No person or entity shall distribute, sell, or offer for sale any veterinary legend drug in this state without first obtaining a license issued by the department under the Veterinary Drug Distribution Licensing Act, except that a veterinarian licensed under the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act acting within the scope of practice of his or her profession shall not be required to be licensed under the Veterinary Drug Distribution Licensing Act.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 71-8912

  • Department: means the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8905
  • Distribution: means the act of receiving orders, possessing, warehousing, and record keeping related to the sale and delivery of veterinary legend drugs. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8906
  • Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Veterinary legend drug: means a drug which under federal law is required, prior to being distributed, to be labeled with the following statement: "Caution: Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8911
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