A pharmacist dispensing a prescription drug order for a drug product prescribed by its brand name may select any equivalent drug product, if the manufacturer or distributor of the equivalent drug product holds, if applicable, either an approved new drug application or an approved abbreviated new drug application, unless other approval by law or from the Federal Food and Drug Administration is required.
S.D. Codified Laws § 36-11-46.1
Dispensing equivalent drug products
Source: SL 1978, ch 271, § 3; SL 1993, ch 277, § 2.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.