Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 70.djvu/672

 616

PUBLIC LAW 764-JULY 24, 1956

[70 S T A T.

not less than two calendar years immediately following the date of the filling of the order or prescription and a complete record of each refilling of such prescription. INSPECTION

,

SEC. 207. Prescriptions, orders, and records, required by section 206 of this title, and stocks of dangerous drugs shall be opened for inspection— (1) upon written request, to any oiRcer or employee duly designated by the Commissioners at all reasonable hours for the purpose of inspection and copying; and, any person upon whom such request is served shall accord to such officer or employee full opportunity to check the correctness of such files or records, including the opportunity to make inventory of all stocks of dangerous drugs on hand; and it shall be unlawful for any such person to fail to make such files or records available or to accord such opportunity to check their correctness, or (2) to District of Columbia officers whose duty it is to enforce the laws of the District of Columbia, or of the United States, relating to dangerous drugs. No officer having knowledge by virtue of his office of any such prescription, order, or record shall divulge such knowledge, except in connection with a prosecution or proceeding in court or before a licensing or registration board or officer, in which such prescriptions, orders, or records may be pertinent. REGULATIONS

SEC. 208. The Commissioners are hereby authorized to promulgate necessary regulations for the administration and enforcement of this title. PENALTIES

SEC. 209. (a) Any person violating any provision of this title, or of any regulation made by the Commissioners under the authority of this title shall upon conviction be punished, for the first offense, by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and for any subsequent offense by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $5,000, or by imprisonment for not exceeding ten years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (b) The conviction of any person for a violation of this title, or of any regulation made under the authority of this title, involving any dangerous drug shall constitute ground for suspension or revocation or denial of renewal of the professional license of such person. Proceedings for such suspension or revocation or denial of renewal shall be had in accordance with the statutes relating to the issuance, revocation, suspension, and denial of renewal of such licenses and in accordance with statutes relating to judicial review of administrative action in connection with the revocation, suspension, or denial of renewal of such licenses. licence''f*'***"*^ (c) As used ill this section the term "professional license" means a license issued under the following Acts: (1) The Act entitled "An Act to regulate the practice of the healing art to protect the public health in the District of Columbia", approved February 27, 1929 (45 Stat. to°2-?4o^*'*** ^" '°^ 1326), as amended; (2) the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Act for the regulation of the practice of dentistry in the District of Columbia, and for the protection of the people from empiricism in relation thereto"; approved June 6, 1892, and Acts amendatory thereof,

