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PUBLIC LAW 7e4-JULY 24, 1966
[70 S T A T,
PATIENT NOT DEEMED A CRIMINAL
Effective date.
"SEC. 12. The patient in any proceedings under this Act shall not be deemed a criminal and the commitment of any such patient shall not be deemed a conviction." SEC. 102. This title shall take effect thirty days after the date of its enactment. TITLE II—EEGULATION AND CONTROL O F DRUGS OTHER THAN NARCOTICS
ActZfty^LAZl of Columbia.
CERTAIN
S^^; 201. This title may be cited as the "Dangerous Drug Act for the District of Columbia". DEFINITIONS
SEC. 202. For the purposes of this title— (1) The term "dangerous drug" means— (A) amphetamine, desoxyephedrine, or compounds or mixtures thereof, including all derivatives of phenolethylamine or any of the salts thereof which have a stimulating effect on the central nervous system, except preparations intended for use in the nose and unfit for internal use; (B) barbituric acid, also known as malonylurea, and its salts and derivatives, and compounds, preparations, and mixtures thereof; (C) other drugs or compounds, preparations, or mixtures thereof which the Commissioners shall find and declare by rule or regulation duly promulgated, after reasonable public notice and opportunity for a hearing to be habit-forming, excessively stimulating, or to have a dangerously toxic, or hypnotic or somnifacient effect on the body of a human or animal; except that the term "dangerous drug" shall not include any drug the manufacture or delivery of which is regulated by Federal narcotic drug laws, or by the narcotic drug laws of the District of Columbia. (2) The terms "delivery" and "furnish" mean the selling, dispensing, giving away, sampling, or supplying in any other manner. (3) The term "patient" means, as the case may be— (A) the individual for whom a dangerous drug is prescribed, administered, or supplied in the course of professional practice for a legitimate medical purpose; or (B) the owner or the agent of the owner of the animal for whom a dangerous dru^ is prescribed or to which or on which a dangerous drug is administered or used in the course of professional practice for a legitimate medical purpose. (4) The term "person" includes any corporation, partnership, association, or one or more individuals, acting either as principal or agent. (5) The term "practitioner" means any person duly licensed by appropriate authority and, in conformance with the law, licensed to prescribe dangerous drugs, and to administer and use dangerous drugs in the course of his professional practice. D*c*"code^2-6oi (^) '^^® term "pharmacist" means a person duly licensed as a to ^617.
pharmacist pursuant to the Act approved May 7, 1906, as amended (title 2, ch. 6, D. C. Code, 1951 edition). (7) The term "prescription" means a written or oral order by a ]iractitioner to a pharmacist for a dangerous drug for a particular patient, which specifies the date of issue, the name and address of the patient (and, in the case of prescription for an animal, the species of such animal), the name and quantity of the dangerous drug prescribed, the directions for use of such drug, and in case of a written
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