Sec. 8. (a) Chymopapain is not a drug or a controlled substance under Indiana statutes governing the use, manufacture, or distribution of drugs and controlled substances within Indiana.
(b) The state department and the Indiana board of pharmacy may regulate the manufacture, distribution, and sale of chymopapain for use within Indiana only to ensure that the substance is not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of IC 16-42-3.
(c) The state department may not adopt a rule that prohibits the use of chymopapain in a hospital or health care facility licensed by the state department.
(d) The Indiana board of pharmacy may not adopt a rule that prohibits the manufacture, distribution, or sale of chymopapain by a person or in a place licensed by the Indiana board of pharmacy.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-10-6.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.25.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 42. Regulation of Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics
Chapter 24. Drugs: Use of Chymopapain
16-42-24-2. Administration Restricted
16-42-24-3. Hospital's Restricting or Forbidding Use Prohibited; Conditions
16-42-24-4. Disciplinary Action Against Attending Physician Prohibited if Use Requested by Patient
16-42-24-5. Use Permitted in Place of Other Therapies if Requested by Patient
16-42-24-6. Construction of Chapter
16-42-24-8. Regulation of Manufacture, Distribution, Sale, or Use
16-42-24-9. Manufacture, Sale, Distribution, or Prescription Not Required
16-42-24-10. Use Prohibition by Health Care Facility Facing Loss of Federal Funding