§ 418-16.202. Definitions.

For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases have the following meanings:

(a)

"Approved stewardship plan" means a stewardship plan approved by the health officer.

(b)

"Approved stewardship program" means a stewardship program that is described in and operates in accordance with an approved stewardship plan.

(c)

"Collector" means a person or government entity that collects unwanted covered drugs in an approved stewardship program.

(d)

"County residents" means human beings who reside in the unincorporated area of the county.

(e)

"Covered drug" means a drug as defined in subsection (f), except for the following:

(1)

Vitamins or supplements;

(2)

Herbal-based remedies and homeopathic drugs, products or remedies;

(3)

Cosmetics, shampoos, sunscreens, toothpaste, lip balm, antiperspirants, or other personal care products that are regulated as both cosmetics and nonprescription drugs under the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.);

(4)

Drugs for which producers provide a pharmaceutical product stewardship or take-back program as part of a federal Food and Drug Administration-managed risk evaluation and mitigation strategy under Section 355-1 of Title 21 of the United States Code;

(5)

Biological products as defined by 21 Code of Federal Regulations Part 600.3(h) (2015) for which a producer provides a pharmaceutical product stewardship or take-back program; and

(6)

Medical devices or their component parts or accessories.

(f)

"Drug" means a drug defined in section 321(g)(1) of Title 21 of the United States Code.

(g)

"Drug wholesaler" means a person who engages in the sale or distribution of covered drugs to retailers or other entities located in the unincorporated area of the county but not individual consumers.

(h)

"Mail-back service" means a collection method for the return of unwanted covered drugs that utilizes prepaid and preaddressed mailing envelopes.

(i)

"Manufacturing" means the production, preparation or compounding of a drug, but does not include the repackaging or relabeling of a drug or the preparation, compounding, packaging, labeling, dispensing or distribution of a drug by a practitioner in the course of his or her professional practice.

(j)

"Manufacturer" means a person engaged in manufacturing.

(k)

"Pharmacy" means a place licensed by the State of California Board of Pharmacy where the practice of pharmacy is conducted.

(l)

"Producer" means the manufacturer of a covered drug that is sold or distributed in any form in the unincorporated area of the county.

(m)

"Retail pharmacy" means a pharmacy licensed by the State of California Board of Pharmacy for the retail sale and dispensing of drugs.

(n)

"Stewardship plan" means a written document that describes a stewardship program.

(o)

"Stewardship program" means a program operated by or on behalf of a producer that provides for the collection, transportation and disposal of unwanted covered drugs generated by county residents.

(p)

"Stewardship organization" means a person designated by a producer to develop or implement a stewardship plan or operate a stewardship program on behalf of the producer.

(q)

"Unwanted covered drug" means any covered drug that a county resident has obtained and intends to discard, or has discarded, or has abandoned.

(Ord. No. 2016-24, § IV, 12-20-16)