Does North Dakota have a law that any pharmacy in the state be majority-owned by licensed pharmacists?

North Dakota law requires that pharmacy permits be issued
only to entities majority-owned and actively operated by licensed pharmacists. 

Under North Dakota Century Code § 43-15-35, a permit may be granted to a
licensed pharmacist, to a partnership whose active partners are licensed
pharmacists, to a corporation in which licensed pharmacists own the majority of
stock, or an LLC in which licensed pharmacists hold the majority of membership
interests and are actively and regularly employed in the pharmacy’s management
and operation.

The statute also requires that these pharmacists be responsible
for the pharmacy’s supervision and day-to-day control. The law includes limited
grandfathered exceptions for older pharmacies. North Dakota remains the only
state that maintains this type of comprehensive pharmacist-ownership
requirement for retail pharmacies. 

The rule has been reaffirmed through state
regulatory practice and remains in force following the defeat of Measure 7 in
2014, which sought to repeal the law.