Drug Importation Promotion and Safety Act

Bill: 108-hr-4790
Sponsor: Rep. John, Christopher [D-LA-7]
Introduced: 2004-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accreditation (Medical care)
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Advertising
Australia
Business records
Canada
Charitable contributions
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Deceptive advertising
Defective products
Department of Health and Human Services
Directories
Drug abuse
Drug industry
Drug interactions
Drugs
East Asia
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic commerce
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Europe
European Union
Executive reorganization
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Health information systems
Identification devices
Import restrictions
Imports
Injunctions
Intellectual property
Interactive media
Internet
Japan
Labeling
Law
Liability (Law)
Licenses
Medical records
Medication abuse
New Zealand
Oceania
Packaging
Patients' rights
Performance measurement
Pharmacies
Pharmacists
Physicians
Prescription pricing
Product counterfeiting
Product safety
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Switzerland
Telephone
Web sites
Wholesale trade

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: 
Drug Importation Promotion and Safety Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish the Office of Drug Importation Promotion and Safety.
 
Allows a registered drug importation facility, pharmacy, Internet pharmacy, or wholesaler to import a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved prescription drug from Canada or a permitted country.
 
Prohibits the commingling of domestic and imported prescription drugs.
 
Requires a pharmacy or Internet pharmacy that dispenses an imported prescription drug to label such drug accordingly.
 
Allows individuals to import prescription drugs from: (1) a registered Internet pharmacy; or (2) licensed pharmacies for personal use.
 
Allows the Secretary to suspend importation of a particular drug from a particular facility, pharmacy, wholesaler, or country.
 
Allows licensed Internet pharmacies to dispense prescription drugs. Sets forth licensing requirements for Internet pharmacies.
 
Makes interactive computer service providers and advertising service providers liable for violations under this Act if such a provider accepts advertising: (1) for a prescription drug from an unlicensed Internet pharmacy; or (2) stating that an individual does not need a prescription to obtain a prescription drug. 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) require the adoption and use of electronic track and trace technology to identify each sale, purchase, or trade of a prescription drug; and (2) establish a network to provide prompt notification of counterfeit drugs and to facilitate the identification and reporting of such drugs.
 
Sets forth requirements for wholesalers, including requirements to identify the immediately previous distributor of record and all previous sales, purchases, or trades for imported prescription drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House