The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-05


maeist may sell and furnish spirit
uous. vinous or malt liquors, inctud-
ing pure alcohol, for medicinal pur-
poses only upon the written prescrip-
ton OF q duly licensed regular prac-
ticing physician of this State in the
following, to-wit: Before any
physicians shall issue any such pre-
scriptiun he shall make an actual ply
steal examination of the person for
whom the prescription is granted, and
the prescription shall be substantially
In the following form:
Virginia, county Cor city, of .......
L, ...t.-....., a regular licensed
praetfcing physician under the laws of
said State. do hereby prescribe for
the use Oh --...-...-, a patent IN
my charge. of whom 1 have made "a
personal physical examination ....,.
t-.... OF ."........., and do certify
in my opinion that the same is nee
essary in the alienation or cure of
illness from which sad patient is SUI
fer.ng.
Witness my hand .,........ of
.-+''.'..... IT,.
49,. ........., NJ. ID.
No prescription shall be filled here
under except upon the day upon
which 1t is dated and issued. or upon
the following day. and shall not be
filed a second time.
n pharmacist filing such pre-
seriptions shall keep the same ON
file for at least two years and this
jig snail he open to the inspection
of any peace officer of the county or
city In which the pharmacy may lie
located, n any such peace officer
ma make a copy of any such pre-
efFtDffnr or =. -, 81
snd such copy or copies when veri-
fed under oath by the officer having
made the same shall he prima facie
evidence OF the contents of any such
prescription or prescriptions in any
prosecution under this act.
IF n physician abuse or misuse
his right hereunder to give such pre-
scriptions and complaint thereof
shaf1 be made by any citizen upon
oath alleging his knowledge and be.
les OF such abuse or misuse to the
circuit court Of the county or the
corporation court of the city. as the
case may be, in which such ply
Stefan resides, such court shall after
giving at-least ten days notice OF
such proceeding to such accused ply
stefan, hear evidence upon such COM
plant n IN defense, ff any be Of
fered, and il such court shall be
satisfied that such physician has mis-
used or abused the right to give pre-
scriptions under this act 1t shall enter
an order on Its common law order
book forbidding n druggist to fill
any prescriptions under this section
of this act given by such physician
for a period OF twelve months from
the date of such order. and any drug
gist licensed under this section of this
act who shall knowingly and inten-
tionaliy fill any such prescription
given by such physician within such
period shall be deemed guilty of n
mtsdemeanor and shall b. punished
as Is provided in subsection Of his
section of this act.
Not more than one pint shall be
furnished on any one prescription,
nor shall any such licensed pharma-
clst MI more tkan N such prescrip-
tion Tor the same person in one day.
Sale OF Alcohol.
Any physician who shat be guilty
of violating any OF the provisions of
this section of this act shall be deem
ed guilty of a misdemeanor.
tcl Nothing in this act shall be so
construed as to prevent wholesale
druggists from selling or furnishing
alceho in not less than four-gailon
lots to regular licensed retail drug
$500 W ~ vi VI
or to medical nr pharmaceutical col
leges, but all wholesale druggists shall
keep a complete record of all their
sales eff aieehei which shall be open
for the inspection of any peace off,
Ger at all times,
td) Nothing in his act shall pro-
hibit the sale by licensed druggists of
wood or denatured alcohol for art,
scientific or mechanical purposes or
grain alcohol for bacteriologists who
are actually engaged In that class of
work for scientific purposes only.
tel Registered pharmacists licensed
under this section of this act may sell
to any regularly ordained minister
of religion, or other duly appointed
officer of a church. wine to be used
for religious or sacramento purposes.
10 Any pharmacist licensed under
this section OF this act who shall sell
any intoxicating liquor or malt IL
quor In violation of the provisions of
this section of this act shall be deem
ed guilty OF a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction. shall be punished as pro-
vided In section nine of this act, and
shall In addition forfeit his license
under this act, and also his bond
given under this section of his act,
and upon a second conviction he shall
also become disqualified to have his
license under this section of this act
renewed within a period of three
years.