(a) It shall be unlawful for any druggist, pharmacist or other person to sell, give or procure for another person, any morphine, opium, derivatives of opium, cocaine, chloral or other deleterious or poisonous drugs or chemicals, or like preparations containing the ingredients of such drugs, except upon written prescription of a reputable, regular practicing physician, duly licensed by the state, and after proper prescription therefor has been presented.
(b) Before any sale, gift or other disposal of drugs or other articles described in subsection (a) by a druggist, pharmacist or other person, he shall affix to the bottle, box, vessel or package containing same a label printed plainly in the English language in which shall be stated the contents or name of the article and the name and place of business of the seller; and it shall be the further duty of any such person so selling or disposing of such drugs to keep a book in which shall be pasted the prescription upon which such sale was made, and in which shall be entered the name of the seller, and the name of the buyer, and the date thereof, which book shall be at all times open to any member of the division of police, to the coroner of the urban county, and to any member of the board of health.
(c) No prescription issued in compliance with the provisions of this section shall be filled the second time unless the same be reindorsed by the physician who originally issued the same with the date of the reindorsement.
(d) Any druggist, pharmacist or other person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and confined in the urban county detention center not less than ten (10) days or more than fifty (50) days.
Cross reference(s)—Driving while under influence, § 14-16.
State law references(s)—See KRS ch. 217.