A manufacturer, wholesaler, apothecary, medical doctor, osteopathic physician, dentist, veterinarian, chiropodist or public or private hospital, sanitarium or institution maintained or conducted in whole or in part for the treatment of disability, disease, inebriety or drug addiction may purchase, receive, possess, sell, distribute, prescribe, administer or dispense the narcotic and dangerous drugs provided for in Section 624.01. However, he, she or it shall have complied with all provisions as required by the United States Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and Act 343 of the Public Acts of 1937, as amended, and Act 204 of the Public Acts of 1943, as amended. Further, no medical doctor, osteopathic physician or other person specified in this section who is in any manner authorized to prescribe narcotic or dangerous drugs shall prescribe such drugs for his or her own use, nor shall any druggist honor such a prescription. Further, all narcotic or dangerous drugs obtained pursuant to this section shall be kept in the original package or container in which they were received, provided that this requirement should not be construed to apply to any duly licensed medical doctor, osteopathic physician, dentist, veterinarian or chiropodist, nor to any authorized person acting directly under their supervision or control.
(Ord. 30. Passed 5-12-69.)