South Dakota legal term
Prescription in South Dakota Criminal Law
Current through 2026 South Dakota legislative session
In South Dakota criminal law, “Prescription” 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 “Prescription” mean in South Dakota criminal law?
(22) "Prescription," an order of a practitioner for a controlled drug or substance; and (23) "Ultimate user," a person who lawfully possesses a controlled drug or substance for personal use or for the use of a member of the person's household, or for administration to an animal owned by the person or by a member of the person's household. (SDCL § 34-20B-1)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Unauthorized ingestion of controlled drug or substance
- Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, THC-O acetate, hexahydrocannabinol
- Prescription required to dispense Schedule III or Schedule IV substance
- Unauthorized possession of controlled drug or substance as felony
- Written prescription required to dispense Schedule II substance
Related terms in the same statutes
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