2026 Minnesota Statutes
156.21 DRUG DONATION FOR USE BY ANIMALS.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an owner or a legal caretaker of an animal may donate a drug that is dispensed for the animal that will not be used by the animal to a licensed veterinarian at a veterinary medical facility if the veterinarian or veterinary medical facility accepts the drug.
(b) A licensed veterinarian or a veterinary medical facility may accept and reissue a drug donated pursuant to this section if:
(1) the drug has not expired;
(2) the licensed veterinarian or staff person at the veterinary medical facility who accepts the donation does not have any reason to believe that the drug has been adulterated;
(3) the drug is not a controlled substance; and
(4) the drug is not a compounded drug.
(c) A licensed veterinarian or a veterinary medical facility must not resell a drug donated under this section.
(d) A licensed veterinarian or a veterinary medical facility may reissue a drug donated under this section without charging a fee to:
(1) another client of the veterinarian or a veterinary medical facility that would benefit from receiving the medication;
(2) a nonprofit animal shelter; or
(3) a pound as defined in Minnesota Rules, part 1721.0490, subpart 9.
History:
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes