{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-43-13-501","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-501","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-501","body":"As used in Sections 43-13-501 through 43-13-509 , the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise:\n\n(a) “ Board ” means the State Board of Pharmacy.\n\n(b) “ Health care facility ” means any of the following:\n\n(i) A hospital as defined under Section 41-9-3 ;\n\n(ii) An institution for the aged or infirm as defined in Section 43-11-1 ;\n\n(iii) A hospice as defined in Section 41-85-3 ;\n\n(c) “ Hospital ” has the meaning as defined in Section 41-9-3 .\n\n(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.\n\n(e) “ Pharmacy ” has the meaning as defined under Section 73-21-73 .\n\n(f) “ Prescription drug ” means any drug to which the following applies:\n\n(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.\n\n(ii) Under the Uniform Controlled Substances Law, ( Section 41-29-101 et seq. ), the drug may be dispensed only upon a prescription.","path":["MS Code","Title 43"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:17Z","sha256":"6e7a1e5e425a56fae82cc631e77d62a52382a9a65025a591937c76097d26f256","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-43-13-5","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-43-13-503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}