21 U.S.C. § 207 — Restrictions on sales; written orders or prescriptions

submitted 111 years ago by ch. 74 to r/title-21-FOOD-AND-DRUGS · 206 words · no verdicts yet

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Anyone owing allegiance to the United States cannot sell, give, or supply cocaine, morphine, opium, or chloral hydrate (or preparations containing them) without a dated, signed written order or prescription from a licensed doctor, dentist, or veterinarian. Whoever fills that order must keep it on file for three years and can only fill it once.

This section is one undivided provision. It is illegal for any person, firm, or corporation that owes permanent allegiance to the United States — acting personally, or as someone else's servant or agent, or through their own servant or agent — to sell, supply, or give away cocaine, salts of cocaine, or anything containing them; morphine, salts of morphine, or anything containing them; opium or anything containing it; or chloral hydrate or anything containing it. The one exception is a written order or prescription from a licensed doctor, dentist, or veterinary practitioner. That order must be dated, name the person it's written for (or, if it's from a veterinarian, state what kind of animal it's for), and be signed by the person who wrote it. Whoever fills or compounds the order must keep it on file for three years. They can only fill that same order once — filling it a second time requires a brand-new written order from the original prescriber.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation whose permanent allegiance is due to the United States, either personally or by servant or agent or as the servant or agent of any other person or of any firm or corporation, to sell, furnish, or give away any cocaine, salts of cocaine, or preparation containing cocaine or salts of cocaine, or morphine or preparation containing morphine or salts of morphine, or any opium or preparation containing opium, or any chloral hydrate or preparation containing chloral hydrate, except upon the original written order or prescription of a recognized and reputable practitioner of medicine, dentistry, or veterinary medicine, which order or prescription shall be dated and shall contain the name of the person for whom prescribed, or, if ordered by a practitioner of veterinary medicine, shall state the kind of animal for which ordered and shall be signed by the person giving the order or prescription. Such order or prescription shall be, for a period of three years, retained on file by the person, firm, or corporation who compounds or dispenses the article ordered or prescribed, and it shall not be compounded or dispensed after the first time except upon the written order of the original prescriber.

Source credit: (Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 74, § 6, 38 Stat. 819.)

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1915Enacted · Act of Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 74 · 38 Stat. 819

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