§ 135.04 EXCEPTED LAWFUL BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS.
   Section 135.02 of this chapter does not apply to the following in the ordinary course of their trade, their business, or profession provided, however, this exception is not a defense to the doing of the acts prohibited in § 135.05 of this chapter:
   (A)   Practitioners, persons licensed by law to prescribe and administer controlled substances.
   (B)   Pharmacists duly registered and licensed with the Minnesota State Board of Pharmacy.
   (C)   Manufacturers.
   (D)   Pharmacists as manufacturers.
   (E)   Wholesalers.
   (F)   Warehouse person.
   (G)   Persons engaged in transporting such controlled substances as agent or employee of a practitioner, pharmacist, manufacturer, warehouse person, wholesaler, common carrier.
   (H)   Public officers or public employees in the performance of official duties requiring possession or control of such controlled substances, or persons aiding such officers or employees in the performance of such duties.
   (I)   Any patient as herein defined with respect to procuring, possession and use of a controlled substance in accordance with the terms of a prescription and prescribed treatment.
   (J)   Persons who procure, possess or use such controlled substance for the purpose of lawful research, teaching or testing, and not for sale.
   (K)   Lawfully licensed and registered hospitals or bona fide institutions wherein sick or injured persons are cared for and treated, or by bona fide hospitals for the treatment of animals.
('72 Code, § 961:15) (Ord. 1984-458(A), passed 6-11-84)