406.1 The following shall be exempt from licensure and registration:
- (a) Manufacturers' representatives that distribute drug samples;
- (b) Distributors' representatives that distribute drug samples;
- (c) Group purchasing organizations established to maintain and to operate for the purchase of drugs for distribution exclusively to its members;
- (d) Intracompany distribution of products, namely to retail stores that are under common ownership or within the same corporate structure; and
- (e) The sale, purchase, or trade of a drug or an offer to sell, purchase, or trade a drug for "emergency medical reasons" which includes transfers of prescription drugs by a retail pharmacy to another retail pharmacy to alleviate a temporary shortage.
SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 7729, 7733 (October 16, 1992).