100 Relating to: procurement of prescription drugs by a faculty member at an institution of higher education for the purpose of lawful research, teaching, or testing.

Date of enactment: December 7, 2011
2011 Assembly Bill 245 Date of publication*: December 20, 2011

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2009-10 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2011 WISCONSIN ACT 100

An Act to amend 450.072 (2) (a) of the statutes; relating to: procurement of prescription drugs by a faculty member at an institution of higher education for the purpose of lawful research, teaching, or testing.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1 . 450.072 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

450.072 (2) (a) A manufacturer or wholesale distributor may not deliver prescription drugs to a person unless the person is licensed under s. 450.071 or 450.06 or by the appropriate licensing authority of another state or unless the person is a faculty member of an institution of higher education, as defined in s. 36.32 (1), and is obtaining the prescription drugs for the purpose of lawful research, teaching, or testing and not for resale . A manufacturer or wholesale distributor may not deliver prescription drugs to a person that is not known to the manufacturer or wholesale distributor unless the manufacturer or wholesale distributor has verified with the board or with the licensing authority of the state in which the person in is located that the person is licensed to receive prescription drugs or unless the person is a faculty member of an institution of higher education, as defined in s. 36.32 (1), and is obtaining the prescription drugs for the purpose of lawful research, teaching, or testing and not for resale .