Ariz. Admin. Code § 4-38-201

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 45, November 8, 2024
Section R4-38-201 - Definitions

In addition to the definitions in A.R.S. §§ 32-2901, 32-2933, and 32-2951, the following definitions apply in this Chapter:

1. "Administer" means the direct application of a controlled substance, prescription-only drug, dangerous drug as defined in A.R.S. § 13-3401, narcotic drug as defined in A.R.S. § 13-3401, homeopathic medication, natural substance, or non-prescription drug, whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient or research subject by a homeopathic physician, a homeopathic physician's nurse or assistant, or by the patient or research subject at a homeopathic physician's direction.

2. "Label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter on the immediate container of an article and, on the outside wrapper or container, if the display on the immediate wrapper or container is not easily legible through the outside wrapper.

3. "Labeling" means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter:

a. On an article or any of its containers or wrappers and

b. Accompanying the article.

4. "Manufacturer" means each person who prepares, derives, produces, compounds, processes, packages or repackages, or labels a drug in a place devoted to manufacturing the drug, but does not include a pharmacy, pharmacist, or physician.

5. "Natural substance" means an herbal phytotherapeutic or oxygen, carbon, or nitrogen-based therapeutic agent, vitamin, mineral, or food-factor concentrate isolated from animal, vegetable, or mineral sources for nutritional augmentation.

6. "Official compendium" means the latest revisions of the Pharmacopoeia of the United States and the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, the latest revision of the National Formulary, or any current supplement.

7. "Packaging" means the act or process of placing a drug in a container to dispense or distribute the drug.

8. "Pharmaceutical drug" means a drug intended for use in preventing or curing disease or relieving pain.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-38-201

Adopted effective September 13, 1993 (Supp. 93-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 9 A.A.R. 1599, effective July 5, 2003 (Supp. 03-2).