Sec. 16.6. (a) A wholesale drug distributor that:
(1) is licensed under this chapter;
(2) is located outside Indiana; and
(3) distributes legend drugs in Indiana;
shall designate an agent in Indiana for service of process.
(b) A wholesale drug distributor that does not designate an agent under subsection (a) is considered to have designated the secretary of state to be the wholesale drug distributor's true and lawful attorney, upon whom legal process may be served in an action or a proceeding against the wholesale drug distributor arising from the wholesale drug distributor's wholesale distribution operations.
(c) The board shall mail a copy of any service of process to a wholesale drug distributor by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, at the address designated by the wholesale drug distributor on the application for licensure submitted under this chapter.
(d) Service of process on the secretary of state is sufficient in an action or a proceeding against a wholesale drug distributor that is not licensed under this chapter.
As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.52.