(a) There is exempt from the sales and use tax samples produced by a pharmaceutical plant within the state for future distribution outside of the state or temporarily stored by such pharmaceutical plant within the state for future distribution outside of the state.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-6-319

  • Prescription: means an order, formula or recipe issued in any form of oral, written, electronic, or other means of transmission by a duly licensed practitioner authorized by the laws of this state. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Use: means and includes the exercise of any right or power over tangible personal property incident to the ownership thereof, except that it does not include the sale at retail of that property in the regular course of business. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
  • Use tax: includes the "use" "consumption" "distribution" and "storage" as defined in this section. See Tennessee Code 67-6-102
(b) There is exempt from the sales and use tax imposed by this chapter prescription drugs distributed free of charge by the manufacturer, including packaging materials and constituent elements and ingredients.