SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                          963

tions, for use in dispensing upon prescription, use by or under
supervision of licensed practitioners who administer such drugs in
the course of their professional practice, or use in research, teach-
ing, or chemical analysis.

(2)    Suppliers of manufacturers, compounders and processors
referred to in subsection (1) above.

(3)    Wholesale druggists who are regularly engaged in supplying
prescription drugs to pharmacies, hospitals, clinics, public health
agencies, physicians, laboratories, research or educational institu-
tions for use in dispensing upon prescription, use by or under
supervision of licensed practitioners who administer such drugs in
the course of their professional practice, or use in research, teaching
or chemical analysis.

(4) Pharmacies, hospitals, clinics and public health agencies
regularly engaged in dispensing drugs upon prescription of prac-
titioners licensed to prescribe such drugs for patients in the course of
their professional practice.

(5)    Practitioners who are licensed to prescribe or administer
depressant or stimulant drugs in the course of their professional
practice.

(6)  Qualified persons using depressant or stimulant drugs in re-
search, teaching or chemical analysis, and not for sale.

(7)    Officers and employees of this State, a political subdivision
of this State or of the United States, while acting in the course of
their official duties.

(8)    An employee or agent of any of the persons listed in (1)
through (6) of this subsection, or nurses or other medical technicians
under the supervision of a practitioner licensed to administer de-
pressant or stimulant drugs, while said employee, agent, nurse or
medical technician is acting within the scope of his employment or
occupation.

(c)    No person shall sell, deliver, or otherwise dispose of any
depressant or stimulant or counterfeit drug to any other person
unless the person so disposing of said drug or drugs is:

(1)    A person described in subsection (b) of this section, while
he is acting within the scope of his business, profession, occupation
or employment.

(2)    A common or contract carrier or warehouseman, or an
employee thereof, whose possession of any depressant, OR stimulant or
counterfeit drug is in the usual course of his business or employment.

(d)    No person, other than those described in subsections (b)
or (c) of this section shall possess any depressant or stimulant
drug unless such drug was obtained upon a valid prescription and
held in the original container in which it was delivered, or was
delivered by a practitioner in the course of his professional practice
and the drug is held in the immediate container in which it was
delivered. SUBSEQUENT PROOF OF THE LEGALITY OF POS-
SESSION SHALL BE SUFFICIENT TO ABROGATE THE CON-
TAINER REQUIREMENTS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.

(e)    No person shall obtain or attempt to obtain a depressant
or stimulant drug by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation or subterfuge.