Sec. 11. All hoppers or chutes or similar devices shall be provided with a hood or covering for the purpose of drawing away from the employees noxious. poisonous, or injurious dusts. Sec. 12. Makes it the duty of the State factory inspector to enforce the pro visions of this act. Sec. 13. Requires that employers post appropriate notices of the known daigers to the health of employees and simple instructions as to any known means of avoiding the injurious consequences thereof. Sec. 14. Makes violation of the provisions of this act a misdemeanor punishable by fine. Sec. 15. Defines the term "employer" as including persons, partnerships, and corporations. SALE AND USE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS. [Laws, 1913, p. 385-392.] Amendments and new laws relating to the sale and use of intoxicating liquors. (H. B. 7, 19, 118, 119.) Montana. SALE AND USE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS. [Laws, 1913, chap. 35.] "An act limiting the number of licenses which may be issued for sale of intoxicating liquors and regulating the issuance of licenses (See also Laws, 1913, chap. 116.) PRACTICE OF PHARMACY, [Laws, 1913, chap. 83.] Sec. 14. "(a) Apothecaries and all other persons dealing in drugs, medicine, and mer chandise commonly sold by apothecaries' weight or by apothecaries' liquid mea ure shall at least once in two years cause such weights and measures so used to be tested and sealed by officers authorized under this act to inspect weights and measures." Nevada. SALE AND USE OF POISONS. [Laws, 1913, chap. 207.] Sec. 1. "It shall be unlawful for any person to vend, sell, give away, or fu”nish, either directly or indirectly, any poisons enumerated in Schedules A and B in section 7 of this act as hereinafter set forth, without labeling the package. box, bottle, or paper in which said poison is contained with the name of the article, the word " poison," and the name and place of business of the person furnishing the same. Said label shall be substantially in the form hereinafte: provided. It shall be unlawful to sell or deliver any of the poisons named 19 Schedule A or any other dangerously poisonous drug, chemical, or medical sub stance, which may from time to time be designated by the State board of phar macy of Nevada, unless on inquiry it is found that the person desiring the satu is aware of its poisonous character, and it satisfactorily appears that it is to be used for a legitimate purpose. It shall be unlawful for any person to give a fictitious name or make any false representations to the seller or dealer whe buying any of the poisons thus enumerated. Printed notice of all such additiv to the schedule of poisons named and provided for in this section and the antidote adopted by the board of pharmacy for such poisons shall be given to all registered pharmacists with the next following renewal of their certificates. It shall be unlawful to sell or deliver any poison included in Schedule A or the additions thereto without making or causing to be made an entry in a book kept solely for that purpose, stating the date and hour of sale, and the name, address, and signature of the purchaser, the name of the dispenser, who must be a duly registered pharmacist . . ." Sec. 2. "The label required by this act to be placed on all packages of poison, shall be printed upon red paper in distinct white letters, or in distinct red letters upon white paper, and shall contain the word " poison," the vignette representing the skull and cross-bones, and the name and address of the person or firm selling the same. The name of an antidote, if any there be, for the poison sold shall also be upon the package." Sec. 3. "It shall be the duty of the State board of pharmacy to adopt a schedule of what in their judgment are the most suitable common antidotes for the various poisons usually sold . . . The particular antidote adopted (and no other) shall appear on the poison label, provided for in section 2 of this act, or be attached to the package containing said poison. The board shall have power to revise and amend the list of antidotes from time to time, as to them may seem advisable. The entries in the poison book and the printed or written matter provided for in sections 2 and 3 of this act shall be in the English language: Provided, That the vendor of said poison may enter the same in any foreign language he may desire, in addition to said entry and label in English." Sec. 4. "When in the opinion of the State board of pharmacy it is in the interest of the public health, they are hereby empowered to further restrict or prohibit the retail sale of any poison by rules, not inconsistent with the provigions of this act, by them to be adopted, and which rules must be applicable to all persons alike..." Sec. 5. "Wholesale dealers and pharmacists shall affix or cause to be affixed to every bottle, box, bottle, or other enclosure of an original package containing any of the articles named in Schedule A, the additions thereto, or in sections 8 or 9 of this act a suitable label, or brand, with the word 'poison,' but they are hereby exempted from the registration of the sale of such articles when sold at wholesale to a registered pharmacist, physician, dentist, or veterinary surgeon duly licensed to practice in the State: Provided, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the sale of such upon the prescriptions of practicing physicians, dentists, or veterinary surgeons who are duly licensed to practice in this State." Sec. 6. District attorney of the county to conduct all actions. "The following is Schedule A referred to in section 1, viz: Schedule A.