Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 4608
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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 4608
- Biological product: means a virus, therapeutic serum, toxin, antitoxin, vaccine, blood, blood component or derivative, allergenic product, protein (except any chemically synthesized polypeptide), or analogous product, or arsphenamine or derivative of arsphenamine (or any other trivalent organic arsenic compound), applicable to the prevention, treatment, or cure of a disease or condition in human beings. See
- Generic drug: means a drug listed by generic name and considered to be chemically and therapeutically equivalent to a drug listed by brand name, as both names are identified in the most recent edition of or supplement to the U. See
- Pharmacist: means a natural person licensed by the State Board of Pharmacy to prepare, compound, dispense, and sell drugs, medicines, chemicals, and poisons. See
§ 4608. Liability
(a) Nothing in this chapter shall affect a licensed hospital with the development and maintenance of a hospital formulary system in accordance with that institution’s policies and procedures that pertain to its drug distribution system developed by the medical staff in cooperation with the hospital’s pharmacist and administration.
(b) The substitution of a generic drug or interchangeable biological product by a pharmacist under the provisions of this chapter does not constitute the practice of medicine. (Added 1977, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2017, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)