Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-03-25

cial. Whatever gaps Congress
left in the Harrison act for
the regulation of the "dope"
evil are being rapidly closed by
the Treasury Department in
the regulations interpreting
he law, according to Louis
Murphy Collector of Internal
Revenue for Iowa.
"a good many people
thought anyone was free to
register under the HARRISON
act" SAYS the Collector. "They
now fird that only physicians,
surgeons, dentists, druggists
and veterinarians and manu-
factures and jobbers of drugs
may do so. Nurses are barred
from registration and can only
have narcotic drugs in their po-
session under the direction of a
registered physician.
''lt was pointed out by critics
Of the law that the doctor was
exempted from making a rec
ord of the dope given patients
in his office and druggists from
keeping account of the dope
prescriptions that fell below
the minimum content tixad in
the law the governments sys-
TEN of tracing and checking up
all dope would fail. Now it is
held that the physician must
keep record of all narcotic
drugs administered except
those given at the bedside of
patient. No matter how little
the content of the narcotic
drug put into a prescription,
the druggist filling the pre-
scription must keep record of
the amount. Thus two doors
opening the way to possible
fraud are closed.
cit behooves the druggists to
be alert, to familiarize himself
with the signature of physicians
lest by filling forged prescrip-
tion he render himself label to
prosecution along with the
torger. A consumer can get
no drugs except through a
properly registered person.
"rhe provision governing the
record of drugs to b. kept is
sweeping 1t provides that a
physician or dentist hQ- --sd-
ministers minute quantities Of
drugs coming within the scope
Of this law in his office may
keep a record Of the date when
a stock solution is made and
che d ate when such stock solu-
tion is exhausted without keep
ing a record of the name and
address of each patient to
whom such drugs are adminis-
tered. This plan will be- allow
Ell, however, only in cases Of
those physicians and dentists
who use minute quantities of
these drugs, such as oculists,
aurists and other specialists;
but where a physician engaged
in general practice otherwise
administers such drugs it will
be necessary for him to keep a
record of the name and address
of the patient, of all drugs dis
pensed, distributed or adminis-
tered 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 a physician to
a patient when away from his
office are exempt from record.
druggists having more than
one place OF business are re-
qnired to register for each
place. Physicians who are also
druggists must register twice.
Employees are not sregistered,
even trough they be pharma-
cists their employers registra-
ton covers them and he is re-
sponsible for their acts. Where
two or more physicians, den
lists or veterinary surgeons are
in partnership doing business
under a firm name, it is neces-
sary for the firm to be register
ed, the firm registry number to
b, indicated in ordering any of
the drugs for use in office prac-
tice of the members of the
firm, each individual physician,
dentist or veterinary surgeon
in such partnership should reg
lister and pay the special tax
under his own name, if also en-
gagged in private practice.
Advertised letter list for the
week ending March 22nd.
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