1965/66/67 session laws – Ch.193 Sec.3

G. S. 90-98, as it appears in Volume 2C, 1965 Replacement, of the General Statutes of North Carolina, is amended by rewriting said Section so that the same shall hereafter read as follows: $ 90-98. Records of Drugs Dispensed; Records of Manufacturers and Wholesalers; Records of Pharmacists; Written Orders Unnecessary for Certain Drugs; Invoices Rendered with Sales. Every physician, dentist, veterinarian, or other person who is authorized to administer or professionally use narcotic drugs shall keep a record of such drugs received by him, and a record of all such drugs administered, dispensed, or professionally used by him otherwise than by prescription. It shall, however, be deemed as a sufficient compliance with this Section if any such person using small quantities or solutions or other preparations of such drugs for local application shall keep a record of the quantity, character, and potency of such solutions or other preparations purchased or made up by him, and of the dates when purchased or made up, without keeping a record of the amount of such solution or other preparation applied by him to individual patients. Manufacturers and wholesalers shall keep records of all narcotic drugs compounded, mixed, cultivated, grown, or by any other process produced or prepared, and of all narcotic drugs received and disposed of by them, in accordance with the provisions of this Section. 235 Pharmacists and pharmacy owners shall keep records of all narcotics drugs received and disposed of by them, in accordance with the provisions of this Article. The keeping of a record required by or under the federal narcotic law shall constitute the only record required to be kept by every person who purchases for resale or who sells narcotic drug preparations exempted. Written orders shall not be required for the sale of cannabis indica, cannabis sativa, peyote, marihuana, mescaline, psilocybe mexicana, psilocybin, and lysergic acid diethylamide, and the provisions of the Article in respect to written orders and records shall not apply to cannabis indica, cannabis sativa, peyote, marihuana, mescaline, psilocybe mexicana, psilocybin, and lysergic acid diethylamide, but manufacturers and wholesalers of cannabis indica, cannabis sativa, peyote, marihuana, mescaline, psilocybe mexicana, psilocybin, and lysergic acid diethylamide, shall be required to render with every sale of cannabis indica, cannabis sativa, peyote, marihuana, mescaline, psilocybe mexicana, psilocybin, and lysergic acid diethylamide, an invoice, whether such sale be for cash or on credit; and such invoice shall contain the date of such sale, the name and address of the purchaser, and the amount of cannabis indica, cannabis sativa, peyote, marihuana, mescaline, psilocybe mexicana, psilocybin, and lysergic acid diethylamide so sold. Every purchaser of cannabis indica, cannabis sativa, peyote, marihuana, mescaline, psilocybe mexicana, psilosybin, and lysergic acid diethylamide from a wholesaler or manufacturer shall be required to keep the invoice rendered with such purchase for a period of two years.