156.16 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 156.16 to 156.20. Subd. 2. Client. “Client” means the owner or caretaker of an animal who arranges for the animal’s veterinary care. Subd. 3. Dispensing. “Dispensing” means distribution of veterinary prescription drugs or over-the-counter drugs, human drugs for extra-label use, for extra-label […]
156.17 POSSESSION PROHIBITED. A person may not possess a veterinary prescription drug unless the person is a licensed veterinarian or pharmacist, a bona fide employee of a veterinarian acting in the course of that employment, a client holding a veterinary prescription drug by or on the order of a veterinarian, a manufacturer or wholesaler of […]
156.18 VETERINARY PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Subdivision 1. Prescription. (a) A person may not dispense a veterinary prescription drug to a client without a prescription or other veterinary authorization. A person may not make extra-label use of an animal or human drug for an animal without a prescription from a veterinarian. A veterinarian or the veterinarian’s authorized […]
156.19 EXTRA-LABEL USE. A person, other than a veterinarian or an employee of a veterinarian, must not make extra-label use of a veterinary drug in or on a food-producing animal, unless permitted by the prescription of a veterinarian. A veterinarian may prescribe the extra-label use of a drug if: (1) the veterinarian makes a careful […]
156.20 INSPECTIONS AND SAMPLES. Subdivision 1. Authority. To enforce sections 156.16 to 156.19, a veterinarian must allow authorized representatives of the Board of Veterinary Medicine, after receiving allegations of a violation of sections 156.16 to 156.19 and upon presenting appropriate credentials to the veterinarian in charge, to: (1) enter premises in which veterinary drugs are […]
