North Carolina SB 234: Require Letter Grade Rating on Generic Drugs.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2015
S 1
SENATE BILL 234

Short Title: Require Letter Grade Rating on Generic Drugs. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Bingham (Primary Sponsor); Rabin and Robinson.
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate.
March 11, 2015
*S234-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT ENHANCING STANDARDS FOR PRESCRIBING EQUIVALENT DRUG 2
PRODUCTS BY REQUIRING THESE PRODUCTS TO BE LABELED WITH THE 3
UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION THERAPEUTIC 4
EQUIVALENCE CODE. 5
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 6
SECTION 1. G.S. 90-85.28(a) reads as rewritten: 7
"(a) A pharmacist dispensing a prescription for a drug product prescribed by its brand 8
name may select any equivalent drug product which meets all of the following standards: 9
(1) The manufacturer's name andname; the distributor's name, if different from 10
the manufacturer's name,name; and the United States Food and Drug 11
Administration therapeutic equivalence code shall appear on the label of the 12
stock package;package. 13
(2) It shall be manufactured in accordance with current good manufacturing 14
practices;practices. 15
(3) Effective January 1, 1982, allAll oral solid dosage forms shall have a logo, 16
or other identification mark, or the product name to identify the 17
manufacturer or distributor;distributor. 18
(4) The manufacturer shall have adequate provisions for drug recall; andrecall. 19
(5) The manufacturer shall have adequate provisions for return of outdated 20
drugs, through the distributor or otherwise." 21
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2015. 22