Section 6821. Poison schedules; register  


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  • 1. The following schedules shall
      remain in  force  until  revised  by  the  board  and  approved  by  the
      department.
        Schedule A. Arsenic, atropine, corrosive sublimate, potassium cyanide,
      chloral  hydrate,  hydrocyanic  acid, strychnine and all other poisonous
      vegetable alkaloids and their salts and oil of bitter almond  containing
      hydrocyanic acid.
        Schedule B. Aconite, belladonna, cantharides, colchicum, conium cotton
      root,  digitalis,  ergot,  hellebore, henbane, phytolacca, strophanthus,
      oil of savin, oil of tansy, veratrum  viride  and  their  pharmaceutical
      preparations,  arsenical solutions, carbolic acid, chloroform, creosote,
      croton oil, white precipitate, methyl or wood  alcohol,  mineral  acids,
      oxalic  acid,  paris  green,  salts of lead, salts of zinc, or any drug,
      chemical or preparation which is liable to be destructive to adult human
      life in quantities of sixty grains or less.
        2. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell at retail or to furnish
      any of the poisons of schedules A and B without affixing or  causing  to
      be  affixed to the bottle, box, vessel or package, a label with the name
      of the article and the word "poison" distinctly shown and with the  name
      and place of business of the seller all printed in red ink together with
      the  name of such poisons printed or written thereupon in plain, legible
      characters.
        3.  Manufacturers  and  wholesale   dealers   in   drugs,   medicines,
      pharmaceutical  preparations,  chemicals or poisons shall affix or cause
      to be affixed to every bottle, box, parcel or  outer  inclosure  of  any
      original package containing any of the articles of schedule A a suitable
      label or brand in red ink with the word "poison" upon it.
        4.  Every  person  who disposes of or sells at retail or furnishes any
      poisons included in schedule A shall before delivering the same enter in
      a book kept for that purpose the date of sale, the name and  address  of
      the  purchaser, the name and the quantity of the poison, the purpose for
      which it is purchased and the name of the dispenser. The poison register
      must be always open for inspection by the proper authorities and must be
      preserved for at least five years after the last  entry.    Such  person
      shall  not  deliver any of the poisons of schedule A or schedule B until
      he has satisfied himself that the purchaser is aware  of  its  poisonous
      character  and  that  the poison is to be used for a legitimate purpose.
      The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to the dispensing of drugs
      or poisons on a doctor's prescription.
        5. The board may add to or may delete from any of the  schedules  from
      time  to time as such action becomes necessary for the protection of the
      public.