<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 36-11A-22 - Manufacturer's exclusive distributor defined. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2060066Normal { 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.s2060066SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2060066CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2060066Normal-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.s2060066DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2060066000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2060066SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2060066SCL-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="s2060066Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-11A-22"><span class="s2060066SENU">36-11A-22</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2060066SENU">. </span><span class="s2060066CL">Manufacturer's exclusive distributor defined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2060066Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2060066DefaultParagraphFont">For the purposes of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-11A-20"><span class="s2060066DefaultParagraphFont">36-11A-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2060066DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-11A-46"><span class="s2060066DefaultParagraphFont">36-11A-46</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2060066DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, a manufacturer's exclusive distributor is any person who contracts with a manufacturer to provide or coordinate warehousing, distribution, or other services on behalf of a manufacturer and who takes title to that manufacturer's prescription drug, but who does not have general responsibility to direct the sale or disposition of the manufacturer's prescription drug. Such manufacturer's exclusive distributor must be licensed as a wholesale distributor under §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-11A-20"><span class="s2060066DefaultParagraphFont">36-11A-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2060066DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-11A-46"><span class="s2060066DefaultParagraphFont">36-11A-46</span></a><span class="s2060066DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, and to be considered part of the normal distribution channel must also be an authorized distributor of record.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2060066Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2060066000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2060066Normal"><span class="s2060066SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2060066SCL-000002"> SL 2007, ch 215, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html>