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S. 2825 (93rd)

Drug Identification Act

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Introduced

19 December 1973

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Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.

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Summary

Drug Identification Act - Allows the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, by regulation, to establish a uniform code or system of coding applicable to prescription drugs consisting of symbols representing: (1) the identity of the manufacturer of each drug; (2) the identity of the drug; (3) the identity of the final packager (if different from the manufacturer) of the drug; (4) the dosage form and strength of the drug; and (5) the number of drug units in the immediate container of the drug. Provides that, if it is a prescription drug, the immediate and outside containers thereof shall bear a label which has prominently placed thereon the symbol or symbols in the code as listed above.

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