Legal Question in Mediation in Missouri

Can a business legally hand out over the counter medication (headache pill, cold tablets, etc.) to their workers for free?


Asked on 11/10/10, 7:10 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Bruce Burdick Burdick Law Firm

Yes, that is basically what "over-the-counter" means, it means without a prescription. Nevertheless, there is a significant risk of liability should the medicine dosage given produce adverse consequences, especially if the consequences are something a medical professional would have found to counterindicate use of the medicine in question. A business manager would be rather foolish to dispense medications except for closely controlled quantities of medications that are known to have few or no serious side effects.

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Answered on 11/22/10, 11:39 am


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