HLS 18RS-209 ORIGINAL
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 45
BY REPRESENTATIVE CONNICK
LICENSING: Requires third-party logistics providers to obtain controlled dangerous
substance licenses
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 40:972(B)(7) through (14) and 973(A)(1) and to enact R.S.
3 40:961(41) and 972(B)(15), relative to entities required to obtain a controlled
4 dangerous substance license issued by the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy; to establish
5 within the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law a definition of "third-
6 party logistics provider"; to require such providers to obtain controlled dangerous
7 substance licenses; to provide relative to fees collected by the Louisiana Board of
8 Pharmacy for registration and licensing; to establish the fee for a controlled
9 dangerous substance license for third-party logistics providers; and to provide for
10 related matters.
11Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
12 Section 1. R.S. 40:972(B)(7) through (14) and 973(A)(1) are hereby amended and
13reenacted and R.S. 40:961(41) and 972(B)(15) are hereby enacted to read as follows:
14 §961. Definitions
15 As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to
16 them in this Section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
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18 (41) "Third-party logistics provider" means a person who provides or
19 coordinates warehousing, facilitation of delivery, or other logistic services for a
20 legend drug or legend device in interstate and intrastate commerce on behalf of a
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1 manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser of a legend drug or legend device but does not
2 take ownership of the legend drug or legend device nor have responsibility to direct
3 the sale or disposition of the legend drug or legend device.
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5 §972. Rules and regulations and fees
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7 B. The fees collected by the Board of Pharmacy for registration and licensing
8 shall not exceed the following schedule:
9 Minimum
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11 (7)Third-party logistics provider $50.00
12 (8)Practitioner $20.00
13 (8) (9) Intern/Resident $20.00
14 (9) (10) Drug Detection/Canine $30.00
15 (10) (11) Researcher $30.00
16 (11) (12) Sales representative (or medical service representative
17 or detail person) $20.00
18 (12) (13) Other (schools, laboratories, crime laboratories, coroners,
19 ambulance services, analytical laboratories, etc.)$20.00
20 (13) (14) Duplicate/Replacement fee $5.00
21 (14) (15) Delinquent fee
22 (30 days after expiration/assessed per year) $10.00
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24 §973. Licensing requirements
25 A.(1) Every person who conducts research with, manufactures, distributes,
26 procures, possesses, prescribes, or dispenses any controlled dangerous substance
27 within this state, including third-party logistics providers, or who proposes to engage
28 in the research, manufacture, distribution, procurement, possession, prescribing, or
29 dispensing of any controlled dangerous substance within this state, including third-
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1 party logistics providers, shall obtain a controlled dangerous substance license issued
2 by the Board of Pharmacy in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated
3 by it prior to engaging in such activity.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 45 Original 2018 Regular Session Connick
Abstract: Defines "third-party logistics provider" for purposes of the Uniform Controlled
Dangerous Substances Law and requires such providers to obtain controlled
dangerous substance licenses from the La. Board of Pharmacy.
Proposed law adds the following defined term and corresponding definition to present law
comprising the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law (R.S. 40:961 et seq.):
""Third-party logistics provider" means a person who provides or coordinates
warehousing, facilitation of delivery, or other logistic services for a legend drug or
legend device in interstate and intrastate commerce on behalf of a manufacturer,
distributor, or dispenser of a legend drug or legend device but does not take
ownership of the legend drug or legend device nor have responsibility to direct the
sale or disposition of the legend drug or legend device."
Present law provides that every person who conducts research with, manufactures,
distributes, procures, possesses, prescribes, or dispenses any controlled dangerous substance
within La., or who proposes to do so, shall obtain a controlled dangerous substance license
issued by the La. Board of Pharmacy prior to engaging in such activity.
Present law authorizes the La. Board of Pharmacy to collect fees for the issuance of
controlled dangerous substance licenses in accordance with a certain fee schedule.
Proposed law adds to present law a requirement that third-party logistics providers obtain
controlled dangerous substance licenses. Establishes that the fee for such licenses is $50.
(Amends R.S. 40:972(B)(7)-(14) and 973(A)(1); Adds R.S. 40:961(41) and 972(B)(15))
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