1. Pedigree.__A person engaged in the wholesale distribution of a prescription drug, excluding the original manufacturer of the finished form of the prescription drug, shall provide a pedigree identifying each sale, trade or transfer of the prescription drug when the prescription drug leaves the normal distribution channel and is sold, traded or transferred to another person.__If a pharmacy sells a drug to a person who is not the final consumer, the pharmacy shall provide to the person acquiring the prescription drug a pedigree.__This subsection does not include a sale, trade or transfer of a prescription drug between licensees with a common ownership of the prescription drug to meet emergency needs.

2. Authentication.__A person who is engaged in the wholesale distribution of a prescription drug, excluding the original manufacturer, who possesses a pedigree for a prescription drug may not distribute that prescription drug until the person verifies that each transaction listed on the pedigree has occurred.

3. Contents.__A pedigree must include all necessary identifying information concerning each sale in the chain of distribution of the prescription drug from the manufacturer through acquisition and sale by a wholesale distributor or repackager until final sale to a pharmacy or other person dispensing or administering the drug, including:

A.__The name of the prescription drug;

B.__The dosage form and strength of the prescription drug;

C.__The size of the container;

D.__The number of containers;

E.__The lot number of the prescription drug;

F.__The name of the manufacturer of the finished dosage form; and

G.__The information in the chain of distribution, including:

(1)__The name, address, telephone number and e-mail address if available of each owner of the prescription drug and each wholesale distributor who does not take title to the prescription drug;