Time to medical help

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:08:42 GMT, Jay Maynard
wrote:

On 2008-02-22, Sam Spade wrote:
Federal regulation pertaining to U.S. certificated Part 121 air carriers
trumps any prescription laws.

Uh, no.

A federal regulation does not trump a federal law. The law requiring things
to be dispensed only on the order of a physician is a federal law. Now, it
is possible that the law that authorizes the FAA also creates an exemption
to the Food & Drug Act (or whatever it's called), but the FAA itself cannot
override a law.

The regulation requiring airliners to carry a medical kit which includes
certain prescription drugs is not in conflict with the Food & Drug act.

You're discussing two different issues.

One is whether or not the epinephrine can be legally carried in the medical
kit of a certificated airliner. It can be, and is.

Two is the process under which the epinephrine gets used. There are a
variety of personnel authorized to administer regulated drugs without
having a prescription. Physicians are certainly on that list.
Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)