The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-18
STRINGENT RULES
 NOW GOVERN SALE OF NARCOTIC DRUGS
National Campaign by Legisla- ton Outlined In Gov
 ePnment Pamphlet

The March Il issue of Treasury Decisions, contains many new rulings on the Harrison Narcotic Law which went into effect on March 1st. Among the most interesting are:
 Charity organizati ons.-Not sup ported solely by the state, county or municipality must register and pay the special tax and keep a record of drugs dispensed or distributed.
 Drugs dispensed, record of-A physician or dentist who administers minute quantities of drugs coming within the scope of this law in his of flee may keep a record Of the date when a stock solution is made and the date when such stock solution is exhausted without Keeping aa record of the name and address of each pa. hent to whom such drugs are admin istered. This plan will be allowed. however, only in eases of those phy- sieians and dentists who use minute quantities of these drugs, such as ocunsts, auristss and other speciaI- ists; but where a. physician engaged in general practice oth erwise admin isters such drugs it will be necessary for him to keep 8 record of the name and address of the patient. of all drugs dispensed, distributed, or administered in his office and of such drugs left with a patient to be taken in his absence. Only such drugs as are personally administered by phy- sician to patient when away from. his office are exempt from record.
 Educational nstitutions.-Any de- partment of a university, college. or other educational institution using drugs coming within the scope of this law must register with the collector of internal revenue and pay the spe- cia1 tax. The dean of each depart ment should aid the application for registry and the order blanks used to obtain a, supply of these drugs Such drugs used in a dental infirn ary or laboratory should be recorded in "a, book kept for that purpose.
 Employees of registered persons Persons registered under this law will be held responsible for the acts of their employees in dispensing of dis tr1butihg any of the drugs coming within the scope of this law.
 Fraudulent prescri iptions.-A drug gist, when receiving prescription for any of the drugs coming within the scope of this law, should care fully scrutinfze such prescriptions and where he has reason to believe that the same is forged or that the. quantity of drug prescribed is un- usually large, he should, before fiIl- ing such prescription, satisfy himself that the same is gen uine and prop eray prepared. Every druggist should know the signature of the re- putADl6s l6&7G1mafeE phyS1c1auS Tn his locality and should he fill a fraudu-s lent prescription, he would be liable to prosecution
 Name in full, meaning.=A phy- sician may sign prescriptions calling for drugs coming within the scope of this law the same as he would sign a check or legal document, i. e., J. F. Smith. John H. Smith, or John Henry Smith.
 Statesmen. Itrave1ing. de- siring to register under this law must have some fixed place of business where sales are made and where purchase orders received by them can be kept on file for the inspec- ton of a government officer Travel ing salesrnen will not be able to com ply with these requirements. but no objection is seen to such sa1esnen soliciting orders and forwarding the necessary purchase orders to their employers to be filled by them. Such purchases orders received from regis tered persons in any internal revenue district may be filled by a firm in any other district: but the same when accepted should be filed according to their serial numbers as to district.