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 a disability, disease, inebriety, or drug addiction may purchase, receive, possess, sell, distribute, prescribe, administer, or dispense the narcotic and dangerous drugs described in § 135.03(A); provided, he, she, or they 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 Public Act 368 of 1978, being M.C.L.A. §§ 333.7101 et seq., as such acts have been or shall hereafter be amended; provided, further, that no medical doctor, osteopathic physician, or other person specified in this section 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; provided, further, that 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, chiropodist, or to any authorized persons acting directly under their supervision or control.
(2011 Code, § 8.24.020) (Ord. 96, passed - -1978)