Part Definitions

  1. Law
  2. Tennessee Code
  3. Professions of the Healing Arts
  4. Pharmacy
  5. Prescription Drug Donation Repository Program
  6. Part Definitions

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As used in this part:

  1. “Anti-rejection drug” means a prescription drug that suppresses the immune system to prevent or reverse rejection of a transplanted organ;
  2. “Board” means the board of pharmacy;
  3. “Cancer drug” means a prescription drug that is used to treat any of the following:
    1. Cancer or the side effects of cancer; or
    2. The side effects of any prescription drug that is used to treat cancer or the side effects of cancer;
  4. “Controlled substance” means the same as defined in § 39-17-402;
  5. “Department” means the department of health;
  6. “Donor” means a person, a pharmacy, or medical facility as well as any drug manufacturer or wholesaler licensed by the board of pharmacy, who donates prescription drugs to a repository program approved pursuant to this part;
  7. “Eligible individual” means an indigent person or an uninsured person who meets all other criteria established by board rule;
  8. “Indigent” means a person with an income that is below two hundred percent (200%) of the federal poverty level as defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the United States department of health and human services;
  9. “Medical facility” means any of the following:
    1. A physician's office;
    2. A hospital;
    3. A health clinic;
    4. A nonprofit health clinic, which includes a federally qualified health center as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1396d(l)(2)(B); a rural health clinic, as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1396d(l)(1); and a nonprofit health clinic that provides medical care to patients who are indigent, uninsured, or underinsured;
    5. A free clinic as defined in § 63-6-703;
    6. A charitable organization as defined in § 48-101-501; or
    7. A nursing home as defined in § 68-11-201;
  10. “Pharmacy” means a pharmacy as defined in § 63-10-204;
  11. “Prescription drug” means the same as defined in § 63-10-204, except the drug is only tablet or capsule form, and includes cancer drugs and anti-rejection drugs, but does not include controlled substances and drugs covered by the risk evaluation and mitigation strategy program of the federal food and drug administration; and
  12. “Supplies” means the supplies necessary to administer the prescription drugs donated.


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