Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 79.djvu/268

 228

PUBLIC LAW 89-74-JULY 15, 1965

[79 STAT.

"DEPRESSANT AND S T I M U L A N T DRUGS

Manufacture, etc., prohibition, Exceptions. 21 USC 3^60."

"SEC. 511. (a) Xo persoii shall manufacture, compound, or process j^j^y depressaut or stimulant drug, except that this prohibition shall not apply to the following persons whose activities in connection with any such drug are solely as specified in this subsection: " (1)(A) Manufacturers, compounders, and processors registered under section 510 who are regularly engaged, and are otherwise qualified, in conformance with local laws, in preparing pharmaceutical chemicals or prescription drugs for distribution through branch outlets, through wholesale druggists, or by direct shipment, (i) to pharmacies or to hospitals, clinics, public health agencies, or physicians, for dispensing by registered phannacists upon prescriptions, or for use by or under the supervision of practitioners licensed by law to administer such dru^s in the course of their professional practice, or (ii) to laboratories or research or educational institutions for their use in research, teaching, or (.'hemic al analysis. " (B) Suppliers (otherwise qualified in conformance with local laws) of manufacturers, compounders, and processor's referred to in subparagraph (A). "(2) "Wholesa'le druggists registered under section 510 who maintain establishments in conformance with local laws and are regularly engaged in supplj^ing prescription drugs (A) to pharmacies, or to hospitals, clinics, public health agencies, or physicians, for dispensing by registered pharmacists upon prescriptions, or for use by or under the supervision of practitioners licensed by law to administer such drugs in the course of their professional X^^^-ctice, or (B) to laboratories or research or educational institutions for their use in research, teaching, or clinical analysis. "(3) Pharmacies, hospitals, clinics, and public health agencies, which maintain establishments in conformance with any applicable local laws regulating the practice of pharmacy and medicine and which are regularly engaged in dispensing prescription drugs upon prescriptions of practitioners licensed to administer such drugs for patients under the care of such practitioners in the course of their professional practice. "(4) Practitioners licensed by law to prescribe or administer depressant or stimulant drugs, while acting in the couise of tlieiiprofessional practice. " (5) Persons who use depressant or stimulant drugs in reseaivli. teaching, or chemical analysis and not for sale. "(6) Officers and employees of the Ignited States, a State government, or a ]X)litical subdivision «)f a State, while acting in the course of their official duties.

