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Terms ð
Names | Defention |
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Brand Name | The name under which the manufacturer markets a drug also known as the trade name. |
Child Resistant Container | A medication container with a special lid that cannot be opened by 80 % of children but can be opened by 90% of adults access in order to reduce the number of accidental poisoning . |
Civil Laws | The areas of the law that concern us citizens and the crimes they commit against one another . |
Common Laws | The system of precedents established by decisions in cases throughout legal history. |
Controlled Substances | A drug with potential for abuse organized into five schedules that specify the way the drug must be stored dispensed recorded and inventoried. |
Controlled Substances Act (CSA) | Laws created to combat and control drug abuse. |
Defendent | One who defends against accusations brought forward in a lawsuit. |
Drug Enforcement Administration | The branch of the U.S justice department that is responsible for regulating the sale and use of drug with abuse potential. |
Food And Drug Administration | The agency of the federal government that is responsible for ensuring the safety and efficacy of food and drugs prepared for the market. |
Generic Name | A common name that is given to a drug regardless of brand name sometimes denotes a drug that is not protected by a trademark for example acetaminophen is the generic drug name for tylenol |
Laws | A rule that is designed to protect the public and usually enforced through local state or federal governments. |
Law Of Agency And Contracts | The general principle that allowed and employee to enter into contract on the employer's behalf. |
Malpractice | A form of negligence in which the standard of care was not met and was a direct cause of injury . |
National Association of Boards of pharmacy | An organization that represents the practice of pharmacy in each state and develop pharmacist licensure exams. |
Negligence | A tort for not providing the minimum standard of care. |
New Drug Application | The process through which drug sponsors formally propose that the FDA approve a new pharmaceutical for sale and marketing in the united states. |
Orphan Drug | A medication approved by the FDA to treat rare diseases. |
Plaintiff | One who files a lawsuit for the courts to decide. |
Professional Standards | Guideline of acceptable behavior and performance established by professional associations. |
Reciprocation | The administrative process for relicensure of pharmacists in another state. |
Regulation | A written rule and procedure that exists to carry out a law of the state or federal government. |
Regulation Laws | The system of rules and regulations established by government bodies. |
Standards | A set of criteria to measure product quality or professional performance against a norm. |
Standard of care | The usual and customary level of practice in the community. |
Tort | The legal terms for personal injuries that one citizen commits against another in a lawsuit . |
United States Pharmacopoeia | The independent scientific organization responsible for setting official quality standards for all drugs sold in the united states as well as standards for practice . |
United States Pharmacopoeia National Formulary | A book that contains u.s standards for medicines dosage forms drug substances expedients or inactive substances medical devices and dietary supplements. |