36-11-31Business name or advertising implying pharmacy prohibited unless registered--Violation as misdemeanor.

No person, copartnership or corporation may carry on, conduct, or transact business under a name which contains as a part thereof the term or words "drug department," "drugstore" or "pharmacy" or any term implying the operation of a pharmacy or drugstore, or in any manner by advertisement, circular, poster, sign or otherwise describe or refer to a place of business by the terms "drugstore" or "pharmacy" or any other term or words which may be applied to establishments where drugs, medicines, and poisons are usually dispensed or distributed, unless the place of business so conducted is a pharmacy duly authorized and registered by the State Board of Pharmacy. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: SDC 1939, § 27.1017; SL 1967, ch 102, § 17; SL 1992, ch 158, § 83.