Missouri 195.417

Limit on sale or dispensing of certain drugs, exceptions - violations, penalty

1. The limits specified in subsection 2 of this section shall not apply to any quantity of such product, mixture, or preparation dispensed pursuant to a valid

2. Within any thirty-day period, no person shall sell, dispense, or otherwise provide to the same individual, and no person shall purchase, receive, or otherwise acquire more than the following amount: any number of packages of any drug product containing any detectable amount of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, or any of their salts or optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers, either as:

(1) The sole active ingredient; or

(2) One of the active ingredients of a combination drug; or

(3) A combination of any of the products specified in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection;in any total amount greater than nine grams.

3. All packages of any compound, mixture, or preparation containing any detectable quantity of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, or any of their salts or optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers, except those that are excluded from Schedule V in subsection 17 or 18 of section 195.017, shall be offered for sale only from behind a pharmacy counter where the public is not permitted, and only by a registered pharmacist or registered pharmacy technician under section 195.017.

4. This section shall supersede and preempt any local ordinances or regulations, including any ordinances or regulations enacted by any political subdivision of the state. This section shall not apply to any products that the state department of health and senior services, upon application of a manufacturer, exempts by rule from this section because the product has been formulated in such a way as to effectively prevent the conversion of the active ingredient into methamphetamine, or its salts or precursors or to the sale of any animal feed products containing ephedrine or any naturally occurring or herbal ephedra or extract of ephedra.

5. Persons selling and dispensing substances containing any detectable amount of pseudoephedrine, its salts or optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers or ephedrine, its salts or optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers shall maintain logs, documents, and records as specified in section 195.017. Persons selling only compounds, mixtures, or preparations that are excluded from Schedule V in subsection 17 or 18 of section 195.017 shall not be required to maintain such logs, documents, and records. All logs, records, documents, and electronic information maintained for the dispensing of these products shall be open for inspection and copying by municipal, county, and state or federal law enforcement officers whose duty it is to enforce the controlled substances laws of this state or the United States.

6. Within thirty days of June 15, 2005, all persons who dispense or offer for sale pseudoephedrine and ephedrine products, except those that are excluded from Schedule V in subsection 17 or 18 of section 195.017, shall ensure that all such products are located only behind a pharmacy counter where the public is not permitted.

7. Within thirty days of June 15, 2005, any business entity which sells ephedrine or pseudoephedrine products in the course of legitimate business which is in the possession of pseudoephedrine and ephedrine products, except those that are excluded from Schedule V in subsection 17 or 18 of section 195.017, and which does not have a state and federal controlled substances registration, shall return these products to a manufacturer or distributor or transfer them to an authorized controlled substance registrant.

8. Any person who knowingly or recklessly violates this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

9. The provisions of subsection 2 of this section limiting individuals from purchasing the specified amount in any thirty-day period shall not apply to any compounds, mixtures, or preparations that are in liquid or liquid-filled gel capsule form. However, no person shall purchase, receive, or otherwise acquire more than nine grams of any compound, mixture, or preparation excluded in subsection 17 or 18 of section 195.017, in a single purchase as provided in subsection 2 of this section.

(L. 2001 H.B. 471 merged with S.B. 89 & 37, A.L. 2003 H.B. 470 merged with S.B. 39, A.L. 2005 H.B. 441 merged with S.B. 10 & 27)Effective 6-15-05