Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 56 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-56-413) › Subchapter 2 - FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-56-223) › Section 20-56-211 - Misbranded drug or device

A drug or device shall be deemed to be misbranded:
(1)
If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular;
(2)
If in package form unless it bears a label containing:
(A)
The name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor. However, in the case of any drug subject to subdivision (11) of this section, the label shall contain the name and place of business of the manufacturer of the final dosage form of the drug and, if different, the name and place of business of the packer or distributor thereof; and
(B)
An accurate statement of the quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count. Reasonable variations shall be permitted, and exemptions as to small packages shall be established, by rules prescribed by the State Board of Health;
(3)
If any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of this subchapter to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness, as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices in the labeling, and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use;
(4)
If it is for use by humans and contains any quantity of narcotic or hypnotic substance, alpha-sucaine, barbituric acid, beta-sucaine, bromal, cannabis, carbromal, chloral, coca, cocaine, codeine, heroin, marijuana, morphine, opium, paraldehyde, peyote, or sulphonmethane, or any chemical derivative of such substances, which derivative has been designated as habit-forming by regulations promulgated under § 502(d) [repealed] of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act unless its label bears the name and quantity or proportion of the substance or derivative and in juxtaposition therewith the statement "Warning - May be habit-forming";
(5)
If it is a drug and is not designated solely by a name recognized in an official compendium unless its label bears:
(A)
The common or usual name of the drug, if there is any; and
(B)
In case it is fabricated from two (2) or more ingredients, the common or usual name of each active ingredient, including the kind and quantity or proportion of any alcohol, and also including, whether active or not, the name and quantity or proportion of any bromides, ether, chloroform, acetanilid, acetophenetidin, amidopyrine, antipyrine, atropine, hyoscine, hyoscyamine, arsenic, digitalis, glucosides, mercury, ouabain, stophanthin, strychnine, thyroid, or any derivative or preparation of any such substances contained therein. However, to the extent that compliance with the requirements of this subdivision (5)(B) is impracticable, exemptions shall be established by rules promulgated by the board;
(6)
Unless its labeling bears:
(A)
Adequate directions for use; and
(B)
Such adequate warning against use in those pathological conditions or by children where its use may be dangerous to health, or against unsafe dosage or methods or duration of administration or application, in such manner and form as are necessary for the protection of users. However, where any requirement of subdivision (6)(A) of this section as applied to any drug or device is not necessary for the protection of the public health, the board shall promulgate rules exempting the drug or device from the requirements;
(7)
If it purports to be a drug the name of which is recognized in an official compendium, unless it is packaged and labeled as prescribed therein. However, the method of packing may be modified with the consent of the board. Whenever a drug is recognized in both the
United States Pharmacopoeia
and the
Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States
, it shall be subject to the requirements of the
United States Pharmacopoeia
with respect to packaging and labeling unless it is labeled and offered for sale as a homeopathic drug, in which case it shall be subject to the provisions of the
Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States
and not to those of the
United States Pharmacopoeia
;
(8)
If it has been found by the board to be a drug liable to deterioration, unless it is packaged in such form and manner and its label bears a statement of such precautions as the board shall by rule require as necessary for the protection of public health. No such rules shall be established for any drug recognized in an official compendium until the board shall have informed the appropriate body charged with the revision of the compendium of the need for the packaging or labeling requirements and the body shall have failed within a reasonable time to prescribe the requirements;
(9)
(A)
If it is a drug and its container is so made, formed, or filled as to be misleading.
(B)
If it is an imitation of another drug.
(C)
If it is offered for sale under the name of another drug;
(10)
If it is dangerous to health when used in the dosage or with the frequency or duration prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the labeling thereof; or
(11)
If it is a drug other than those covered by Acts 1951, No. 184 [repealed], and intended for use by humans which:
(A)
Is a habit-forming drug to which subdivision (4) of this section applies;
(B)
Because of its toxicity or other potentiality for harmful effect, or the method of use, or the collateral measures necessary to its use, is not safe for use except under the supervision of a physician, dentist, or veterinarian; or
(C)
Is limited by an effective application under § 505 [repealed] of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to use under professional supervision by a physician, dentist, or veterinarian unless it is dispensed only:
(i)
Upon a written prescription of a physician, dentist, or veterinarian; or
(ii)
(a)
By refilling a written or oral prescription if the refilling is authorized by the prescriber.
(b)
However, a drug dispensed by filling or refilling a written prescription of a physician, dentist, or veterinarian is exempt from the requirements of this section except subdivisions (1) and (9) of this section if the drug bears a label containing:
(1)
The name and address of the dispenser;
(2)
The serial number and date of the prescription or its filling;
(3)
The name of the prescriber;
(4)
If stated in the prescription, the name of the patient; and
(5)
The directions for use and cautionary statements, if any, contained in the prescription.
(c)
This exemption does not apply to a drug dispensed in the course of the conduct of a business of dispensing drugs pursuant to diagnosis by mail.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2169, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2168, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2167, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2166, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 1331,§ 3, eff. 8/16/2013.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 1331,§ 2, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1953, No. 415, § 15; 1977, No. 938, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-1115.