2011 Vermont Code
Title 18 Health
Chapter 84 POSSESSION AND CONTROL OF REGULATED DRUGS
§ 4214 Authorized professional use of regulated drugs

§ 4214. Authorized professional use of regulated drugs

(a) A physician or dentist licensed under this chapter, in good faith and in the course of his professional practice only, may prescribe, administer and dispense regulated drugs and he may cause the same to be administered for medical purposes only by a nurse licensed under this chapter, or an intern, medical or dental assistant, or resident, or in his absence by a responsible member of the family of the patient, under his direction and supervision.

(b) A duly licensed veterinarian, in good faith and in the course of his professional practice only and not for use by a human being, may prescribe, administer and dispense regulated drugs and he may cause them to be administered for medical purposes only by an assistant or orderly or by the owner of the animal, under his direction and supervision.

(c) Any person who has obtained from a physician, dentist, or veterinarian any regulated drug for administration to a patient during the absence of such physician, dentist or veterinarian under this section shall return to such physician, dentist or veterinarian any unused portion of such drug, or shall take such action as may be specified by regulation adopted by the board of health, when such drug is no longer required by the patient. (1967, No. 343 (Adj. Sess.), { 14, eff. March 23, 1968.)