South Dakota legal term
Dispense in South Dakota Criminal Law
Current through 2026 South Dakota legislative session
In South Dakota criminal law, “Dispense” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the South Dakota criminal code.
What does “Dispense” mean in South Dakota criminal law?
(4) "Dispense," to deliver a controlled drug or substance to the ultimate user or human research subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including the prescribing, administering, packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for such delivery, and a dispenser is one who dispenses; (5) "Distribute," to deliver a controlled drug, substance, or marijuana. (SDCL § 22-42-1)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Dispense or advertise abortion-inducing article
- Dispensing or sale without code imprint
- Unauthorized manufacture or distribution by registrant prohibited
- Written prescription required to dispense Schedule II substance
- Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting, or possession of methamphetamine as felony
- Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting or possession of Schedule I or II substances
- Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting or possession of Schedule III substances as felony
- Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting or possession of Schedule IV substances as felony
Related terms in the same statutes
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