The nonrelativistic quantum-field-theoretic Lagrangian which describes an anyon system in the presence of an electromagnetic field is identified. A nonminimal magnetic coupling to the Chern–Simons statistical field as well as to the electromagnetic field together with a direct coupling between both fields are the nontrivial ingredients of the Lagrangian obtained from the nonrelativistic limit of the fermionic relativistic formulation. The results, an electromagnetic gyromagnetic ratio 2 for any spin together with a nontrivial dynamical spin-dependent contact interaction between anyons as well as the spin dependence of the electromagnetic effective action, agree with the quantum-mechanical formulation.