Vermont § 4213 - Authorized sales of regulated drugs

§ 4213. Authorized sales of regulated drugs

• (a) A duly licensed manufacturer or wholesaler may sell and dispense regulated drugs to
  any of the following persons, but only on official written orders: (1) To a manufacturer, wholesaler, or pharmacy. (2) To a physician, dentist, or veterinarian, except that an official written order shall
  not be required when regulated drugs are provided in person by a representative of
  a duly licensed manufacturer or wholesaler in quantities as samples for which there
  is no charge, either direct or indirect, and do not exceed ten times the manufacturer’s
  recommended maximum individual dose and are clearly marked “Sample” or “Not For Sale”
  on each individual tablet or capsule. (3) To a person in charge of a hospital having in effect a certificate of approval but
  only for use by or in that hospital for scientific or medical purposes. (4) To a person in charge of a laboratory having in effect a certificate of approval but
  only for use in that laboratory for scientific or medical purposes. (b) A duly licensed manufacturer or wholesaler may sell regulated drugs to any of the
  following persons: (1) On an official written order, accompanied by a certificate of exemption, as and if
  required by the federal drug laws, and in compliance with rules adopted by the Department
  of Health to a person in the employ of the government of the United States or of any
  state, territory, district, county, municipality, or insular government, purchasing,
  receiving, possessing, or dispensing regulated drugs by reason of the person’s official
  duties. (2) To a master of a ship or a person in charge of any aircraft upon which no physician
  is regularly employed or to a physician or surgeon duly licensed in some state, territory,
  or the District of Columbia to practice his or her profession, or to a retired commissioned
  medical officer of the U.S. Army, Navy, or Public Health Service employed upon such
  ship or aircraft, for the actual medical needs of persons on board such ship or aircraft,
  when not in port. However, such regulated drugs shall be sold to the master of such
  ship or person in charge of such aircraft or to a physician, surgeon, or retired commissioned
  medical officer of the U.S. Army, Navy, or Public Health Service employed upon such
  ship or aircraft only in pursuance of an order form approved by a commissioned medical
  officer or acting assistant surgeon of the U.S. Public Health Service. (3) To a person in a foreign country if the provisions of the federal drug laws and the
  rules adopted by the Department of Health are complied with. (c) An official written order for any regulated drug shall be signed in triplicate by
  the person giving such order or by his or her duly authorized agent. The original
  shall be presented to the person who sells or dispenses the drug named therein. In
  event of the acceptance of such order, by such person, each party to the transaction
  shall preserve his or her copy of such order for a period of three years in such a
  way as to be readily accessible for inspection by any federal or state officer or
  their specifically authorized agent whose duty it is to enforce the federal drug laws
  or this chapter. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this chapter, a duly licensed
  manufacturer or wholesaler may sell and dispense depressant or stimulant drugs to
  a person referred to in subdivisions (a)(1), (2), (3), and (4) of this section pursuant
  to telephone order, provided, however, that an official written order shall be presented
  to the person selling or dispensing that drug within seven days of the making of that
  telephone order, and all the provisions of this chapter after the expiration of that
  period of time apply. (d) Possession of or control of regulated drugs even though obtained as authorized by
  this section shall not be lawful if not in the regular course of business, occupation,
  profession, employment, or duty of the possessor. (e) A person in charge of a hospital or of a laboratory, or in the employ of this State
  or of any other state, or of any political subdivision thereof, or a master of a ship
  or a person in charge of any aircraft upon which no physician is regularly employed,
  or a physician or surgeon duly licensed in some state, territory, or the District
  of Columbia, to practice his or her profession, or a retired commissioned medical
  officer of the U.S. Army, Navy, or Public Health Service employed upon such ship or
  aircraft, who obtains regulated drugs under the provisions of this section or otherwise,
  shall not possess, nor administer, nor dispense, nor otherwise use such drugs, within
  this State, except within the scope of his or her employment or official duty, and
  then only for scientific or medicinal purposes and subject to the provisions of this
  chapter. (Added 1967, No. 343 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. March 23, 1968; amended 1969, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. April 6, 1970; 2023, No. 53, § 110, eff. June 8, 2023.)