For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. A drug, substance or immediate precursor in M.S. § 152.02, Schedules I through V. The term shall not include distilled spirits, wine, malt beverages, intoxicating liquors or tobacco.
DELIVER. Sell, offer for sale, barter, exchange, administer, dispense, give away, distribute or supply in any other manner. The term DELIVERY as herein defined shall include the attempt to do the acts as well as the actual completed commission thereof.
MANUFACTURER. A person or persons other than a pharmacist who prepares controlled substances in dosage forms by mixing, compounding, encapsulating, entableting or other process.
PATIENT.
a. The individual for whom a controlled substance is prescribed or to whom a controlled substance is administered; or
b. The owner or the agent of the owner of any animal for which a controlled substance is prescribed or to which a controlled substance is administered.
PERSON. Includes every individual, corporation, partnership and association of one or more individuals.
PHARMACIST. A person duly licensed and registered with the Minnesota State Board of Pharmacy as a registered pharmacist.
PRACTITIONER. A person licensed by law to prescribe and administer any of the controlled substances as defined above.
PRESCRIPTION. A written or oral order by a practitioner to a pharmacist for a controlled substance for a particular patient, which specifies the date of its issue, the name and address of the practitioner, the name of the patient (and, if the controlled substance is prescribed for an animal, the species of the animal), the name and quantity of the controlled substance prescribed and, in the case of a written order, the signature of the practitioner. An oral order by a practitioner for a controlled substance must be promptly reduced to writing by the pharmacist.
WAREHOUSEMAN. A person or persons who stores controlled substances, for others, and who has no control over the disposition of the controlled substances except for the purpose of the storage.
WHOLESALER. A person or persons engaged in the business of distributing controlled substances to persons included in any of the classes named in § 306.04.
(1987 Code, § 306.02)