The Laws of Texas, 1929-1931 [Volume 27] Page: 603 of 1,943

                                
FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE-REGULAR SESSION.       157
laws of the United States, if required by said laws to be licensed
and registered.
(f) To the sale, dispensing, prescribing, administering, any
of the said drugs to a bona fide patient by a duly licensed and
practicing physician, dentist or veterinarian, duly registered
under the laws of this State and the laws of the United States.
Provided, said drugs are furnished in good faith for legitimate
and medicinal purposes, and not for the purpose of evading the
provisions and intendment of this Act. Provided, further, that
a record of all said drugs so furnished, except such as are personally
administered by said physician, dentist or veterinarian
in cases of emergency, be made and preserved for at least two
years in such manner as to be readily accessible to inspection by
duly authorized officers, employees, and agents of the United
States, or of this State, or of any county or municipality of this
State, which record must show the kind and quantity of drugs
dispensed, the date on which dispensed, and the name and address
of the person to whom dispensed. Provided, further, however,
that all such drugs furnished by said physician, dentist or
veterinarian for administering to the patient during the absence
of said physician, dentist or veterinarian shall be contained in
a labeled receptacle, showing the kind and quantity of drug
furnished, the name and address of the patient, the name and
address of the physician, dentist or veterinarian who furnished
the drugs.
SEC. 3. All written orders in pursuance of which any of the
aforementioned drugs are purchased by any person authorized
under the laws of this State and the laws of the United States
to possess such drugs in the conduct of a lawful business or profession,
shall be executed in duplicate by the person purchasing
the drugs. The original of said order shall be sent or given to
the person from whom the drugs are ordered and the duplicate
of said order shall be retained by the person purchasing the
drugs. Upon receiving the drugs ordered the purchaser shall
file in a safe place the duplicate copy of the order and shall
preserve same for at least two years in such manner as to be
readily accessible to inspection by duly authorized officers, employees,
and agents of the United States, or of this State, or of
any county or municipality of this State. Any person failing to
comply with, or violating any of these provisions shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum
not less than Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars nor more than Five
Hundred ($500.00) Dollars.
SEC. 4. No duly licensed and practicing physician, dentist
or veterinarian shall sell, dispense, prescribe, administer, distribute,
or give away any of the aforesaid drugs to any person
known to such physician, dentist or veterinarian to be an habitual
user of any of the said drugs, unless said drugs are prescribed,
dispensed, administered, or given for the treatment or
cure of some malady other than the drug habit. Provided, how-