- [Laws. 1913, chap. 286.] Sec. 18. ". the following drugs, medicines, and chemicals may be sold by grocers and dealers generally without restriction, viz: Glauber salts, vaseline, turpentine, condition powders, cream of tartar, carbonate of soda, bay rum, essence of Jamaica ginger, essence of peppermint, ammonia, alum, castor oil, bicarbonate of soda, chloride of lime, glycerine, witch-hazel, sheep dip, borax, sulphur, bluestone, flax seed, insect powder, fly paper, any rat poison, squirrel poison, and gopher poison, and arsenical poison used for orchard spraying when prepared and sold in original and unbroken packages and labeled with the official poison labels." SALE AND USE OF COCAINE AND NARCOTICS. [Laws, 1913, chap. 207.] Sec. 8. "It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to seil. furnish, or give away or offer to sell, furnish, or give away or to have in their or his possession any cocaine, opium, morphine, codeine, heroin, alpha eucaine, beta eucaine, nova caine, or chloral hydrate or any of the salts, derivatives, or compounds of the foregoing substances or any preparation or compound containing any of the foregoing substances or their salts, derivatives, or compounds excepting upon the written order or prescription of a physician, dentist, or veterinary surgeon licensed to practice in this State, which order or prescrip tion shall be dated and shall contain the name of the person for whom prescribed, written in by the person writing said prescription, or if ordered by a veterinary surgeon it shall state the kind of animal for which ordered and shall be signed by the person giving the prescription or order. Such order or prescription shall be permanently retained on file by the person, firm, or corpora tion who shall compound or dispense the articles ordered or prescribed and it shall not be again compounded or dispensed if each fluid or avoirdupois ounce contains more than eight grains of opium, or one grain of morphine, or two grains of codeine, or one-half grain of heroin, or one grain of cocaine, or one grain of alpha eucaine, or one grain of beta eucaine, or one grain of nova caine, or sixty grains of chloral hydrate, excepting upon the written order of the prescriber for each and every subsequent compounding or dispensing. No copy or duplicate of such written order or prescription shall be made or delivered to any person, but the original shall be at all times open to inspection by the prescriber and properly authorized officers of the law and shall be preserved for at least three years from the date of the filing thereof: Provided, That the above provisions shall not apply to sales at wholesale by jobbers, wholesalers, and manufacturers to pharmacists legally licensed and doing business under the laws of the State of Nevada, or physicians, nor to each other, nor to the sale at retail in pharmacists to physicians, dentists, or veterinary surgeons duly licensed to practice in this State: Provided further, That all such wholesale jobbers, wholesalers, and manufacturers, in this section mentioned, shall before delivery to any resident or person in this State of any of the articles in th's section enumerated make or cause to be made, in a book kept for that purpose only, an entry of the sale of any such article. . . . And said book shall always be open for inspection by any peace officer or citizen, or any member of the board of pharmacy or any inspector by them authorized, and such book shall be preserved for at least five years after the date of the last entry therein. It shall be unlawful for any practitioner of medicine, dentistry, or veterinary medicine to furnish to or to prescribe for the use of any habitual user of the same any cocaine, opium, morphine, codeine, heroin, or chloral hydrate, or any salt, derivative, or compounds, and it shall be unlawful for any practitioner of dentistry to prescribe any of the foregoing substances for any person not under his treatment in the regular practice of his profession, or for any veterinary surgeon to prescribe any of the foregoing substances for the use of any human being: Provided, however, That the provisions of this section shall not be construed to prevent any duly licensed physician from furnishing or prescribing in good faith as their physician by them employed as such, for any habitual user of any narcotic drugs who is under his professional care, such substances as he may deem necessary for