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217.400 Poison defined -- Sale restricted -- Register to be kept.
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A poison is any drug, chemical or preparation that, according to standard
works on medicine or medica, is liable to be destructive to adult human life in
quantities of sixty (60) grains or less.
Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, no person shall sell or
retail any poison without affixing to the package containing it a label printed or
plainly written containing the name of the article, the word "poison," and the
name and place of business of the seller, with the common name of two (2) or
more readily accessible antidotes, nor shall he deliver poison to any person
without satisfying himself that the poison is to be used for legitimate purposes.
Any person selling or dispensing any poison that is known to be destructive to
adult human life in quantities of five (5) grains or less shall, before delivering it,
enter in a book kept for that purpose the name of the seller, the name and
residence of the buyer, the name of the article, the quantity sold or disposed of,
and the purpose for which it is said to be intended. The book of registry shall
be preserved for at least two (2) years after the date of the last entry, and shall
at all times be open to the inspection of the coroner of the county in which it is
kept, and the members or authorized inspectors of the Kentucky Board of
Pharmacy.
The emmenagogues or abortives known as tansy, pennyroyal, rue, savin,
ergot, cotton root and their preparations, patent or otherwise, shall be sold at
retail or dispensed only upon the original written prescription of a legally
qualified physician. The prescription shall be filled but once and no copy shall
be taken by any person.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to the dispensing of poisons in not
unusual quantities or doses, on physicians' prescriptions, nor to the sale to
agriculturists or horticulturists of articles commonly used by them as
insecticides.
Effective:October 1, 1942
History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from
Ky. Stat. sec. 2630.
Legislative Research Commission Note. KRS 217.640 provides for the repeal of
the provisions of KRS 217.400 covering economic poisons subject to KRS
217.542 to 217.640.
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