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(b) EXCEPTIONS IN C A S E o r REGISTERED PRACTITIONERS.—The

provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply— (1) PRESCRIPTIONS.—To any person having in his or her possession narcotic drugs which have been obtained from a registered dealer in pursuance of a prescription, written for legitimate medical uses, issued by a physician, dentist, veterinary surgeon, or other practitioner registered under section 4722, and where the bottle or other container in which such drug may be p u t up by the dealer upon said prescription bears the name and registry number of the druggist, serial number of prescription, name and address of the patient, and name, address, and registry number of the person writing said prescription; or (2) DISPENSATIONS DIRECT TO PATIENTS.^—TO the dispensing, or administration, or giving away of narcotic drugs to a patient by a registered physician, dentist, veterinary surgeon, or other practitioner in the course of his professional practice, and where said drugs are dispensed or administered to the patient for legitimate medical purposes, and the record kept as required by this subpart of the drugs so dispensed, administered, distributed, or given away. SEC. 4705. ORDER FORMS. (a) GENERAL REQUIREMENT. — I t

shall be unlawful for any person to sell, barter, exchange, or give away narcotic drugs except in pursuance of a written order of the person to whom such article is sold, bartered, exchanged, or given, on a form to be issued in blank for that purpose by the Secretary or his delegate. (b) EXCEPTION IN C A S E OP VIRGIN ISLANDS.—The President is

authorized and directed to issue such Executive orders as will permit those persons in the Virgin Islands of the United States, lawfully entitled to sell, deal in, dispense, prescribe, and distribute narcotic drugs, to obtain said drugs from persons registered under section 4722 within the continental United States for legitimate medical purposes, without regard to the order forms described in this section. (c) OTHER EXCEPTIONS.—Nothing contained in this section, section 4735, or section 4774 shall apply— (1) U S E OF DRUGS IN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE.—To the dispens-

ing or distribution of narcotic drugs to a patient by a physician, dentist, or veterinary surgeon registered under section 4722 in the course of his professional practice only: Provided, That such physician, dentist, or veterinary surgeon shall keep a record of all such drugs dispensed or distributed, showing the amount dispensed or distributed, the date, and the name and address of the patient to whom such drugs are dispensed or distributed, except such as may be dispensed or distributed to a patient upon whom such physician, dentist, or veterinary surgeon shall personally attend; and such record shall be kept for a period of two years from the date of dispensing or distributing such drugs, subject to inspection, as provided in section 4773. (2) PRESCRIPTIONS.—To the sale, dispensing, or distribution of narcotic drugs by a dealer to a consumer under and in pursuance of a written prescription issued by a physician, dentist, or veterinary surgeon registered under section 4722: Provided, however, That such prescription shall be dated as of the day on which signed and shall be signed by the physician, dentist, or veterinary surgeon who shall § 4705(c)(2)

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