Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 171 - Public Safety Department
Chapter 7500 - EXPLOSIVES, BLASTING AGENTS, FIREARMS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part 7500.0700 - PROHIBITIONS; EXCEPTIONS
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 39, March 25, 2024
Subpart 1. Undue hazard.
A person shall not store or handle explosives or blasting agents when the storage or handling of explosives or blasting agents constitutes an undue hazard to life and property.
Subp. 2. In conflict with law or rules.
A person shall not possess, keep, store, sell or offer for sale, give away, use, or otherwise dispose of an explosive or blasting agent except as provided in this chapter or by law. This limitation does not apply to small arms ammunition and components, cartridges for propellant-actuated power devices, cartridges for industrial guns intended for personal use and not for resale, or railroad fusees.
Subp. 3. Transfer to unauthorized persons.
A person shall not sell or give away an explosive or blasting agent to an unauthorized person, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 299F.77.
Subp. 4. Public display.
A person shall not physically sell, display, or expose for sale an explosive or blasting agent on a highway, street, sidewalk, public way, or public place.
Subp. 5. Medicinal use permitted.
This chapter does not prohibit the use of explosives in the form prescribed by the United States Pharmacopeia National Formulary, issued by the United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland, 1985).
Subp. 6. Laboratory use permitted.
Government and industrial laboratories, laboratories of technical colleges, colleges, universities, and similar institutions may keep, store, and use explosives or blasting agents:
When additional quantities of explosives or blasting agents are required, the institution shall apply for a special ruling by the commissioner.
Statutory Authority: MS s 299F.71 to 299F.83