drug order, including the preparation and delivery of a drug or device to a patient or patient's agent in a suitable container appropriately labeled for administration to or use by a patient. See Montana Code 37-7-101
• distribution: means the sale, purchase, trade, delivery, handling, storage, or receipt of a drug or device and does not include administering or dispensing a prescription drug, pursuant to section 353(b)(1), or a new animal drug, pursuant to section 360b(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U. See Montana Code 37-7-101
• Drug: means a substance:

  (a)recognized as a drug in any official compendium or supplement;

  (b)intended for use in diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or animals;

  (c)other than food, intended to affect the structure or function of the body of humans or animals; and

  (d)intended for use as a component of a substance specified in subsection (16)(a), (16)(b), or (16)(c). See Montana Code 37-7-101

• FDA: means the United States food and drug administration. See Montana Code 37-7-101
• Hospital: has the meaning provided in 50-5-101. See Montana Code 37-7-101
• Knowingly: means only a knowledge that the facts exist which bring the act or omission within the provisions of this code. See Montana Code 1-1-204
• Manufacturer: means :

  (a)a person approved by application to the FDA to manufacture a product as defined in section 360eee of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act, 21 U. See Montana Code 37-7-602

• Manufacturing: means the production, preparation, propagation, conversion, or processing of a drug or device, either directly or indirectly, by extraction from substances of natural origin or independently by means of chemical or biological synthesis. See Montana Code 37-7-101
• Person: includes an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity. See Montana Code 37-7-101
• Pharmacy: means an established location, either physical or electronic, registered by the board where drugs or devices are dispensed with pharmaceutical care or where pharmaceutical care is provided. See Montana Code 37-7-101
• Repackager: means a person who owns or operates an establishment that repacks and relabels a product or a package for:

  (a)further sale; or

  (b)distribution without a further transaction. See Montana Code 37-7-602

• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Wholesale: means a sale for the purpose of resale. See Montana Code 37-7-101
• Wholesale distribution: means distribution of prescription drugs to persons other than a consumer or patient. See Montana Code 37-7-602
• Wholesale distributor: means a person or entity, other than a manufacturer, a manufacturer's colicensed partner, a third-party logistics provider, or a repackager, who is engaged in wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. See Montana Code 37-7-602