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shall not administer, nor dispense nor otherwise use such drugs within
this State except within the scope of his employment or official duty and
then only for scientific or medicinal purposes and subject to the provisions
of this sub-title.

1935, ch. 59, sec. 285F.

336. A pharmacist in good faith, may sell and dispense narcotic
drugs to any person upon the written prescription of a physician, dentist
or veterinarian, provided it is properly executed, dated and signed by the
person prescribing on the day when issued and bears the full name and
address of the patient for whom or of the owner of the animal for which,
the drug is dispensed, and the full name, address and registry number
under the Federal narcotic laws of the person so prescribing if he is
required by those laws to be so registered. If the prescription be for an
animal, it shall state the species of animal for which the drug is pre-
scribed. A person filling the prescription shall write the date of filling
and his own signature on the face of the prescription. The prescription
shall be retained on file by the proprietor of the pharmacy in which it is
filled for a period of two years so as to be readily accessible for the inspec-
tion of any officers engaged in the enforcement of this sub-title. The
prescription shall not be refilled.

The legal owner of any stock of narcotic drugs in a pharmacy, upon
discontinuance of dealing in said drugs, may sell said stock to a manu-
facturer, wholesaler, pharmacist or pharmacy owner but only upon an
official written order.

A pharmacist only upon an official written order, may sell to a phy-
sician, dentist or veterinarian in quantities not exceeding one ounce at
any one time, aqueous or oleaginous solutions of which the content of
narcotic drugs does not exceed a proportion greater than twenty per
centum (20%) of the complete solution, to be used for medicinal pur-
poses.

1935, ch. 59, sec. 285G.

337. A physician or a dentist, in good faith and in the course of his
professional practice only, may prescribe on a written prescription, ad-
minister or dispense narcotic drugs or may cause the same to be adminis-
tered by a nurse or interne under his direction and supervision. Such a
prescription shall be dated and signed by the person prescribing on the
day when issued and shall bear the full name and address of the patient
for whom the narcotic drug is prescribed and the full name, address and
registry number under the Federal narcotic laws of the person prescribing,
providing he is required by those laws to be so registered.

A veterinarian in good faith and in the course of his professional prac-
tice only and not for use by a human being, may prescribe on a written
prescription, administer and dispense narcotic drugs and he may cause
them to be administered by an assistant or orderly under his direction and
supervision. Such a prescription shall be dated and signed by the person
prescribing on the day when issued and shall bear the full name and
address of the owner of the animal, the species of the animal for which
the narcotic drug is prescribed and the full name, address and registry
number under the Federal narcotic laws of the person prescribing, pro-
vided he is required by those laws to be so registered.