7-04-03-01. Definitions.

1. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture.

2. "Cultivated ginseng" means ginseng dry root, live root, tissue culture, or seed propagated in this state.

3. "Dealer" means a person that buys cultivated ginseng for the purpose of resale. The term does not include a person that buys cultivated ginseng dry root solely for the purpose of final retail sale to consumers in the United States.

4. "Ginseng" means panax quinquefolius L.

5. "Grower" means a person that grows cultivated ginseng and who sells cultivated ginseng to a dealer.

6. "Out-of-state cultivated ginseng" means cultivated ginseng grown or nurtured outside this state.

History: Effective July 1, 2019.

General Authority: NDCC 4.1-17-01

Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-17-01