LawGuru Home
Legal Forms
About
Support
Help

11/10/10, 7:10 pm

Legal Question

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

Share This On:

Legal Answer

Yes, that is basically what "over-the-counter" means, it means without a prescription. Nevertheless, there is a signifi...

Answered By:

Bruce Burdick

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.

Share This On:

Next Question

Search Past Answers:

Advanced Search

Top Attorneys in MO

View Profile

Anthony Smith
LawSmith

Lee's Summit, MO

Questions Answered: 3761
Last Question Aswered on: 2012-05-18

View Profile

Bruce Burdick
Burdick Law Firm

Alton, IL

Questions Answered: 823
Last Question Aswered on: 2012-05-06

View Profile

Spencer Farris
The S.E. Farris Law Firm

St. Louis, MO

Questions Answered: 225
Last Question Aswered on: 2011-08-22

View Profile

Joseph Burcke
Joseph R. Burcke, Attorney at Law

St. Louis, MO

Questions Answered: 67
Last Question Aswered on: 2012-02-08

View Profile

M. Scott Montgomery
the montgomery law firm llc

Springfield, MO

Questions Answered: 57
Last Question Aswered on: 2012-05-22

View Profile

Richard McLeod
McLeod & Heinrichs

Kansas City, MO

Questions Answered: 53
Last Question Aswered on: 2007-09-26

View Profile

Donald Herron
Herron Law Firm

Independence, MO

Questions Answered: 23
Last Question Aswered on: 2004-06-14

View Profile

Thomas Robbins
Thomas Robbins | Attorney at Law

Jefferson City, MO

Questions Answered: 4
Last Question Aswered on: 2010-06-06

View Profile

Cary Smalley
The Smalley Law Firm, LLC

Overland Park, KS

Questions Answered: 3
Last Question Aswered on: 2012-01-26

View Profile

Kevin Linder
Gerard Linder, LLC

Atlanta, GA

Questions Answered: 1
Last Question Aswered on: 2011-07-30

Search Questions and Answers

Keywords
State
Country
Area of Law
Search	Any keyword All keywords

Ask A FREE Legal Question

Ask Question

Ask A Free Legal Question

Ask Question

Search Past Answers

Legal Forms

Bill of Sale	Living Will
Contracts	Notices
Divorce	Power of Attorney
Employment	Quitclaim Deeds
Landlord & Tenant	Real Estate
Leases & Rentals	Sales and Purchases
Letters	Wills
Living Trusts	More...

Bill of Sale	Living Will
Contracts	Notices
Divorce	Power of Attorney

View Complete List ▼

Top Areas of Law

Administrative Law	Elder Law
Admiralty Law	Employment Law
Adoption Law	Entertainment Law
Appeals and Writs	Environmental Law
Aviation Law	Estates Law
Banking Law	Family Law
Bankruptcy Law	Family Medical...
Business Law	Federal Tort Claims...
Civil Rights Law	General Civil Litigation
Child Custody	Health Care Law
Computer Law	Immigration Law
Constitutional Law	Insurance Law
Construction Law	Intellectual Property
Consumer Law	Investment Law
Collections Law	Juvenile Dependency
Criminal Law	Labor Law
Disability	Landlord/Tenants
Discrimination Law	Legal Ethics
Divorce Law	Legal Malpractice
Drunk Driving Law	Mediation
DUI Law	Medical Malpractice
Education Law	Military Law
Native American Law	Other Discrimination
Personal Injury Law	Products Liability
Probate Law	Professional Res...
Real Property Law	Real Estate Law
Securities Law	Sexual Harassment
Social Security Law	Sport Law
Tech Law	Tax/Taxation Law
Traffic Law	Trusts Law
Veterans Law	Wills Law
Workers' Compensation Law	Search

Administrative Law	Family Law
Bankruptcy Law	Family Medical Leave...
Child Custody	Health Care Law
Collections Law	Immigration Law
Criminal Law	Insurance Law
Discrimination Law	Labor Law
Divorce Law	Landlord/Tenants
Drunk Driving Law	Legal Ethics
Employment Law	Legal Malpractice
Medical Malpractice	Personal Injury Law
Probate Law	Real Estate Law
Sexual Harassment	Tech Law
Traffic Law	Wills Law
Workers' Compensation