2013 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 19. HEALTH
328. Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics
328-4 Same; antiseptic, germicide; new drug; contamination.


HI Rev Stat § 328-4 (2013) What's This?

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Good agricultural practices task force; report to 2014 legislature (dissolved July 1, 2014). L 2013, c 106.

§328-4 Same; antiseptic, germicide; new drug; contamination. (a) The representation of a drug, in its labeling, or advertisement, as an antiseptic shall be considered to be a representation that it is a germicide, except in the case of a drug purporting to be, or represented as, an antiseptic for inhibitory use as a wet dressing, ointment, dusting powder, or such other use as involves prolonged contact with the body.

(b) "New drug" means (1) any drug the composition of which is such that the drug is not generally recognized, among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of drugs, as safe and effective for use under the conditions prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the labeling thereof; or (2) any drug the composition of which is such that the drug, as a result of investigations to determine its safety and effectiveness for use under such conditions, has become so recognized, but which has not, otherwise than in such investigations, been used to a material extent or for a material time under such conditions.

(c) "Contaminated with filth" applies to any food, drug, device, or cosmetic not securely protected from dust, dirt, and as far as may be necessary by all reasonable means, from all foreign or injurious contaminations. [L 1941, c 318, pt of §2; RL 1945, §2204; RL 1955, §51-4; am L 1967, c 152, §2; HRS §328-4]

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