3.0.0 184 2020-02-10T17:00:11Z 2022-02-08T17:27:15Z Senate S S 2005-01-26 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-01-26T20:03:17Z Safe Importation of Medical Products and Other Rx Therapies Act of 2005 109 753 HR 2005-02-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2005-01-26 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2005-01-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000445 Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] Judd Gregg R NH N S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2005-01-26 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2005-01-26 True C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2005-01-26 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2005-01-26 True V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. 2005-02-03 False Health Accreditation (Medical care) Administrative fees Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Advertising Business records Canada Checks Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Consumer credit Consumer education Credit cards Crime and Law Enforcement Customs administration Deceptive advertising Defective products Department of Health and Human Services Directories Drug approvals Drug industry Drug interactions Drugs Economics and Public Finance Electronic commerce Electronic data interchange Electronic funds transfers Electronic government information Employee training Europe European Union Ex-offenders Federal Trade Commission Federal employees Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publications Government publicity Governmental investigations Health care fraud Identification devices Import restrictions Imports Independent regulatory commissions Injunctions Intellectual property Internet Labeling Labor and Employment Law Liability (Law) Licenses Liens Medical personnel Medical records Patients' rights Pharmacies Pharmacists Physicians Prescription pricing Product counterfeiting Product safety Right of privacy Sales promotion Science, Technology, Communications Searches and seizures Securities and Exchange Commission State employees Telemarketing Telephone Trade secrets User charges Web sites Wholesale trade Health 00 2005-01-26 Introduced in Senate 2005-03-14T19:41:17Z Safe Importation of Medical Products and Other Rx Therapies Act of 2005 or Safe IMPORT Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow individuals to import Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved prescription drugs from Canada for personal use.

Permits the importation of prescription drugs from Canada by registered Internet pharmacies, pharmacies, or wholesalers in one year under specified conditions, including meeting proper labeling on all dispensed drugs to indicate that the drug has been imported. Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate additional countries from which to allow importation in three years.

Requires the Secretary to give high priority to improving the information management systems of the FDA to improve the detection of intentionally adulterated prescription drugs.

Sets forth Internet pharmacy licensing requirements and procedures. Makes providers of interactive computer and advertising services liable for violations under this Act if such providers accept advertising: (1) for a prescription drug from an unlicensed Internet pharmacy; or (2) stating that an individual does not need a prescription to obtain a prescription drug.

Requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations requiring designated payment systems, including credit card companies, to prevent sales by unlicensed Internet pharmacies.

Allows the FDA to detain or temporarily hold prescription drug shipments based on credible information that a drug presents a risk to the public health.

Allows the Secretary to: (1) suspend or debar importation of a particular drug or dosage that poses such a risk or by a particular importer who violates Act requirements; (2) require owners of prescription drugs that have been refused admission into the United States to indicate that information on the drug containers; and (3) authorize other Federal and State officials to conduct inspections to enforce compliance with this Act

Deems to be misbranded a prescription drug offered for importation that has previously been refused admission, unless the person reoffering the drug affirmatively establishes that it complies with applicable requirements.

Sets forth anti-counterfeiting provisions.

]]> Safe IMPORT Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Safe IMPORT Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Safe Importation of Medical Products and Other Rx Therapies Act of 2005 Display Title Safe IMPORT Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to protect the public health from the unsafe importation of prescription drugs and from counterfeit prescription drugs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2005-01-26T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s184is/xml/BILLS-109s184is.xml 2005-01-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.