their treatment, when such prescriptions are not given or substances furnished for the purpose of evading the purposes of this act: Provided, That the above provisions shall not apply to preparations sold or dispensed without a physician's prescription containing less than two grains of opium, or one-fourth grain of morphine, or one-half grain of codeine, or onesixth grain heroin, or one-sixth grain cocaine, or one-sixth grain eucaine, or one-sixth grain nova caine, or one-sixth grain beta eucaine, or ten grains chloral hydrate in one fluid ounce, or if a solid preparation in one ounce avoirdupois ounce, or to the sale of strychnine or other poisons for the purpose of destroying noxious wild animals." Sec. 9. "The officials in charge of the food and drug act of this State are hereby designated and constituted agents for the enforcement of this act. . . DRUGS TO BE ANNOUNCED ON LABEL. [Laws, 1913, chap. 226.] Sec. 9. "Food, liquors, and drugs shall be deemed mislabeled or misbranded within the meaning of this act in any of the following cases: "Sixth. In the case of drugs: If its package or label shall bear any statement, design, or device regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of such article which is false or fraudulent." POISONS IN ARTICLES OF COMMERCE. [Laws, 1913, chap. 226.] Sec. 4. "Food shall be deemed adulterated within the meaning of this act in any of the following cases: ext. "Fifth. If it contain any added poisonous or other added deleterious ingredi "Eighth. In the case of confectionery: If it contain terra alba, barytes, talc, chrome yellow, or other mineral substance or poisonous color or flavor, or other ingredients deleterious or detrimental to health, or vinous, malt, or spirituous liquor or compound or narcotic drug." Sec. 11. "The possession of any adulterated, mislabeled, or misbranded article of food, liquor, or drug by any manufacturer, producer, jobber, packer, or dealer in food, liquor, or drugs, or by any broker, commission merchant, agent, employee, or servant of any such manufacturer, producer, jobber, packer, or dealer shall be prima facie evidence of the violation of this act." SALE AND USE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS. [Laws, 1913, chap. 248.] "An act to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors outside the corporate limits of any incorporated city or town." PRACTICE OF PHARMACY. [Laws, 1913, chap. 286.] Sec. 1. "From and after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, compound, sell, or dispense any drug, poison, medicine, or chemical or to dispense or compound any prescription of a medical practitioner unless such person be a registered pharmacist or a registered assistant pharmacist Sec. 2. "Any person in order to be a registered pharmacist must be a licentiate in pharmacy or a practicing pharmacist." Sec. 3. "Licentiates in pharmacy must a high-school education possess the fundamentals of have had five (5) consecutive years' actual experience .. have passed a satisfactory examination before the State board of pharmacy . . Provided, however, That the board of pharmacy may. grant certificates . . . to graduates of such colleges and schools of pharmacy as shall be approved by the board . . . may also grant certificates of registration to the licentiates of other States or Territories as it may deem proper. Practicing pharmacists are persons who, at the passage of this act, are registered as such." Sec. 4. Relates to the qualifications of registered assistant pharmacists. Secs. 5-9. Relate to the organization and the duties of the board of pharmacy. Sec. 10. Requires annual registration. Secs. 11-16. Relate to certificates of registration. Sec. 16. "... The board shall have power to provide by proper rules and regulations for the revocation by said board of licenses issued under the provisions of this act whenever the holder of such license shall be guilty of habitual intemperance or addicted to the use of narcotic drugs or shall have been convicted of a felony." Sec. 20. "The officials in charge of the food and drug act of this State are hereby designated and constituted agents for the enforcement of this act and shall cooperate with the State board of pharmacy, STANDARDS FOR DRUGS. [Laws, 1913, chap. 226.] Sec. 5. "That the term 'drug,' as used in this act, shall include all medicines and preparations recognized in the United States Pharmacopeia or National Formulary for internal or external use, and any substance or mixture of substances intended to be used for the cure, mitigation, or prevention of disease of either man or other animals." Sec. 6. "The standard of purity of drugs shall be the United States Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary official at the time of investigation." New Hampshire. SALE AND USE OF POISONS, [Concord (N. H.) ordinance, Aug. 15, 1912, Chap. IX.] Sec. 16. Forbids distribution of free samples of medicine. Sec. 17. Violations of the provisions of this chapter are punishable by fine. (P. H. Rep., 1913, v. 28, p. 1846.) |