36-11A-20. Authorized distributor of record defined.
For the purposes of this chapter, an authorized distributor of record is a wholesale distributor with whom a manufacturer has established an ongoing relationship to distribute the manufacturer's prescription drug. An ongoing relationship is deemed to exist between such wholesale distributor and a manufacturer when the wholesale distributor, including any affiliated group of the wholesale distributor, as defined in Section 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code, complies with both of the following:
(1)The wholesale distributor has a written agreement currently in effect with the manufacturer evidencing such ongoing relationship; and
(2)The wholesale distributor is listed on the manufacturer's current list of authorized distributors of record, which is updated by the manufacturer on no less than a monthly basis.
Source: SL 2007, ch 215, §2.