Which of the following laws is violated when a pharmacist forgets to place a prescription label on a medication container?

Medication Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act
Poison Prevention Packaging Act
Durham-Humphrey Act
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act


Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

Rationale: The Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is violated when a pharmacist forgets to place a prescription label on a medication container. These labels should be easy to read and understand, provide explicit patient instruction, display drug names separately and distinctly from other information, include the condition for which the drug was prescribed (in most cases), include a second, clearly visible patient identifier, provide a description of the medication, and a picture of the medication, if possible.

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