Sec. 1. 32 MRSA c. 117, sub-c. 13 is enacted to read:

SUBCHAPTER 13

WHOLESALE LICENSURE AND PRESCRIPTION

MEDICATION INTEGRITY ACT

§13841.__Short title

This subchapter may be known and cited as "the Wholesale Licensure and Prescription Medication Integrity Act."

§13842.__Definitions

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

1. Authenticate.__"Authenticate" means to affirmatively verify before distribution of a prescription drug that each transaction listed on the pedigree has occurred.

2. Facility.__"Facility" means a facility of a wholesale drug distributor where prescription drugs are stored, handled, repackaged or offered for sale.

3. Normal distribution chain.__"Normal distribution chain" means a chain of custody for a prescription drug that goes from a manufacturer to a wholesaler to a pharmacy to a consumer.

4. Pedigree.__"Pedigree" means a document or electronic file containing information that records each distribution of a prescription drug, from sale by a manufacturer through acquisition and sale by a drug wholesaler, distributor or repackager until final sale to a pharmacy or other person dispensing or administering the prescription drug.

5. Prescription drug.__"Prescription drug" means a drug, including a biological product, required by federal law or regulation to be dispensed by a prescription, including finished dosage forms and bulk drug substances subject to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 United States Code, Section 503(b).__"Prescription drug" does not include blood or blood components intended for transfusion or biological products that are medical devices.