§602. Definition of terms
As used in this Part, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section:
(1) "Advertisement" includes all representations of fact or opinion disseminated to the public in any manner or by any means other than by the labeling.
(2) "Cosmetic" includes all substances and preparations intended for cleansing, altering the appearance of, or promoting the attractiveness of a person. The term includes soaps only when medicinal or curative qualities are claimed by the use thereof.
(3) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health and "secretary" means the secretary thereof.
(4) "Device" includes all devices intended for use in diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or beast, or intended to affect the structure of any function of the body.
(5) "Drug" includes all substances and preparations recognized in the official compendium, as herein defined. It includes all substances and preparations intended for use in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or beast, and all substances and preparations, other than food and cosmetics, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body.
(6) "Food" includes all substances and preparations used for or entering into the composition of food, drink, confectionery, chewing gum, or condiment for man or beast.
(7) "Label" means the principal display or displays of written, printed, or graphic matter upon any food, drug, device, or cosmetic, or the immediate container thereof, or upon the outside container or wrapper, if any, of the retail package of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic.
(8) "Labeling" includes all labels and other written, printed, and graphic matter, in any form whatsoever, accompanying any food, drug, device, or cosmetic.
(9) "Medical opinion" means the opinion, within their respective fields, of the practitioners of any branch of the medical profession, the practice of which is licensed by law in this state.
(10) "Medical profession" means the legalized profession of the healing art.
(11) "Official compendium" means the United States Pharmacopoeia, Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, National Formulary, or any supplement of any of them, official at the time any drug, to which the provisions thereof relate, is introduced into commerce.
(12) "Scientific opinion" means the opinion, within their respective fields, of competent pharmacologists, physiologists, or toxicologists.
Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786 §5, eff. July 17, 1978.
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