1828 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 739

eluded in any of the classes hereinafter named, or to the
agents or employees of such persons, for the use in the usual
course of their business or practice or in the performance of
their official duties, as the case may be; or (b) to the posses-
sion of barbiturates of such persons or their agents or em-
ployees for such use:

(1) Pharmacists;

(2) Practitioners;

(3) Persons who procure barbiturates (A) for disposition
by or under the supervision of pharmacists or practitioners
employed by them or (B) for the purpose of lawful research,
teaching, or testing and not for resale.

(4) Hospitals and other institutions which procure bar-
biturates for lawful administration by practitioners.

(5) Officers or employees of Federal, State or local Gov-
ernments.

(6) Manufacturers, wholesalers, carriers, warehousemen.

276. (Records.) (a) Persons (other than carriers and

practitioners) to whom the provisions of Section 275(c) are

applicable shall keep complete records showing (1) all stocks

of barbiturates on hand, and (2) all receipts and deliveries

of barbiturates by such persons, their agents and employees.

(b) Practitioners shall keep complete records showing (1)
all stocks of barbiturates on hand June 1, 1947, (2) all re-
ceipts of barbiturates by them, their agents and employees,
and (3) the name and quantity of each barbiturate dispensed
or administered by them, the date it was dispensed or ad-
ministered by them, the name and address of the patient
and, if such barbiturate was prescribed for or administered to
an animal, the species of the animal.

(c) Pharmacists shall keep complete records showing (1)
all stocks of barbiturates on hand on June 1, 1947, (2) all
receipts of barbiturates by them, (3) file each prescription
received by them with appropriate number and date of each
refill pursuant thereto, (4) retain such prescriptions for a
period of not less than two calendar years immediately fol-
owing the date of the last filling or refilling, (5) in the case
of sales under the provisions of Section 275(c) the names and
quantity sold, the date it was sold and the name and address
of the purchaser.

(d) The usual commercial or other records maintained by
manufacturers, wholesalers, practitioners, or pharmacists,