<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 22-42-4.1 - Prescription required to dispense Schedule III or Schedule IV substance--Refill restricted--Felony. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047731Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2047731SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047731CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047731Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2047731DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047731000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047731SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047731SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2047731Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-42-4.1"><span class="s2047731SENU">22-42-4.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047731SENU">. </span><span class="s2047731CL">Prescription required to dispense Schedule III or Schedule IV substance--Refill restricted--Felony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047731Normal-000000"><span class="s2047731DefaultParagraphFont">Except when dispensed directly by a practitioner, other than a pharmacist, to an ultimate user, no controlled drug or substance included in Schedule III or Schedule IV may be dispensed without a written or oral prescription. Such prescription may not be filled or refilled more than six months after the date thereof or be refilled more than five times after the date of the prescription, unless renewed by the practitioner. A violation of this section is a Class 5 felony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047731Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047731000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047731Normal"><span class="s2047731SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047731SCL-000002"> SL 1970, ch 229, § 9 (1); SL 1971, ch 224, § 3; SDCL Supp, §§ 39-17-84, 39-17-85; SL 1974, ch 268, § 1; SL 1977, ch 189, § 82.</span></p></div></body></html>