Vermont § 4091 - Definitions As used in this subchapter:

§ 4091. Definitions As used in this subchapter:

• (1) “Direct solicitation” means direct contact, including telephone, computer, email,
  instant messaging, or in-person contact, by a pharmacy provider or its agent to an
  individual covered under a health insurance plan without the covered individual’s
  consent for the purpose of marketing the pharmacy provider’s services. (2) “Health care professional” means an individual licensed to practice medicine under
  26 V.S.A. chapter 23 or 33, an individual licensed as a physician assistant under 26 V.S.A. chapter 31, or an individual licensed as an advanced practice registered nurse under 26 V.S.A. chapter 28. (3) “Health insurance plan” has the same meaning as in section 4011 of this chapter and
  includes prescription drug benefits managed by a health insurer or by a pharmacy benefit
  manager on behalf of a health insurer. (4) “Interchangeable biological products” has the same meaning as in 18 V.S.A. § 4601. (5) “Out-of-pocket expenditure” means a co-payment, coinsurance, deductible, or other
  cost-sharing mechanism. (6) “Pharmacy benefit manager” means an entity that performs pharmacy benefit management.
  “Pharmacy benefit management” means an arrangement for the procurement of prescription
  drugs at negotiated dispensing rates, the administration or management of prescription
  drug benefits provided by a health insurance plan for the benefit of beneficiaries,
  or any of the following services provided with regard to the administration of pharmacy
  benefits: (A) mail service pharmacy; (B) claims processing, retail network management, and payment of claims to pharmacies
  for prescription drugs dispensed to beneficiaries; (C) clinical formulary development and management services; (D) rebate contracting and administration; (E) certain patient compliance, therapeutic intervention, and generic substitution programs;
  and (F) disease management programs. (7) “Pharmacy benefit manager affiliate” means a pharmacy or pharmacist that, directly
  or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, is owned or controlled by, or is
  under common ownership or control with, a pharmacy benefit manager. (8) “Prescription drug” or “drug” has the same meaning as “prescription drug” in 26 V.S.A. § 2022 and includes: (A) biological products, as defined in 18 V.S.A. § 4601; (B) medications used to treat complex, chronic conditions, including medications that
  require administration, infusion, or injection by a health care professional; (C) medications for which the manufacturer or the U.S