§ 63-1-1119. License required - Manufacturers, wholesalers, brokers of foods and drugs - Exception.

A.  Any manufacturer, wholesaler or broker of food or drugs doing business in the State of Oklahoma, or bringing into and offering for sale within the State of Oklahoma any article of food or drug, shall secure an annual license from the Commissioner of Health and shall pay for such license a fee, to be fixed by the State Board of Health.  Unless otherwise provided by rule by the Board, each such license shall expire on the 30th day of June following its issuance.

B.  Provided, that subsection A of this section shall not apply to:

1.  Brokers who procure the shipment of articles of food or drugs into the State of Oklahoma directly to the wholesaler without handling such products themselves, except that such brokers shall annually list their name and address with the State Department of  Health; and

2.  Any person who is licensed by the Board of Pharmacy to manufacture, make, produce, package, pack, prepare or sell, or offer for sale, at wholesale or retail, compressed medical gases.

Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 11, § 1119, operative July 1, 1963; Laws 1969, c. 187, § 1, emerg. eff. April 17, 1969; Laws 1989, c. 345, § 8, eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Laws 1992, c. 52, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.