State, Department of Public Welfare v. Bair

RATLIFF, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

The defendants appeal from a judgment of the Hancock Circuit Court granting in-junctive and declaratory relief to the plaintiffs.

We reverse.

*1389FACTS

The named plaintiffs, William Bair, Brice Hawkins, and Everett Palmer, initiated their class action lawsuit 1 on November 80, 1976, on behalf of themselves and the class of all pharmacists certified to participate in the Indiana Medical Assistance program. The plaintiffs alleged therein they were licensed pharmacists who, pursuant to Indiana Code section 12-1-7-15, furnished prescription drugs as "providers" to…