Effective 28 Aug 2010

338.335. Separate licenses required, when — exemptions. — 1. Separate licenses shall be required for each distribution site owned or operated by a wholesale drug distributor or pharmacy distributor unless drugs are delivered only on a consignment basis as defined by the board, or the entity meets the requirements of subsection 2 of this section.

2. A wholesale drug distributor distributing drug-related devices in Missouri is not required to obtain a license from the board for out-of-state distribution sites owned by the wholesale drug distributor if:

(1) The wholesale drug distributor has one or more distribution sites located in Missouri, and all such in-state distribution sites receiving shipments of drug-related devices are licensed by the board as a distributor;

(2) The wholesale drug distributor's out-of-state distribution sites shipping to the in-state distribution site are in compliance with their respective state's licensing laws;

(3) The wholesale drug distributor's out-of-state distribution sites that deliver drug-related devices regulated by the board into Missouri for patient use deliver such devices only to the licensed wholesale drug distributor's in-state distribution site.

3. A Missouri wholesale drug distributor receiving shipments of drug-related devices from an out-of-state facility that is not required to be licensed as a distributor pursuant to subsection 2 of this section shall be responsible for all shipments received.

­­--------

(L. 1998 S.B. 940, A.L. 2010 H.B. 2226, et al.)