Martin R. Dix, General Counsel on behalf of Publix Super Markets, Inc., filed on January 24, 2014.; Publix is requesting that the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Drugs, Devices and Cosmetics, declare that the sale or ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Drugs, Devices and Cosmetics

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Division of Drugs, Devices and Cosmetics has received the petition for declaratory statement from Martin R. Dix, General Counsel on behalf of Publix Super Markets, Inc., filed on January 24, 2014. The petition seeks the agency’s opinion as to the applicability of Sections 499.003(54), 499.003(17), 499.005(16), and 499.001, Florida Statutes, and Rule 61N-1.012, Florida Administrative Code, as it applies to the petitioner.

Publix is requesting that the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Drugs, Devices and Cosmetics, declare that the sale or transfer of prescription drugs from one Publix pharmacy to another and from a Publix pharmacy to the Publix chain pharmacy warehouse is not the wholesale distribution of prescription drugs and, if not the wholesale distribution of prescription drugs, that these activities may be undertaken without any type of wholesale drug distribution permit and without the need for a the passage of a drug pedigree.

A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: The Division of Drugs, Devices and Cosmetics, 1940 N. Monroe Street, Suite 26A, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1047.

Please refer all comments to: Reggie Dixon, Division Director, Division of Drugs, Devices and Cosmetics, 1940 N. Monroe Street, Suite 26A, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1047, website: http://interredesignalpha/dbpr/ddc/ddc_division_notices.html.