102 STAT. 96
PUBLIC LAW 100-293—APR. 22, 1988 branded, subpotent, or expired drugs will be sold to American consumers. SEC. 3. REIMPORTATION.
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Section 801 (21 U.S.C. 381) is amended by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e) and by inserting after subsection (c) the following: "(d)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no drug subject to section 503(b) which is manufactured in a State and exported may be imported into the United States unless the drug is imported by the person who manufactured the drug. "(2) The Secretary may authorize the importation of a drug the importation of which is prohibited by paragraph (1) if the drug is required for emergency medical care.". SEC. 4. SALES RESTRICTIONS.
Section 503 (21 U.S.C. 353) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(c)(1) No person may sell, purchase, or trade or offer to sell, purchase, or trade any drug sample. For purposes of this paragraph and subsection (d), the term 'drug sample' means a unit of a drug, subject to subsection (b), which is not intended to be sold and is intended to promote the sale of the drug. Nothing in this paragraph shall subject an officer or executive of a drug manufacturer or distributor to criminal liability solely because of a sale, purchase, trade, or offer to sell, purchase, or trade in violation of this paragraph by other employees of the manufacturer or distributor. "(2) No person may sell, purchase, or trade, offer to sell, purchase, or trade, or counterfeit any coupon. For purposes of this paragraph, the term 'coupon' means a form which may be redeemed, at no cost or at a reduced cost, for a drug which is prescribed in accordance with section 503(b). "(3)(A) No person may sell, purchase, or trade, or offer to sell, purchase, or trade, any drug— "(i) which is subject to subsection (b), and "(ii)(I) which was purchased by a public or private hospital or other health care entity, or "(II) which was donated or supplied at a reduced price to a charitable organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. "(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to— "(i) the purchase or other acquisition by a hospital or other health care entity which is a member of a group purchasing organization of a drug for its own use from the group purcheising organization or from other hospitals or health care entities which are members of such organization, "(ii) the sale, purchase, or trade of a drug or an offer to sell, purchase, or trade a drug by an organization described in subparagraph (A)(iiXII) to a nonprofit affiliate of the organization to the extent otherwise permitted by law, "(iii) a sale, purchase, or trade of a drug or an offer to sell, purchase, or trade a drug among hospitals or other health care entities which are under common control, "(iv) a sale, purchase, or trade of a drug or an offer to sell, purchase, or trade a drug for emergency medical reasons, or
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