pharm ch 4 important dates

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federal food and drugs act
- 1906
- required drug makers to list on product label dangerous or addicting substances
harrison narcotic act
- 1914
- established legal term narcotic, and regulated manufacture and sale of habit forming drugs
kefauver-harris amendments to the 1938 federal food, drug, and cosmetic act
- 1962
- required manufacturers to demonstrate both therapeutic efficacy AND safety of new drugs
controlled substances act
- 1970
- established schedules for controlled substances
HIPAA
- 1996
- required all health organizations including schools to maintain privacy of protected health info
medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act
- 2003
- provides seniors and disabled people with insurance for drugs