Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-501: Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-501

As used in Sections 43-13-501 through 43-13-509 , the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) “ Board ” means the State Board of Pharmacy.

(b) “ Health care facility ” means any of the following:

(i) A hospital as defined under Section 41-9-3 ;

(ii) An institution for the aged or infirm as defined in Section 43-11-1 ;

(iii) A hospice as defined in Section 41-85-3 ;

(c) “ Hospital ” has the meaning as defined in Section 41-9-3 .

(d) “ 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.

(e) “ Pharmacy ” has the meaning as defined under Section 73-21-73 .

(f) “ Prescription drug ” means any drug to which the following applies:

(i) 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.

(ii) Under the Uniform Controlled Substances Law, ( Section 41-29-101 et seq. ), the drug may be dispensed only upon a prescription.