MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2025 Regular Session
To: Business and Commerce
By: Representative Horan
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 75-24-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT CERTAIN PHARMACEUTICAL DISTRIBUTORS FROM THE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 75-24-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
75-24-7. Nothing in this chapter shall apply to acts done by:
(a) The publisher, owner, agent or employee of a newspaper, periodical, printing shop, directory or radio or television station in the publication or dissemination of an advertisement, when the owner, agent or employee did not have knowledge of the false, misleading or deceptive character of the advertisement and did not have a direct financial interest in the sale or distribution of the advertised product or service.
(b) Any officer acting under the orders of any court.
(c) A pharmaceutical distributor acting under an order by the United States Department of Justice or in response to a suspicious order, as defined by 21 USC Section 802(7).
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.