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PUBLIC LAW 729-AUG. 31, 1954

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"(1) $390, while he is assigned to duty as an aide to the Fire Chief or to a Deputy or Battalion Fire Chief; "(2) $208, while he is assigned to duty as a regular first driveroperator of a fire department hose wagon, aerial ladder truck, rescue squad, or fire department ambulance; "(3) $390, while he is assigned to duty as a chief radio technician; and " (4) $208, while he is assigned to duty as a chief photographer." SEC. 6. Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 shall take effect as of July 1, 1953, and section 5 shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia which begins after the date of the enactment of this Act. Approved August 31, 1954. Public Law 729

Effective date.

CHAPTER 1147

^ ^ ACT To amend the Internal Revenue Code to permit the filling of oral prescriptions for certain dru.ns, and for other purposes.

August 31, 1954 P'^^^^^

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2554 Narcotic drugs. Oral prescri]f>» (c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 is amended to read as tio'iiV.' ^ ^^ ^ ' follows:

68A Stat. 94 2, 551.

"(1) U S E or DRUGS IN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE.—To the dispensing or distribution of narcotic drugs to a patient by a physician, dentist, veterinary surgeon, or other practitioner, registered under section 3221, in the course of his professional practice only: sslf"^ ^*®** ^^^' Provided, That such physician, dentist, veterinary surgeon, or other practitioner, 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, veterinary surgeon, or other practitioner, 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 2556." 56^7*^ ^**** ^^'^' SEC. 2. Section 2554(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 is amended to read as follows: "(2) PRESCRIPTION.—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, veterinary surgeon, or other practitioner, registered under section 3221: Provided, however, That (1) such prescription shall be dated as of the day on which signed and shall be signed by the physician, dentist, veterinary surgeon, or other practitioner, who shall have issued the same; (2) that such dealer shall preserve such prescription for a period of two years from the day on which such prescription is filled in such a way as to be readily accessible to inspection by the officers, agents, employees, and officials mentioned in section 2556. " I n lieu of a written prescription for such narcotic drugs or compounds of a narcotic drug which the Secretary, in his discretion (after considering any views expressed on the subject by the Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service; the Commissioner, United States Food and Drug Administration, the respective heads of State narcotic law enforcement agencies, and

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