1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; clarifying requirement that a dispenser of a controlled substance 
1.3 	must require the person purchasing the controlled substance to present a valid 
1.4 	photographic identification;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 152.11, 
1.5 	subdivision 2d.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 152.11, subdivision 2d, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 2d.Identification requirement for ~~Schedule II or III~~ controlled substance 
1.9 	prescriptions. ~~(a)~~ No person may dispense a controlled substance included in ~~Schedule II~~ 
1.10 	~~or III~~ Schedules II through V without requiring the person purchasing the controlled 
1.11 	substance, who need not be the ~~person~~ patient for whom the controlled substance prescription 
1.12 	is written, to present valid photographic identification, unless the person purchasing the 
1.13 	controlled substance~~, or if applicable the person for whom the controlled substance~~ 
1.14 	~~prescription is written,~~ is known to the dispenser. A doctor of veterinary medicine who 
1.15 	dispenses a controlled substance must comply with this subdivision.
1.16 	~~(b) This subdivision applies only to purchases of controlled substances that are not~~ 
1.17 	~~covered, in whole or in part, by a health plan company or other third-party payor.~~