§ 207. — Restrictions on sales; written orders or prescriptions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 21USC207]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER 7--PRACTICE OF PHARMACY AND SALE OF POISONS IN CONSULAR
DISTRICTS IN CHINA
Sec. 207. Restrictions on sales; written orders or prescriptions
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.
(Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 74, Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 819.)
Codification
Section is comprised of part of section 6 of act Mar. 3, 1915.
Remainder of such section 6 is classified to section 208 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 208, 211 of this title.
