2021 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 36 - Professions and Occupations
Chapter 11A - Wholesale Drug Distributors
Section 36-11A-23 - Normal distribution channel defined.
36-11A-23. Normal distribution channel defined.
For the purposes of §§36-11A-20 to 36-11A-46, inclusive, a normal distribution channel is a chain of custody for a prescription drug that goes from a manufacturer of the prescription drug, or from that manufacturer to that manufacturer's co-licensed partner, or from that manufacturer to that manufacturer's third-party logistics provider, or from that manufacturer to that manufacturer's exclusive distributor, directly or by drop shipment, to:
(1)A pharmacy to a patient or other designated persons authorized by law to dispense or administer such drug to a patient;
(2)A wholesale distributor to a pharmacy to a patient or other designated persons authorized by law to dispense or administer such drug to a patient;
(3)A wholesale distributor to a chain pharmacy warehouse to that chain pharmacy warehouse's intracompany pharmacy to a patient or other designated persons authorized by law to dispense or administer such drug to a patient; or
(4)A chain pharmacy warehouse to the chain pharmacy warehouse's intracompany pharmacy to a patient or other designated persons authorized by law to dispense or administer such drug to a patient.
Source: SL 2007, ch 215, §5; SL 2021, ch 175, § 6.
