Foundational Laws
What law was passed in 1906 to prohibit the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs?
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
This 1970 act created the drug schedules and classified controlled substances.
What is the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act?
This agency oversees drug approvals and labeling.
What is the FDA?
This 1996 law protects patient health information.
What is HIPAA?
This 1994 act regulates dietary supplements.
What is the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act?
This 1914 act regulated and taxed narcotics.
What is the Harrison Narcotics Act?
This act requires child-resistant packaging for most drugs.
What is the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970?
This agency tracks disease outbreaks and supports immunizations.
What is the CDC?
This act established Medicare Part D for prescription coverage.
What is the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003?
This 1984 act allows for generic drug approval.
What is the Drug Price Competition and Patent-Term Restoration Act?
This 1938 act required proof of drug safety before marketing.
What is the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act?
This act created the OSHA organization to ensure workplace safety.
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970?
This agency enforces laws related to controlled substances.
What is the DEA?
This act created the iPledge program for isotretinoin users.
What is the iPledge Program of 2006?
This 1987 law bans re-importation of prescription drugs.
What is the Prescription Drug Marketing Act?
This 1951 law distinguished between prescription and OTC drugs.
What is the Durham-Humphrey Amendment?
This 2005 law limits sales of pseudoephedrine.
What is the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act?
This type of recall is the most serious and can cause harm or death.
What is a Class I recall?
This 2008 act regulates online pharmacies.
What is the Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act?
This 1990 act requires pharmacists to offer counseling to Medicaid patients.
What is the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act?
Which 1962 amendment required proof of both safety and effectiveness?
What is the Kefauver-Harris Amendment?
This 2013 law outlines steps for tracking and tracing prescription drugs.
What is the Drug Quality and Security Act?
This 1972 act required drug manufacturers to register with the FDA.
What is the Drug Listing Act?
This 2010 act aimed to increase access to health insurance and medications.
What is the Affordable Care Act?
This 2000 act allows physicians to prescribe for opioid addiction treatment.
What is the Drug Addiction Treatment Act?