As used in this part:

(1) “Anti-rejection drug” means a prescription drug that suppresses the immune system to prevent or reverse rejection of a transplanted organ;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 63-10-501

  • Administer: means the direct application of a drug to a patient or research subject by injection, inhalation, ingestion, topical application or by any other means. See Tennessee Code 63-10-204
  • Board: means the board of pharmacy. See Tennessee Code 63-10-501
  • Department: means the department of health. See Tennessee Code 63-10-501
  • Drug: means any of the following:
    (A) Articles recognized as drugs or drug products in any official compendium or supplement thereto. See Tennessee Code 63-10-204
  • Indigent: means a person with an income that is below two hundred percent (200%) of the federal poverty level as defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the United States department of health and human services. See Tennessee Code 63-10-501
  • Manufacturer: means any person, except a pharmacist compounding in the normal course of professional practice, engaged in the commercial production, preparation, propagation, conversion or processing of a drug, either directly or indirectly, by extraction from substances of natural origin or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or both, and includes any packaging or repackaging of a drug or the labeling or relabeling of its container and the promotion and marketing of such drugs or devices. See Tennessee Code 63-10-204
  • Medical facility: means any of the following:
    (A) A physician's office. See Tennessee Code 63-10-501
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, association, corporation and the state, its departments, agencies and employees, and the political subdivisions of Tennessee and their departments, agencies and employees, except the department of health and local health departments. See Tennessee Code 63-10-204
  • Pharmacy: means a pharmacy as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 63-10-501
  • Prescription drug: means the same as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 63-10-501
  • Supplies: means the supplies necessary to administer the prescription drugs donated. See Tennessee Code 63-10-501
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(2) “Board” means the board of pharmacy;
(3) “Cancer drug” means a prescription drug that is used to treat any of the following:

(A) Cancer or the side effects of cancer; or
(B) The side effects of any prescription drug that is used to treat cancer or the side effects of cancer;
(4) “Controlled substance” means the same as defined in § 39-17-402;
(5) “Department” means the department of health;
(6) “Donor” means a person, a pharmacy, or medical facility as well as any drug manufacturer or wholesaler licensed by the board of pharmacy, who donates prescription drugs to a repository program approved pursuant to this part;
(7) “Eligible individual” means an indigent person or an uninsured person who meets all other criteria established by board rule;
(8) “Indigent” means a person with an income that is below two hundred percent (200%) of the federal poverty level as defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the United States department of health and human services;
(9) “Medical facility” means any of the following:

(A) A physician’s office;
(B) A hospital;
(C) A health clinic;
(D) A nonprofit health clinic, which includes a federally qualified health center as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1396d(l)(2)(B); a rural health clinic, as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1396d(l)(1); and a nonprofit health clinic that provides medical care to patients who are indigent, uninsured, or underinsured;
(E) A free clinic as defined in § 63-6-703;
(F) A charitable organization as defined in § 48-101-501; or
(G) A nursing home as defined in § 68-11-201;
(10) “Pharmacy” means a pharmacy as defined in § 63-10-204;
(11) “Prescription drug” means the same as defined in § 63-10-204, except the drug is only tablet or capsule form, and includes cancer drugs and anti-rejection drugs, but does not include controlled substances and drugs covered by the risk evaluation and mitigation strategy program of the federal food and drug administration; and
(12) “Supplies” means the supplies necessary to administer the prescription drugs donated.
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