Indiana § 16-42-1-16 - Prohibited acts; defenses; injunctions

§ 16-42-1-16. Prohibited acts; defenses; injunctions

Sec. 16. (a) A person may not engage in any of the following acts:

(1) The sale in intrastate commerce of a food, drug, device, or cosmetic that is adulterated or misbranded.

(2) The adulteration or misbranding of a food, drug, device, or cosmetic in intrastate commerce.

(3) The receipt in intrastate commerce of a food, drug, device, or cosmetic that is adulterated or misbranded, and the sale of those items in intrastate commerce for pay or otherwise.

(4) The sale of any article in violation of section 6 of this chapter, IC 16-42-3-7, IC 16-42-3-8, IC 16-42-3-9, or IC 16-42-3-10.

(5) The refusal to permit access to or copying of any record as required by section 12 of this chapter.

(6) The refusal to permit entry or inspection and collecting of samples as authorized by section 10 or 13 of this chapter.

(7) The use, without proper authority, of any mark, stamp, tag, label, or other identification device authorized or required by rules adopted under this chapter or IC 16-42-2 through IC 16-42-4.

(8) The use by any person to the person's own advantage, or the revelation, other than to the state health commissioner or the state health commissioner's authorized representative or to the courts when relevant in any judicial proceeding, any information acquired under authority of section 13 of this chapter or IC 16-42-3-7 through IC 16-42-3-10 concerning any method or process that as a trade secret is entitled to protection.

(9) The alteration, mutilation, destruction, obliteration, or removal of the whole or any part of the labeling of, or the doing of any other act with respect to a food, drug, device, or cosmetic if the act is done while the article is held for sale and results in the article being misbranded.

(10) The use on the labeling of any drug or in any advertising relating to the drug of any representation or suggestion that an application with respect to the drug is effective under IC 16-42-3-7 and IC 16-42-3-8 unless the drug complies with those sections.

(11) The removal or disposal of a detained or embargoed article in violation of this chapter.

(12) The giving of a guaranty or undertaking in intrastate commerce referred to in subsection (c) that is false.

(b) A person who violates subsection (a) commits a Class A misdemeanor. However, the offense is a Level 6 felony if the offense is committed with intent to defraud or mislead.

(c) It is a defense for a person accused of violating subsection (a)(1) or subsection (a)(3) if the person establishes a guaranty or undertaking signed by and containing the name and address of the person residing in the United States from whom the accused person received in good faith the article to the effect that the article is not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this article or the Federal Act.

(d) In addition to the remedies provided in this article, the state health commissioner or the commissioner's legally authorized agent may apply to the circuit or superior court for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of this section.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-1-28-4; 16-1-28-5; 16-1-28-19.]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.25. Amended by P.L.158-2013, SEC.247.