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148.574 PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO LEGEND DRUGS; AUTHORIZING SALES
BY PHARMACISTS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
An optometrist shall not purchase, possess, administer, prescribe or give any legend drug as
defined in section 151.01 or 152.02 to any person except as is expressly authorized by sections
148.571 to 148.577. Nothing in chapter 151 shall prevent a pharmacist from selling topical ocular
drugs to an optometrist authorized to use such drugs according to sections 148.571 to 148.577.
Notwithstanding sections 151.37 and 152.12, an optometrist is prohibited from dispensing legend
drugs at retail.
History: 1982 c 388 s 4; 1993 c 121 s 5; 2003 c 62 s 2

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