Vermont § 4212 - Labels

Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 4212 — Labels, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 4212. Labels

  • (a) Whenever a manufacturer sells or dispenses a regulated drug and whenever a wholesaler
    sells or dispenses a regulated drug in a package prepared by him or her, he or she
    shall securely affix to each package in which that drug is contained a label showing
    in legible English the name and address of the vendor and the quantity, kind, and
    form of regulated drug contained therein. No person, except a pharmacist or dispensing
    physician for the purpose of filling a prescription under this chapter, shall alter,
    deface, or remove any label so affixed. (b) Whenever a pharmacist or an employee of a hospital, infirmary, school, first aid station,
    or nursing home sells or dispenses any regulated drug, he or she shall affix to the
    container in which such drug is sold or dispensed a label showing his or her own name,
    address, and registry number, or the name, address, and registry number of the pharmacist
    or hospital or nursing home for whom he or she is lawfully acting, the name and address
    of the patient, or if the patient is an animal the name and address of the owner of
    the animal and the species of the animal, the name, address and registry number of
    the physician, dentist, or veterinarian by whom the prescription was written, the
    kind and form of the drug contained therein unless the practitioner has specifically
    ordered in that prescription that such information not be specified on the label,
    such directions as may be stated on the prescription, and the date of the issuance
    of the prescription. No person shall alter, deface, or remove any label so affixed.
    This subsection shall not apply to regulated drugs sold or dispensed for use exclusively
    within a hospital. (c) Physicians, dentists, or veterinarians dispensing regulated drugs shall affix to the
    container a label showing the dispensing practitioner’s name, address, and registry
    number, the name and address of the patient, or if the patient is an animal the name
    and address of the owner of the animal and the species of the animal, the kind and
    form of the drug contained therein unless the dispensing practitioner considers that
    such information should not be so specified for medical reasons, such directions necessary
    for use, and the date of the issuance of the prescription and the dispensing of the
    drug. This subsection shall not apply to an amount of regulated drugs equivalent to
    three days’ dosage dispensed to a patient for his or her immediate use without charge
    by a physician on house call. (Added 1967, No. 343 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. March 23, 1968.)

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Section 4212 ("Labels") is part of the Vermont Statutes Online, the codified statutory law of Vermont. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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