# Mont. Code Ann. § 37-7-103: 37-7-103 Exemptions

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## Section

- **Citation:** Mont. Code Ann. § 37-7-103
- **Heading:** 37-7-103 Exemptions
- **Jurisdiction:** Montana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** MT Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Part 1 / Section 37-7-103

## Text

37-7-103 . Exemptions. Subject to 37-2-104, 37-7-401, and 37-7-402, and except as provided in Title 37, chapter 18, part 8, this chapter does not:

(1) subject a medical practitioner, as defined in 37-2-101 , who is not a pharmacist or a person who is licensed in this state to practice veterinary medicine to inspection by the board, prevent the person from compounding or using drugs, medicines, chemicals, or poisons in the person's practice, or prevent a medical practitioner from furnishing to a patient drugs, medicines, chemicals, or poisons that the person considers proper in the treatment of the patient;

(2) prevent the sale of drugs, medicines, chemicals, or poisons at wholesale;

(3) prevent the sale of drugs, chemicals, or poisons at either wholesale or retail for use for commercial purposes or in the arts;

(4) change any of the provisions of this code relating to the sale of insecticides and fungicides;

(5) prevent the sale of common household preparations and other drugs if the stores selling them are licensed under the terms of this chapter;

(6) apply to or interfere with manufacture, wholesaling, vending, or retailing of flavoring extracts, toilet articles, cosmetics, perfumes, spices, and other commonly used household articles of a chemical nature for use for nonmedicinal purposes;

(7) prevent a registered nurse employed by a family planning clinic under contract with the department of public health and human services from dispensing factory prepackaged contraceptives, other than mifepristone, if the dispensing is in accordance with a physician's written protocol specifying the circumstances under which dispensing is appropriate and is in accordance with the board's requirements for labeling, storage, and recordkeeping of drugs; or

(8) prevent a certified agency from possessing, or a certified euthanasia technician or support personnel under the supervision of the employing veterinarian from administering, any controlled substance authorized by the board of veterinary medicine for the purpose of euthanasia pursuant to Title 37, chapter 18, part 6.

## Nearby sections

- [Mont. Code Ann. § 37-7-101 37-7-101 Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T37_C7_P1_S37-7-101.md)
- [Mont. Code Ann. § 37-7-102 37-7-102 Practice subject to regulation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T37_C7_P1_S37-7-102.md)
- [Mont. Code Ann. § 37-7-103 37-7-103 Exemptions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T37_C7_P1_S37-7-103.md)
- [Mont. Code Ann. § 37-7-104 37-7-104 Qualifications of employee hired to assist board](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T37_C7_P1_S37-7-104.md)
- [Mont. Code Ann. § 37-7-105 37-7-105 Administration of immunizations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T37_C7_P1_S37-7-105.md)
- [Mont. Code Ann. § 37-7-106 37-7-106 Pharmacist prescribing authority -- exception](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T37_C7_P1_S37-7-106.md)

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