2005 Rhode Island Code - § 23-25.4-7 — Liability.

    (a) For matters related only to the lawful donation, acceptance, or re-dispensing of prescription drugs under this chapter, the following persons and entities, in compliance with the criteria set forth in this chapter, in the absence of bad faith shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property, or professional disciplinary action:

   (1) The board of pharmacy;

   (2) Any resident of a nursing facility or assisted living residence who agrees to donate unused prescription drugs, or his/her next of kin or legal guardian or estate;

   (3) The department of mental health, retardation and hospitals;

   (4) Any charitable clinic, prescription drug manufacturer, governmental entity, nursing facility, or assisted living residence who participates in the program for the reuse of prescription drugs pursuant to this chapter;

   (5) Any prescription drug manufacturer or its representative that directly donates prescription drugs in professional samples to a charitable clinic or a pharmacy pursuant to this chapter;

   (6) Any charitable clinic, health care prescriber or pharmacy that accepts or re-dispenses prescription drugs pursuant to this chapter; and

   (7) Any pharmacy or pharmacist operating in conjunction with a charitable clinic, or other state-contracted pharmacy that employs a health care professional who accepts or can legally dispense prescription drugs pursuant to this chapter.

   (b) For matters related to the donation, acceptance, or dispensing of a prescription drug manufactured by the prescription drug manufacturer that is donated by any entity pursuant to this chapter, a prescription drug manufacturer shall not, in the absence of bad faith be subject to criminal or civil liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property including, but not limited to, liability for failure to transfer or communicate product or consumer information or the expiration date of the donated prescription drug.