44:58:13:01.  Exempted Schedule III substances. The following combinations of medicinal ingredients and Schedule III substances are exempt from control under the act or this article:

          (1)  Analgesic agents which are not controlled substances, combined with a barbiturate;

          (2)  Antiangina agents, combined with a barbiturate or meprobamate;

          (3)  Anticholinerigic agents, combined with a barbiturate, a benzodiazepine, or meprobamate;

          (4)  Antiasthmatic agents, combined with a barbiturate;

          (5)  Hormone replacement agents, combined with a benzodiazepine or meprobamate;

          (6)  Anabolic steroid and estrogen combinations; and

          (7)  Products that contain ephedrine in quantities at or less than:

               (a)  25 milligrams in combination with 400 milligrams of quaifenesin, packaged in blister packs of not more than two tablets per blister; and

               (b)  Five percent by weight in an anorectal preparation in combination with other active medicinal ingredients.

          Source: 6 SDR 93, effective July 1, 1980; 11 SDR 36, effective September 11, 1984; 21 SDR 14, effective August 4, 1994; 21 SDR 219, effective June 27, 1995; 23 SDR 195, effective May 26, 1997.

          General Authority:SDCL 34-20B-21, 34-20B-41.

          Law Implemented:SDCL 34-20B-21, 34-20B-41.