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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.- CH. 532-JUNE 20, 1938 craft, when not in port: Provided, That such narcotic drugs shall be sold to the master of such ship or person in charge of such aircraft, or to a physician, surgeon, or retired commissioned medical officer of the United States Army, Navy, or Public Health Service employed upon such ship or aircraft only in pur- suance of a special order form approved by a commissioned medical officer or acting assistant surgeon of the United States Public Health Service. (3) To a person in a foreign country if the provisions of the Federal narcotic laws are complied with. POSSESSION LAWFUL (c) Possession of or control of narcotic drugs obtained as author- ized by this section shall be lawful only if obtained and used in the regular course of business, occupation, profession, employment, or duty of the possessor. SEC. 7. A person in charge of a hospital or of a laboratory, or in the employ of the District of Columbia or of any State, or of any po- litical subdivision thereof, or a master of a ship or a person in charge of any aircraft upon which no physician is regularly employed, or a physician or surgeon duly licensed in some State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, to practice his profession, or a retired com- missioned medical officer of the United States Army, Navy, or Public Health Service employed upon such ship or aircraft who obtains narcotic drugs under the provisions of section 6 of this Act, or other- wise, shall not administer, nor dispense, nor otherwise use such drugs, within the District of Columbia, except within the scope of his em- ployment or official duty, and then only for scientific or medical pur- poses and subject to the provisions of this Act. SALES BY APOTHECARIES SEc. 8. (a) An apothecary, in good faith, may sell and dispense narcotic drugs to any person upon a written prescription of a phy- sician, dentist, or veterinarian, dated and signed, in ink or indelible pencil, on the day when issued, by the physician, dentist, or veterin- arian prescribing said narcotic drugs. The prescription when issued shall also state 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 nar- cotic laws of the person prescribing, if lie 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 prescribed. The 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 inspection by any public officer or employee engaged in the enforce- ment of this Act. The prescription shall not be refilled. (b) 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 manufacturer, wholesaler, or apothecary, but only on an official writ- ten order. (c) An apothecary, only upon an official written order, may sell to a physician, 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 20 per centum of the complete solution, to be used for medical pur- poses. 789 Proviso. Restriction. To person abroad if Federal laws com- plied with. Possession lawful. Conditions pre- scribed. Authorized uses. Sales by apothe- caries. Disposition of stock upon discontinuance of dealing in drugs. Aqueous, etc., sola- tions.

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