(A) A manufacturer, wholesaler, apothecary, medical doctor, osteopathic physician, dentist, veterinarian, chiropodist, public or private hospital, sanitarium, or institution maintained or conducted in whole or 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 described in § 136.01 provided that he or they shall have complied with all provisions as required by the United States Internal Revenue Code, as the same now exists or may be hereafter amended, and M.C.L.A. §§ 333.7301 et seq., and M.C.L.A. § 333.7401 et seq., as those Acts have been or shall hereafter be amended.
(B) No medical doctor, osteopathic physician or other person specified in this section in any manner authorized to prescribe narcotic or dangerous drugs shall prescribe drugs for his own use, nor shall any druggist honor such a prescription. All narcotic or dangerous drugs obtained pursuant to this section shall be kept in the original package or container in which they were received.
(C) This requirement should not be construed to apply to any duly licensed medical doctor, osteopathic physician, dentist, veterinarian, or chiropodist, or to any authorized person or persons acting directly under their supervision or control.
(‘83 Code, § 136.02) Penalty, see § 130.99