{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-47-2885.02","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 47-2885.02","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For purposes of this part:\n\n(1)\nThe term “Board” means the District of Columbia Board of Pharmacy established by the District of Columbia Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985.\n\n(2)\nThe term “dispense” means to sell, distribute, leave with, give away, dispose of, prepare or deliver a drug.\n\n(3)\nThe term “drug” means:\n(A)\nAny substance recognized as a drug, medicine, or medicinal chemical in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official National Formulary, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia, or official Veterinary Medicine Compendium or other official drug compendium or any supplement to any of them;\n(B)\nAny substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animal;\n(C)\nAny chemical substance (other than food) intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or other animal; and\n(D)\nAny substance intended for use as a component of any items specified in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of this paragraph, but does not include medical devices or their components, parts, or accessories.\n\n(4)\nThe term “labeling” means the process of affixing a label to any drug container, but does not include the labeling by a manufacturer, packer, or distributor of an over-the-counter drug, packaged legend drug, or medical device.\n\n(5)\nThe term “Mayor” means the Mayor of the District of Columbia or the Mayor’s designated agent.\n\n(6)\nThe term “medical device” means an instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar or related article, including any component, part, or accessory, which is:\n(A)\nRecognized in the official National Formulary, the official United States Pharmacopoeia, or any supplement thereto;\n(B)\nIntended for use in the diagnosis of disease or any other condition, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animal; or\n(C)\nIntended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or other animal, and which does not achieve any of its principal intended purposes through chemical action within or on the body of man or other animal, and which does not depend upon being metabolized for the achievement of any of its principal intended purposes.\n\n(7)\nThe term “medicinal chemicals” means chemicals used in the treatment of illness or disease.\n\n(8)\nThe term “over-the-counter drug” means drugs which may be sold without a prescription and which are prepackaged for use by the consumer and labeled in accordance with the requirements of the laws and regulations of the District of Columbia and the federal government.\n\n(9)\nThe term “person” means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, company, joint stock association, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not, or any trustee, receiver, or assignee thereof.\n\n(10)\nThe term “pharmacist” means any person who is licensed in the District of Columbia to engage in the practice of pharmacy.\n\n(11)\nRepealed.\n\n(12)\nThe term “pharmacy intern” means any person who is registered in the District of Columbia to engage in the practice of pharmacy under the direct supervision of a pharmacist.\n\n(13)\nThe term “practice of pharmacy” means the practice defined in § 3-1201.02(11).\n\n(14)\nThe term “practitioner” means a person licensed and permitted by such license (other than a pharmacist) to prescribe, to dispense, or to conduct research with respect to, or to administer, drugs within the course of such person’s professional practice or research.\n\n(15)\nRepealed.\n\n(16)\nThe term “proprietor of a pharmacy” means a person designated as proprietor in an application for a pharmacy license under § 47-2885.08. The proprietor may be an individual, a corporation, a partnership, or an unincorporated association, and shall at all times own a controlling interest in the pharmacy.\n\n(17)\nThe term “radiopharmaceuticals” means radioactive drugs and chemicals within the classification of legend drugs as defined under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.) or regulations issued by the Mayor pursuant to this part.","path":["Title 47. Taxation, Licensing, Permits, Assessments, and Fees. [Enacted title]","Chapter 28. General License Law.","Subchapter IV. Other Licenses.","Part C. Pharmacy."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/47-2885.02","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"b8fcea96f84eade1fe23888c531003fa4643d4a652683b5cd347e69085f9ade1","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-47-2885.01","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-47-2885.03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}