South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 11A - Wholesale Drug Distributors
Section 36-11A-46 - Prohibited acts--Misdemeanor or felony.

36-11A-46. Prohibited acts--Misdemeanor or felony.
It is unlawful for a person to perform or cause the performance of or aid and abet any of the following acts in this state:
(1)Failure to obtain a license in accordance with §§36-11A-20 to 36-11A-46, inclusive, or operating without a valid license when a license is required by §§36-11A-20 to 36-11A-46, inclusive;
(2)If the requirements of §36-11A-34 are applicable and are not met, the purchasing or otherwise receiving a prescription drug from a pharmacy;
(3)If a state license is required pursuant to §36-11A-35, the sale, distribution, or transfer of a prescription drug to a person that is not authorized under the law of the jurisdiction in which the person receives the prescription drug to receive the prescription drug;
(4)Failure to deliver prescription drugs to specified premises, as required by §36-11A-36;
(5)Accepting payment or credit for the sale of prescription drugs in violation of §36-11A-38;
(6)Failure to maintain or provide transaction documentation as required by §§36-11A-20 to 36-11A-46, inclusive;
(7)Failure to obtain, pass, or verify transaction documentation, as required by §§36-11A-20 to 36-11A-46, inclusive;
(8)Providing the state or any of its representatives or any federal official with false or fraudulent records or making false or fraudulent statements regarding any matter within the provisions of §§36-11A-20 to 36-11A-46, inclusive;
(9)Obtaining or attempting to obtain a prescription drug by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation or engaging in misrepresentation or fraud in the distribution of a prescription drug;
(10)Except for the wholesale distribution by manufacturers of a prescription drug that has been delivered into commerce pursuant to an application approved under federal law by the United States Food and Drug Administration, the manufacture, repacking, sale, transfer, delivery, holding, or offering for sale any prescription drug that is adulterated, misbranded, counterfeit, suspected of being counterfeit, or has otherwise been rendered unfit for distribution;
(11)Except for the wholesale distribution by manufacturers of a prescription drug that has been delivered into commerce pursuant to an application approved under federal law by the United States Food and Drug Administration, the adulteration, misbranding, or counterfeiting of any prescription drug;
(12)The receipt of any prescription drug that is adulterated, misbranded, stolen, obtained by fraud or deceit, counterfeit, or suspected of being counterfeit, and the delivery or proffered delivery of such drug for pay or otherwise; and
(13)The alteration, mutilation, destruction, obliteration, or removal of the whole or any part of the labeling of a prescription drug or the commission of any other act with respect to a prescription drug that results in the prescription drug being misbranded.
Any person who violates this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor for the first conviction and a Class 6 felony for any subsequent conviction.

Source: SL 2007, ch 215, §28; SL 2017, ch 174, §28.