Sec. 21a-272. (Formerly Sec. 19-475). Preparations which may be sold and dispensed. Exceptions.
Sec. 21a-272. (Formerly Sec. 19-475). Preparations which may be sold and
dispensed. Exceptions. (a) The following preparations may be sold at retail in pharmacies and dispensed by hospitals, dentists, veterinarians and physicians without a prescription or written order, in quantities of not more than the amounts stated to any one
person, or for the use of any one person or animal within forty-eight consecutive hours:
(1) Four fluid ounces of Stokes expectorant, (2) four fluid ounces of Brown mixture,
(3) eight fluid ounces of any preparation which contains camphorated tincture of opium
or the opium equivalent not to exceed 16.2 mg. of opium in one fluid ounce and from
which the camphorated tincture of opium or the opium equivalent cannot be easily
extracted.
(b) The exceptions authorized by this section shall be subject to the following conditions: (1) That the medicinal preparation administered, dispensed or sold shall contain,
in addition to the morphine-type substance in it some drug or drugs conferring upon it
medicinal qualities other than those possessed by the morphine-type substance alone;
and (2) that such preparation shall be administered, dispensed and sold in good faith as
a medicine and not for the purpose of evading the provisions of this part; and (3) that
the purchaser of such preparations shall not purchase or attempt to obtain such preparations for the purpose of sustaining or satisfying a dependency upon controlled drugs;
provided no vendor shall be deemed to have violated this subdivision unless he knew
or should have known of such improper purpose; and (4) that the seller keep a schedule
V record, as required by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, of the full name
and address of the person purchasing the medicinal preparation, in the handwriting of
the purchaser, the name and quantity of the preparation sold and the time and date of
sale; and (5) that whenever a pharmacist sells or dispenses any schedule V substance
which, under the provisions of this section, is excepted from prescriptions or written
orders, the pharmacist shall securely affix to each package in which such drug is contained a label showing the name and address of the pharmacy. No person shall alter,
deface or remove any label so affixed and no person shall have under his control or in
his possession any such drug if not so labeled; and (6) that no provisions of this section
shall be construed to permit the purchase, within any forty-eight-hour period by any
one person or for use of any one person or animal of more than one excepted schedule
V preparation specified in subsection (a) or in more than the maximum amounts allowed
under subsection (a) except as authorized by other provisions of this part.
(c) (1) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may, by regulation, exempt
from the application of said sections to such extent as he determines to be consistent
with the public welfare, pharmaceutical preparations containing schedule V substances
found by said commissioner, after due notice and opportunity for hearing: (A) To possess
no liability for drug abuse and dependency sufficient to warrant imposition of all of the
requirements of said sections, and (B) not to permit recovery of a controlled substance
having such liability for drug abuse and dependence with such relative technical simplicity and degree of yield as to create a risk of improper use. (2) In exercising the authority
granted in subdivision (1) the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, by regulation
pursuant to section 21a-243 and without special findings, may grant exempt status to
such pharmaceutical preparations as are determined to be exempt under the federal
Controlled Substances Act and regulations and permit the administering, dispensing
or selling of such preparations under the same conditions as permitted by the federal
regulations dealing therewith.
(d) After due notice and hearing, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection may
determine that a pharmaceutical preparation exempted from the oral or written prescription requirement under the provisions of this section does possess a potential for drug
abuse and dependence and may, by regulation pursuant to section 21a-243, withdraw
the prior exemption. Such determination shall be final, and, after the expiration of a
period of six months from the date of issuance of the regulation, the exempt status shall
cease to apply to the particular pharmaceutical preparation.
(1967, P.A. 555, S. 31; 1972, P.A. 278, S. 20; P.A. 73-681, S. 14, 29; P.A. 79-12, S. 5, 6; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6,
S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1972 act deleted permission to sell without prescription up to one-half ounce of camphorated tincture of opium
(paregoric) and up to four fluid ounces of preparation containing not more than two grains of papaverine or its salts per
fluid ounce and allowed such sales for up to eight fluid ounces of camphorated tincture of opium or its equivalent as
specified in Subsec. (a)(3), substituted "substance(s)" for "drugs(s)", "Schedule V" substance for "morphine-type" drug
and "Federal Controlled Substances Act" for "federal narcotic laws"; P.A. 73-681 replaced public health council with
commissioner of consumer protection; P.A. 79-12 deleted permission to sell without prescription up to four fluid ounces
of preparation containing not more than two grains of noscapine or its salts per fluid ounce; Sec. 19-475 transferred to Sec.
21a-272 in 1983; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of
Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
Subsec. (a):
Cited. 21 CA 403.