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1935, ch. 59, sec. 285-O.

285-O. On the conviction of any person of the violation of any pro-
vision of this sub-title, a copy of the judgment and sentence, and of the
opinion of the court or magistrate, if any opinion be filed, shall be sent
by the clerk of the court, or by the magistrate, to the board or officer, if
any, by whom the convicted defendant has been licensed or registered to
practice his profession or to carry on his business. And such board or
officer shall have the power to revoke such license or registration. A dupli-
cate copy of the judgment and sentence and opinion, if any opinion be
filed, shall be sent to the State Department of Health.

Any physician, dentist, pharmacist or veterinarian who is or shall
become addicted to the drug habit shall have his license suspended by the
Board under which he has been licensed until such time as such physician,
dentist, pharmacist or veterinarian shall offer satisfactory proof to the
State Board of Health of having become cured of such habit. Upon any
relapse from any such cure the license of such physician, dentist, pharma-
cist or veterinarian shall become permanently revoked by the Board under
which he has been licensed.

1935, ch. 59, sec. 285P.

285P. Prescriptions, orders and records, required by this sub-title, and
stocks of narcotic drugs, shall be open for inspection only to Federal,
State, county and municipal officers, whose duty it is to enforce the laws
of this State or of the United States relating to narcotic drugs. No
officer having knowledge by virtue of his office of any such prescription,
order or record shall divulge such knowledge, except in connection with
a prosecution or proceeding in court or before a licensing board or officer
to which prosecution or proceeding the person to whom such prescriptions,
orders or records relate is a party.

1935, ch. 59, sec. 285Q.

285Q. No person shall obtain or attempt to obtain a narcotic drug, or
procure or attempt to procure the administration of a narcotic drug (a)
by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge; or (b) by the forgery or
alteration of a prescription or of any written order; or (c) by the con-
cealment of a material fact; or (d) by the use of a false name or the
giving of a false address.

(a) Information communicated to a physician in an effort unlawfully
to procure a narcotic drug, or unlawfully to procure the administra-
tion of any such drug, shall not be deemed a privileged communication.

(b) No person shall wilfully make a false statement in any prescrip-
tion, order, report, or record, required by this sub-title.

(c) No person shall, for the purpose of obtaining a narcotic drug,
falsely assume the title of, or represent himself to be, a manufacturer,
wholesaler, pharmacist, pharmacy owner, physician, dentist, veterinarian,
or other authorized person.