§ 223.60. Definitions.

As used in this article:

Delivery means sale, dispensing, giving away, or supplying in any other manner.

Drug means:

(a)

Barbital and any derivative thereof; diethylbarbituric acid; any alkyl, aryl, metallic or halogenated derivative of barbituric acid; veronal (barbitone); proponal, ipral, dial; neonal (soneryl); sandoptal; amytal, phenobarbital (luminal); phandorn; noctal, allonal (which contains allylisopropylbarbituric acid in combination with amidopyrine), medinal; any preparation, mixture or other substance containing any of the foregoing substances.

(b)

Any drug consisting of amphetamine, desoxyephedrine (methamphetamine), mephentermine, pipradol, phenmetrazine, methylphenidate or any salt, mixture or optical isomer thereof which drug, salt, mixture or optical isomer has a stimulating effect on the central nervous system, except preparations for use in the nose and unfit for internal use.

(c)

Chloral hydrate (Chloral); chlordiazepoxide and its salts (Librium); diazepam (Valium); ethchlorvynol (Placidyl); ethinamate (Valmid); glutethimide (Doriden); meprobamate (Miltown, Equanil, Meprospan, Meprotabs); methyprylon (Noludar); paraldehyde.

(d)

For the purposes of this article, any controlled substance as defined in Minnesota Statutes, Section 152.02, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, excluding marijuana, which are specifically incorporated herein by reference.

Manufacturer means persons other than pharmacists who manufacture barbiturates or stimulants, and includes persons who prepare such drugs in dosage forms by mixing, compounding, encapsulating, entableting or other process.

Patient means, as the case may be, (a) the individual for whom a barbiturate or stimulant is prescribed or to whom a barbiturate or stimulant is administered, or (b) the owner or the agent of the owner of the animal for which a barbiturate or stimulant is prescribed or to which a barbiturate or stimulant is administered.

Pharmacist means a person duly registered with the state board of pharmacy as a compounder, dispenser and supplier of drugs upon prescription.

Practitioner means a person licensed by law to prescribe and administer barbiturates or stimulants.

Prescription means a written or oral order by a practitioner to a pharmacist for a barbiturate or stimulant for a particular patient, which specifies the date of its issue, the name and address of such practitioner, the name and address of the patient (and, if such barbiturate or stimulant is prescribed for an animal, the species of such animal), the name and quantity of the barbiturate or stimulant prescribed, the directions for use of such drug, and in the case of a written order the signature of such practitioner. An oral order by a practitioner for a barbiturate or stimulant must be promptly reduced to writing by the pharmacist.

Warehousemen means persons who store barbiturates or stimulants for others and who have no control over the disposition of such barbiturates or stimulants except for the purpose of such storage.

Wholesaler means persons engaged in the business of distributing barbiturates or stimulants to persons included in any of the classes named in this section. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 758.010; Ord. No. 2016-018 , § 1, 2-26-16)