As used in this chapter: (1) 'Brand name' means the proprietary or trade name placed upon a drug, its container, label or wrapping at the time of packaging; (2) 'Generic name' means the United States Adopted Name (USAN) or the official title of a drug published in the latest edition of a nationally recognized pharmacopoeia or formulary; (3) 'Substitute' means to dispense, with the practitioner's authorization, a 'therapeutically equivalent' generic drug product of identical drug salt or an interchangeable biological product in place of the drug or biological product ordered or prescribed; (4) 'Therapeutically equivalent' means the same efficacy and toxicity when administered to an individual in the same dosage form; and (5) 'Practitioner' means a physician, osteopath, dentist, podiatrist, veterinarian, or any other person authorized to prescribe drugs under the laws of this State. HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 595 Section 2; 2017 Act No. 11 (H.3438), Section 1, eff April 24, 2017.
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