(a) In addition to other information that may be required under state or federal laws or regulations, a pharmacist, when dispensing a brand-name prescription drug order that is

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 08.80.294

  • biological product: means a product that is applicable to the prevention, treatment, or cure of a disease or condition of human beings, and is a virus, therapeutic serum, toxin, antitoxin, vaccine, blood, blood component or derivative, allergenic product, protein other than a chemically synthesized polypeptide, or analogous product, or arsphenamine or derivative of arsphenamine or any other trivalent organic arsenic compound. See Alaska Statutes 08.80.480
  • dispensing: means the preparation and delivery of a drug or device to a patient or patient's agent under a lawful order of a practitioner in a suitable container appropriately labeled for subsequent administration to, or use by, a patient. See Alaska Statutes 08.80.480
  • drug: means an article recognized as a drug in an official compendium, or supplement to an official compendium. See Alaska Statutes 08.80.480
  • equivalent drug product: means a drug product that has the same established name, active ingredients, strength or concentration, and route of administration and that is formulated to contain the same amount of active ingredients in the same dosage form and to meet the same compendia or other applicable standards for strength, quality, purity, and identity, but that may differ in characteristics such as shape, scoring configuration, packaging, excipients including colors, flavors, preservatives, and expiration time. See Alaska Statutes 08.80.480
  • pharmacist: means an individual currently licensed by this state to engage in the practice of pharmacy. See Alaska Statutes 08.80.480
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) not a biological product, shall include the generic drug name that is an equivalent drug product for the drug dispensed;
(2) a biological product, shall include the dispensed product’s

(A) proprietary name, if available; or
(B) proper name.
(b) The generic drug name or proprietary or proper biological product name required under (a) of this section shall be placed directly on the container’s label near the brand name.
(c) In this section,

(1) “proper name” means a name that reflects scientific characteristics of the product such as chemical structure and pharmacological properties;
(2) “proprietary name” means a name that is trademarked and registered for private use.