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Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-501
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As used in Sections 43-13-501 through 43-13-509, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise: “Board” means the State Board of Pharmacy. “Health care facility” means any of the following: A hospital as defined under Section 41-9-3; An institution for the aged or infirm as defined in Section 43-11-1; A hospice as defined in Section 41-85-3; “Hospital” has the meaning as defined in Section 41-9-3. “Nonprofit clinic” means a charitable nonprofit corporation organized and operated under Section 79-11-101 et seq., or any charitable organization not organized and not operated for profit, that provides health care services to indigent and uninsured persons. “Nonprofit clinic” does not include a health care facility as defined in this section or a facility that is operated for profit. “Pharmacy” has the meaning as defined under Section 73-21-73. “Prescription drug” means any drug to which the following applies: Under the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended (21 USCS Section 301), the drug is required to bear a label containing the legend, “Caution: Federal law prohibits dispensing without prescription” or “Caution: Federal law restricts this drug to be used by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian” or any similar restrictive statement, or the drug may be dispensed only upon a prescription. Under the Uniform Controlled Substances Law, (Section 41-29-101 et seq.), the drug may be dispensed only upon a prescription.

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