CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS 1195

Any person who has obtained from a physician, dentist or veterinarian
any narcotic drug for administration to a patient during the absence of
such physician, dentist or veterinarian shall return to such physician,
dentist or veterinarian any unused portion of such drug when it is no
longer required by the patient.

1935, ch. 59, sec. 285H.

338. Except as otherwise herein specifically provided, this sub-title,
shall not apply to the following cases:

(1) Prescribing, administering, compounding, dispensing or selling at
retail of any medicinal preparation that contains in one fluid ounce, or if
a solid or semi-solid preparation, in one avoirdupois ounce (a) not more
than two grains of opium (b) not more than one-quarter grain of mor-
phine or of any of its salts (c) not more than one grain of codeine, or of
any of its salts, (d) not more than one-eighth of a grain of heroin or of any
of its salts, (e) not more than one-half of a grain of extract of cannabis nor
more than one-half of a grain of any more potent derivative or preparation
of cannabis.

(2) Prescribing, administering, compounding, dispensing or selling at
retail of liniments, ointments, and other preparations, that are susceptible
of external use only and that contain narcotic drugs in such combinations
as prevent their being readily extracted from such liniments, ointments,
or preparations, except that this sub-title shall apply to all liniments, oint-
ments, and other preparations that contain coca leaves in any quantity or
combination.

(3) The exemptions authorized by this section shall be subject to the
following conditions:

(a) The medicinal preparation, or the liniment, ointment, or other
preparation susceptible of external use only, prescribed, administered, dis-
pensed, or sold, shall contain, in addition to the narcotic drug in it, some
drug or drugs conferring upon it medicinal qualities other than those
possessed by the narcotic drug alone.

(b) Such preparation shall be prescribed, administered, compounded,
dispensed and sold in good faith as a medicine, and not for the purpose
of evading the provisions of this sub-title.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the kind and
quantity of any narcotic drug that may be prescribed, administered, com-
pounded, dispensed, or sold, to any person or for the use of any person or
animal, when it is prescribed, administered, compounded, dispensed, or
sold, in compliance with the general provisions of this sub-title.

1935, ch. 59, sec. 285-I. 1937, ch. 154, sec. 285-I.

339. Every physician, dentist, veterinarian, or other person who is
authorized to administer or professionally use narcotic drugs, shall keep a
record of such drugs received by him, and a record of all such drugs ad-
ministered, dispensed, or professionally used by him otherwise than by
prescription. It shall, however, be deemed a sufficient compliance with this
section if any such person using small quantities or solutions or other,
preparations of such drugs for local application, shall keep a record of the
quantity, character, and potency of such solutions or other preparations
purchased or made up by him, and of the dates when purchased or made
up, without keeping a record of the amount of such solution or other
preparation applied by him to individual patients.