2016 Arkansas Code
Title 5 - Criminal Offenses
Subtitle 6 - Offenses Against Public Health, Safety, or Welfare
Chapter 64 - Controlled Substances
Subchapter 10 - -- Records of Transactions
§ 5-64-1005. Exemptions

The provisions of § 5-64-1001 do not apply to any of the following:

(1) Any pharmacist or other authorized person who sells or furnishes a substance upon the prescription of a physician, dentist, podiatrist, or veterinarian;

(2) Any physician, dentist, podiatrist, or veterinarian who administers or furnishes a substance to his or her patient;

(3) Any manufacturer or wholesaler licensed by the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy that sells, transfers, or otherwise furnishes a substance to a licensed pharmacy, physician, dentist, podiatrist, or veterinarian; or

(4) Any sale, transfer, furnishing, or receipt by a retail distributor of any drug that contains any ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, norpseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine and that is sold, transferred, or furnished over the counter without a prescription pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq., or regulations adopted under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq., if:

(A) The drug is sold in a blister pack of not more than three grams (3g) of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine base, each blister containing not more than two (2) dosage units;

(B) The use of a blister pack is technically unfeasible, the drug is packaged in a unit dose packet or pouch;

(C) The drug is an exempted product described in § 5-64-1103(b)(1), or the product contains ephedrine or pseudoephedrine in liquid, liquid capsule, or liquid gel capsule form described in § 5-64-1103(b)(2), and is sold in a package size of not more than three grams (3g) of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine base; and

(D) The total quantity of the sale is not greater than three (3) packages or five grams (5g) of ephedrine or nine grams (9g) of pseudoephedrine, whichever is smaller.