(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, pharmacies and home health care providers engaged in the business of rendering outpatient health care services to human beings are the consumers or users of all tangible personal property or taxable services purchased for use, consumption or rental in providing the health care service. The sellers of taxable services or of tangible personal property not otherwise exempt from tax must collect from the pharmacy or home health care provider the appropriate tax, unless the pharmacy or home health care provider is exempt from paying the sales or use tax under § 67-6-322.(b) For purposes of this section, the tangible personal property subject to tax when purchased for use in rendering outpatient health care services in the home or residence of a patient shall include, but not be limited to, mobility enhancing equipment and all durable medical equipment other than oxygen delivery equipment, kidney dialysis equipment and enteral feeding systems.Acts 1996, ch. 1057, § 2; 2008, ch. 1106, § 8.
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