| Names | Defention |
| 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. |
