Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06

Cidl NoiSoeAS LOWS oAS SohAPASN
with.
CD An official written order for
any narcotic drug shall be signed in
duplicate by the person giving said
order or by his duly authorized
agent. The original shall be pre-
sented to the person who sells or
dispenses the narcotic drug or drugs
named therein. In event Of the &C
ceptance of such order by said per-
son, each party to the transaction
shall preserve his copy of such order
for a period of two years in such a
way as to be readily accessible for
inspection by any public officer or
employee engaged in the enforce
ment of this act. 1t shall be deemed
a compliance with this subsection
if the parties to the transaction have
complied with the Federal Narcotic
Laws, respecting the requirements
governing the use of order forms.
(4 Possession of or control of
narcotic drugs obtained as author
lied by this section shall be lawful
if in the regular course Of business,
occupation, profession, employment,
or duty of the possessor.
CD A person in charge Of hos
pital or of laboratory, or in the
employ of this state or of any other
state. or of any political subdivision
thereof, and master or other prop
err officer of ship or aircraft, who
obtains narcotic drugs under the
provisions of this section or other
wise, shall not administer, nor dis
pense, nor otherwise use such drugs,
within this state, except within the
scope of his employment or official
duty. and then only for scientific or
medicinal purposes and subject to
the provisions of this act.
Section 6.
Cd An apothecary, in good faith,
may sell and dispense narcotic drugs
to any person upon a written pre-
scription of physician, dentist or
veterinarian, dated and signed by
the person prescribing on the day
when issued and bearing the full
name and address of the patient for
whom, or of the owner of the animal
for which, the drug is dispensed, and
the full name, address, and registry
number under the Federal Narcotic
Laws Of the person prescribing, if
he is required by those laws to be so
registered. If the prescription be for
an animal it shall state the species
of animal for which the drug is pre-
scribed. The person filling the pre-
scription shall write the date of fill
ling and his own signature on the
face of the prescription. The pre-
scription shall be retained on file by
the proprietor Of the pharmacy in
which it is filled for a period of two
years, so as to be readily accessible
for inspection by any public officer
or employee engaged in the enforce
ment of this act The prescription
shall not be refilled.
90 The legal owner Of any stock
Of narcotic drugs in a pharmacy,
upon diScontinuance of dealing in
said drugs, may sell said stock to a
manufacturer, wholesaler. or apo
thecary, but only on an official writ
ten order.
CD An apothecary, only upon an
official written order, may sell I'd a
physician. dentist, or veterinarian,
in quantities not exceeding one
ounce at any one time, aqueous or
oleaginous solutions Of which the
content of narcotic drugs does not
exceed a proportion greater than
twenty per cent of the complete So
luton, to be used for medicinal pur-
poses.
Section 7.
Cd A physician or a dentist, in
good faith and in the course of his
professional practice only, may pre-
scribe, administer, and dispense mar
cotic drugs, or he may cause the
same to be administered by a nurse
or inferno under his direction and
supervision.
90 A veterinarian, in good faith
and in the course Of his profession
al practice only, and not for use by
a human being, may prescribe. adj
minister and dispense narcotic
drugs, and he may cause them to be
administered by an assistant or or
derby under his direction and super
vision.
Section 8. Except as otherwise In
this act specifically provided, this
act shall not apply to the following
cases:
Cd Prescribing, adm. 'nistering,
dispensing, or selling at retail Of any
medicinal preparation that contains
in one fluid ounce, or If a solid or
semi-solid preparation, in one avoir-
dupois ounce, (a) not more than two
grains of opium, (b) not more than
one-quarter Of grain of morphine
or Of any of its salts, Co not more
than one grain Of codeine or of any
Of its salts, Cd not more than one
eighth of grain Of heroin or of any
of its salts, (e) not more of any
combination of the drugs named
above than a quantity that does not
exceed in pharmacologic potency any
Of such drugs named in clauses (a)
(b). Co and Cd.
CD Prescribing, administering
dispensing, Or selling at retail of lin
iments, ointments, and other prep
arations, that are for external use
only and that contain narcotic drugs
in such combinations AS prevent
their being readily extracted from
such liniments, ointments, or prep
arations, except that this act shall
apply to all liniments, ointments
and other preparations, that contain
coca leaves in any quantity or COM
bination.
The exemptions authorized by this
section shall be subject to the fol-
lowing conditions:
(a) No person shall prescribe
administer, dispense, or sell under