(A) Section 133.03 of this chapter shall not apply to the following in the ordinary course of their trade, their business or their profession; provided, this exception shall not be a defense in doing of the acts prohibited in § 133.05 of this chapter:
(1) Practitioners or persons licensed by law to prescribe and administer controlled substances;
(2) Pharmacists duly registered and licensed with the state’s Board of Pharmacy;
(3) Manufacturers;
(4) Pharmacists as manufacturers;
(5) Wholesalers;
(6) Warehouse persons;
(7) Persons engaged in transporting such controlled substances as agent or employee of a practitioner, pharmacist, manufacturer, warehouse person, wholesaler or common carrier;
(8) 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;
(9) Any person engaged in agriculture, farming, the raising of livestock or similar trades who uses the controlled substance to improve the quality or quantity of such crops or stock;
(10) Persons who procure, possess or use such controlled substances for the purpose of lawful research, teaching or testing and not for sale; and/or
(11) 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.
(B) It is provided further that this section shall not relieve any person of other lawful duties.
(1994 Code, § 9-3.4)