Source: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massachusetts-law-about-prescription-medication
Timestamp: 2019-08-18 17:01:22
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 22', '§12', '§ 24', '§ 39', '§ 12', '§ 21', '§ 50', '§ 56', '§ 66', '§ 80', '§ 80', '§ 80', '§ 3', '§ 1396', 'arts 200', 'arts 300', 'arts 1300', '§ 24']

A compilation of laws, regulations, cases, and web sources on prescription medication law, including medical marijuana.
MGL c.13, §§ 22-25 Board of registration in pharmacy
MGL c.94C Controlled substances act
MGL c.94D Controlled substances therapeutic research act (research into the use of medical marijuana)
MGL c.112:
MGL c.112, §12D. Use of generics
MGL c.112, § 24. Registration of pharmacists
MGL c.112, § 39D. Report of improper dispensing
The following sections address who can write prescriptions; need to print name
MGL c.112, § 12H Physicians
MGL c.112, § 21A Podiatrists
MGL c.112, § 50A Dentists
MGL c.112, § 56B Veterinarians
MGL c.112, § 66B Optometrists
MGL c.112, § 80E Nurse Practitioners
MGL c.112, § 80G Nurse-Midwives
MGL c.112, § 80H Nurse Anesthetists
MGL c.175H, § 3 Using prescription drug coupons
105 CMR 700 Implementation of the Controlled Substances Act (MGL c. 94C)
105 CMR 720 List of interchangeable drug products
105 CMR 721 Standards for approved prescription forms in Massachusetts
105 CMR 722 Dispensing procedures for pharmacists
105 CMR 724 Implementation of the Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Act (MGL c. 94D)
21 U.S.C. Chapter 9 Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act (FD&C). U.S. Food and Drug Administration
42 U.S.C. § 1396o(e) Prohibition of denial of services on basis of individual’s inability to pay certain charges
If you are a Medicaid (MassHealth) recipient, a pharmacy may not refuse to give you your prescription because of an inability to pay
Title 21 CFR:
Subchapter C - Drugs: General, Parts 200-299
Subchapter D - Drugs for Human Use, Parts 300-499
Chapter II: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice: Parts 1300-1321 - Controlled Substances
Schedules of controlled substances: 21 CFR 1308
Drug approvals and databases, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Drug safety and availability, U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Portal to information on safety, shortages, and recalls.
Massachusetts board of registration in pharmacy: policies
The Board of Registration in Pharmacy publishes these policies in an attempt to clarify statutes and/or regulations which may appear unclear, or which may not lend themselves to varying practice settings.
Massachusetts board of registration in medicine's prescribing practices policy and guidelines (2015)
A comprehensive overview of the physician's responsibilities related to physicians' prescribing practices.
The Drug Control Program issues the Massachusetts Controlled Substances Registration (MCSR) to health care facilities, manufacturers, distributors, community-based programs, and other entities as well as to individual health care providers and researchers. The MCSR provides accountability for the manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, prescribing, and administering of controlled substances which, in Massachusetts, includes all prescription drugs.
Orange book: approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence evaluations. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 2019
Prescription drug advertising. U.S. Food and Drug Administration
MGL c.90, § 24 Drunk/drugged driving
Trying OUI cases in Massachusetts, MCLE, loose-leaf. Chapter 1: Trial Preparation, sections 1.6.5 - OUI of Prescription Drugs, and 1.6.6 - OUI of Alcohol and Prescription Drugs.
Federal rules of evidence, Rule 702. Supersedes Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 509 U.S. 579 (1993) in establishing the standard for admitting expert scientific testimony in a federal trial.
Cottam v. CVS Pharmacy, 436 Mass. 316 (2002)
Court described the "learned intermediary doctrine" wherein a physician acts as a "learned intermediary" between the drug manufacturer or distributor and the consuming patient. As a result, a pharmacy has the duty only to fill the prescription correctly. Only a physician, not a pharmacy or a drug manufacturer, has a duty to warn a customer about a drug's side effects. A pharmacy which voluntarily assumes the duty to warn, however, such as by providing a list of a drug's side effects, must exercise reasonable care. In addition, a pharmacy may have a duty to warn if it has specific knowledge of increased danger to a particular customer, such as filling 2 prescriptions which adversely interact with each other. See, for example, Brienze v. Casserly, 17 Mass.L.Rep. 214 (2003): Court held that the CVS pharmacist had a duty to warn the plaintiff that taking Ciproflaxin and Theophylline together could potentially result in adverse effects.
Massachusetts accepted the basic reasoning of Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 509 U.S. 579 (1993), concerning admissibility of scientific evidence (now in Rule 702)
Rafferty v. Merck & Co., 479 Mass. 141 (2018)
Case discusses the liability of a manufacturer of a brand-name drug for injuries caused by an inadequate warning label on a generic version of the drug. "Applying general principles of tort law and as a matter of public policy, this court concluded that a brand-name drug manufacturer that controls the contents of the warning label on a generic drug, as required by Federal law, owes a duty to consumers of that generic drug not to act in reckless disregard of an unreasonable risk of death or grave bodily injury."
Reckis v. Johnson & Johnson, 471 Mass. 272 (2015).
Failure to warn case involving children's Motrin. Court ruled that damages in excess of $50 million were not excessive.
Product liability claims involving pharmaceutical drugs. Nolo.com.
If you have been injured by a pharmaceutical drug you used, you may have a defective products claim. Pharmaceutical-drug-based product liability claims are similar to other defective product claims, but pharmaceutical-related injury claims have a number of special features, which are discussed below.
Drug product liability. Matthew Bender, loose-leaf
Massachusetts practice v. 10A (Procedural forms annotated), ThomsonWest, with supplement. Section 43:12 - Action against pharmacist - Negligent prescription; Section 43:24 - Action against psychiatrist - Negligent prescription of drugs
Massachusetts practice v. 51 (Professional malpractice), ThomsonWest, with supplement. Section 12.14 - Pharmacists; Section 13.2 - The learned intermediary doctrine
Massachusetts practice v. 52 (The law of chapter 93A), ThomsonWest, with supplement Section 9.29 - Torts --Pharmacist malpractice, pharmacies, and pharmaceutical companies
Physicians' desk reference (PDR). Thomson PDR
PDR Guide to drug interactions, side effects, and indications. Thomson PDR
Correa v. Schoeck, 479 Mass. 686 (2018)
A pharmacy has "a limited duty to take reasonable steps to notify both the patient and her prescribing physician of the need for prior authorization each time" the patient tries to fill her prescription.
Safely dispose of prescription drugs, Dept. of Environmental Protection.
Find a kiosk or one-day event near you to dispose of prescription drugs that are expired or no longer needed.