House
May 23, 2005To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to increase criminal penalties for the sale or trade of prescription drugs knowingly caused to be adulterated or misbranded, to modify requirements for maintaining records of the chain-of-custody of prescription drugs, to establish recall authority regarding drugs, and for other purposes.
Summary
Official
Tim Fagan's Law or the Counterfeit Drug Enforcement Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a criminal fine and/or imprisonment for a person who: (1) knowingly causes a prescription drug to be adulterated, misbranded, or misrepresented as an approved prescription drug and sells or trades the drug; or (2) purchases or trades for such drug knowing or having...
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Introduced(5/12/05)
Committee
Passed
House
Passed
Senate
President
Law
Sponsor
SI
Mr. ISRAEL
(D) NY – 3
Cosponsors (14)
Topics
Latest Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 23, 2005