Indiana § 16-42-21-4 - Delivery of drug samples to ultimate user after removal from original packaging or after expiration date; offense
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§ 16-42-21-4. Delivery of drug samples to ultimate user after removal from original packaging or after expiration date; offense
Sec. 4. A person who:
(1) is a manufacturer, wholesaler, practitioner, or pharmacist, or is an employee or agent of a manufacturer, wholesaler, practitioner, or pharmacist; and
(2) either:
(A) knowingly or intentionally removes a drug sample from its original packaging, repackages the drug sample, and delivers the drug sample to an ultimate user in exchange for money or other property; or
(B) knowingly or intentionally delivers a drug sample to an ultimate user when the expiration date listed by the manufacturer on the drug sample has passed;
commits a Class B misdemeanor.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6-12-8.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.25.
IC 16-42-22Chapter 22. Drugs: Generic Drugs
16-42-22-1"Brand name" 16-42-22-2Repealed 16-42-22-3"Customer" 16-42-22-4"Generically equivalent drug product" 16-42-22-4.5"Practitioner" 16-42-22-5"Substitute" 16-42-22-5.5Limitation of effect of chapter 16-42-22-6Prescription forms 16-42-22-7Repealed 16-42-22-8Requirements for substitution 16-42-22-9Transmission of practitioner's instructions to pharmacist 16-42-22-10Substitution prohibited 16-42-22-11Substitution of generic drugs; identification of brand name drug 16-42-22-12Identification of manufacturer or distributor of dispensed drug product on prescription
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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