(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 in part for the treatment of disability, disease, inebriety or drug addiction, or any other person authorized under Act 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended (M.C.L.A. 333.7101 et seq.), may purchase, receive, possess, sell, deliver, distribute, prescribe, administer or dispense the narcotic and dangerous drugs provided for in Section 618.01. However, he, she or it shall have complied with the United States Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and with Act 368, as amended. No medical doctor, osteopathic physician or other person specified in this section who is authorized to prescribe controlled substances shall prescribe such controlled substances for his or her own use, nor shall any druggist honor such a prescription.
(b) All controlled substances 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 or to any authorized person acting directly under his or her supervision or control.
(1979 Code Sec. 9.36.020)