406. EXEMPTIONS

406 EXEMPTIONS 406.1 The following shall be exempt from licensure and registration: (a) Manufacturers’ representatives that distribute drug samples; (b) Distributors’ representatives that distribute drug samples; (c) Group purchasing organizations established to maintain and to operate for the purchase of drugs for distribution exclusively to its members; (d) Intracompany distribution of products, namely to retail stores that are under common ownership or within the same corporate structure; and (e) The sale, purchase, or trade of a drug or an offer to sell, purchase, or trade a drug for “emergency medical reasons” which includes transfers of prescription drugs by a retail pharmacy to another retail pharmacy to alleviate a temporary shortage. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 7729, 7733 (October 16, 1992).