Solutions Graded A+
Active pharmaceutical ingredient - Answer: includes any substance or mixture of substances intended,
represented, or labeled for use in drug manufacturing that furnishes or is intended to furnish, in a
finished dosage form, any pharmacological activity or other direct effect in the diagnosis, cure,
mitigation, treatment, therapy, or prevention of disease in humans or other animals, or to affect the
structure or any function of the body of humans or animals.
"Advertisement" - Answer: any representation disseminated in any manner or by any means, other than
by labeling, for the purpose of inducing, or which is likely to induce, directly or indirectly, the purchase
of drugs, devices, or cosmetics.
"Affiliate"* - Answer: a business entity that has a relationship with another business entity in which,
directly or indirectly: (a) The business entity controls, or has the power to control, the other business
entity; or (b) A third party controls, or has the power to control, both business entities.
"Affiliated party"** (KNOW THIS) - Answer: means: (a) A director, officer, trustee, partner, or committee
member of a permittee or applicant or a subsidiary or service corporation of the permittee or applicant;
(b) A person who, directly or indirectly, manages, controls, or oversees the operation of a permittee or
applicant, regardless of whether such person is a partner, shareholder, manager, member, officer,
director, independent contractor, or employee of the permittee or applicant; (c) A person who has filed
or is required to file a personal information statement pursuant to s. 499.012(9) or is required to be
identified in an application for a permit or to renew a permit pursuant to s. 499.012(8); or (d) The five
largest natural shareholders that own at least 5 percent of the permittee or applicant.
"Applicant" - Answer: means a person applying for a permit or certification under this part.
"Certificate of free sale" - Answer: means a document prepared by the department which certifies a
drug, device, or cosmetic, that is registered with the department, as one that can be legally sold in the
state.
"Chain pharmacy warehouse" - Answer: means a distributor permitted pursuant to s. 499.01 that
maintains a physical location for prescription drugs that functions solely as a central warehouse to
perform intracompany transfers of such drugs between members of an affiliate.
, "Closed pharmacy" - Answer: means a pharmacy that is licensed under chapter 465 and purchases
prescription drugs for use by a limited patient population and not for wholesale distribution or sale to
the public. The term does not include retail pharmacies.
"Color" - Answer: includes black, white, and intermediate grays.
"Color additive" - Answer: means, with the exception of any material that has been or hereafter is
exempt under the federal act, a material that: (a) Is a dye pigment, or other substance, made by a
process of synthesis or similar artifice, or extracted, isolated, or otherwise derived, with or without
intermediate or final change of identity from a vegetable, animal, mineral, or other source; or (b) When
added or applied to a drug or cosmetic or to the human body, or any part thereof, is capable alone, or
through reaction with other substances, of imparting color thereto.
"Cosmetic" - Answer: means an article, with the exception of soap, that is: (a) Intended to be rubbed,
poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on; introduced into; or otherwise applied to the human body or any part
thereof for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance; or (b) Intended
for use as a component of any such article.
"Department"* - Answer: means the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.(DBPR)
"Device" - Answer: means any instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in
vitro reagent, or other similar or related article, including its components, parts, or accessories, which is:
(a) Recognized in the current edition of the United States Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary, or
any supplement thereof, (b) Intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, therapy, or
prevention of disease in humans or other animals, or (c) Intended to affect the structure or any function
of the body of humans or other animals, and that does not achieve any of its principal intended
purposes through chemical action within or on the body of humans or other animals and which is not
dependent upon being metabolized for the achievement of any of its principal intended purposes.
"Distribute" or "distribution"** - Answer: means to sell, purchase, trade, deliver, handle, store, or
receive. The term does not mean to administer or dispense. REMEMBER THAT DISTRIBUTION DOES NOT
REQUIRE MONEY TO CHANGE HANDS NOR DOES IT REQUIRE TOUCHING THE DRUG. THEREFORE,
VIRTUAL ENTITIES OR BROKERS STILL DISTRIBUTE AS DEFINED HERE