As used in this part unless the context otherwise requires:
- (1) “Board” means the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy;
(2) “Person” includes:
- (A) An individual;
- (B) A general or limited partnership;
- (C) A corporation;
- (D) A business firm;
- (E) A limited liability company; and
- (F) An association;
- (3) “List I chemical” means ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine or their salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers, alone or in a mixture;
- (4) “Manufacturer” means anyone who is engaged in manufacturing, preparing, propagating, compounding, processing, packaging, repackaging, or labeling of a List I chemical;
- (5) “Wholesale distribution” means the distribution of List I chemicals to persons other than consumers or patients, but does not include entities exempt by Arkansas Code § 5-64-1006 as amended by Acts 2001, No. 1209; and
(6)
(A) “Wholesale distributor” means any person engaged in wholesale distribution of List I chemicals, including but not limited to:
- (i) Manufacturers;
- (ii) Repackers;
- (iii) Own-label distributors;
- (iv) Private label distributors;
- (v) Jobbers;
- (vi) Brokers;
(vii) Warehouses, including:
- (a) (a) Manufacturers’ and distributors’ warehouses;
- (b) (b) Chain drug warehouses; and
- (c) (c) Wholesale drug warehouses;
- (viii) Independent wholesale drug traders;
- (ix) List I chemical repackagers;
- (x) Physicians;
- (xi) Dentists;
- (xii) Veterinarians;
- (xiii) Clinics;
- (xiv) Individuals;
- (xv) Hospitals;
- (xvi) Nursing homes and their providers; and
- (xvii) Retail and hospital pharmacies that conduct wholesale distributions.
- (B) A wholesale distributor shall not include any for-hire carrier or person or entity hired solely to transport List I chemicals.