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ful coal-tar product, or any derivative or preparation of any such substances contained therein.

d. A statement of the maximum quantity or proportion of any such substances present will meet the requirements, provided the maximum stated does not vary materially from the average quantity or proportion.

e. In case the actual quantity or proportion is stated it shall be the average quantity or proportion.

f. The following are the principal derivatives and preparations made from the articles which are required to be named upon the label:

Alcohol, ethyl (cologne spirits, grain alcohol, rectified spirits, spirits, and spirits of wine):

Derivatives: Aldehyde, ether, ethyl acetate, ethyl nitrite, and paraldehyde. Preparations containing alcohol: Bitters, brandies, cordials, elixirs, essences, fluid extracts, spirits, sirups, tinctures, tonics, whiskies, and wines.

Morphine, alkaloid:

Derivatives: Apomorphine, dionine, peronine, morphine acetate, hydrochloride, sulphate, and other salts of morphine.

Preparations containing morphine or derivatives of morphine: Boughird, catarrh snuff, chlorodyne, compound powder of morphine, crayons, elixirs, granules, pills, solutions, sirups, suppositories, tablets, triturates, and troches.

Opium gum:

Preparations of opium: Extracts, denarcotized opium, granulated opium and powdered opium, boughies, brown mixture, carminative mixtures, crayons, Dover's powder, elixirs, limiments, ointment, paregoric, pills, plasters, sirups, suppositories, tablets, tinctures, troches, vinegars, and wines.

Derivatives: Codeine, alkaloid, hydrochloride, phosphate, sulphate, and other salts of codeine.

Preparations containing codeine or its salts: Elixirs, pills, sirups, and tablets.

Cocaine, alkaloid:

Derivatives: Cocaine, hydrochloride, oleate, and other salts.

Preparations containing cocaine or salts of cocaine: Coca leaves, catarrh powders, elixirs, extracts, infusion of coca, ointments, paste, pencils, pills, solutions, sirups, tablets, tinctures, troches, and wines.

Heroin:

Preparations containing heroin: Sirups, elixirs, pills, and tablets. Alpha and beta eucaine:

Preparations containing alpha and beta eucaine: Mixtures, ointments, powders, and solutions.

Chloroform:

Preparations containing chloroform: Chloranodyne, elixirs, emulsions, liniments, mixtures, spirits, and sirups.

Cannabis indica:

Preparations containing cannabis indica: Corn remedies, extracts, mixtures, pills, powders, tablets, and tinctures.

Chloral hydrate (Chloral U. S. Pharmacopoeia, 1890):

Derivatives: Chloral acetophenonoxium, chloral alcoholate, chloralamide, chloralimide, chloral orthoform, chloralose, dermio, hypnal, and uraline. Preparations containing chloral hydrate or its derivatives: Chloral camphorate, elixirs, liniments, mixtures, ointments, suppositories, sirups, and tablets.

Acetanilide (antifebrine, phenylacetamide):

Derivatives: Acetyhenetidine, citrophen, diacetanilide, lactophenin, methoxy-acetanilide, methylacetanilide, para-iodacentanilide, and phenace

tine.

Preparations containing acetanilide or derivitives: Analgesics, antineuralagics, antirheumatics, cachets, capsules, cold remedies, elixirs, granular effervescing salts, headache powders, mixtures, pain remedies, pills, and tablets.

g. In declaring the quantity or proportion of any of the specified substances the names by which they are designated in the act shall be used, and in declaring the quantity or proportion of derivatives of any of the specified substances, in addition to the trade name of the derivative, the name of the specified substance shall also be stated, so as to indicate clearly that the product is a derivative of the particular specified substance.

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h. In the case of alcohol the expression "quantity or "proportion" shall mean the average percentage by volume in the finished product. In the case of the other ingredients required to be named upon the label the expression "quantity" or "proportion" shall mean grains or minims per ounce or fluid ounce, and also, if desired, the metric equivalents thereof, as milligrams per gram or per cubic centimeter, or grams or cubic centimeters per kilogram or per liter: Provided, That these articles shall not be deemed misbranded if the maximum quantity or proportion be stated.

RULE 26. Premises subject to inspection.-All buildings or premises occupied, used, or maintained for the manufacture, storage, sale, or distribution of food or drug products shall be open at all reasonable times to inspection by the State board of health or authorized employees, agents, inspectors, or other officials thereof.

All cars, trucks, or vehicles used by common carriers in intrastate commerce shall in like manner be open to inspection.

Authorized agents, inspectors, or other officials of the State board of health shall at all reasonable times have access to the records of express, freight, and transportation companies or others engaged in the business of common carriers in all matters relating to the sale or transportation within the State of foods or drugs.

RULE 27. Organization of the division of food and drugs.-The division of food and drugs shall consist of a food and drug commissioner and such food and drug inspectors, clerks, stenographers, and other employees as may be required to carry out the purposes of the food and drugs act.

All such employees shall be appointed by the State board of health under the provisions of existing laws.

All official orders shall be issued in the name of the State board of health. All actions at law instituted by the division of food and drugs shall be maintained under the authority of the State board of health.

The division of food and drugs shall enforce the food and drugs act of 1907, the pure food and sanitary inspection law of 1913, the State narcotic drugs act, and all other acts or parts of acts remaining unrepealed upon the statute books which relate to the adulteration or misbranding of foods or drugs, except where statutory provision has been made for the enforcement of such acts by other departments.

The food and drug commissioner shall be the official head of the division, and, under the authority of the State board of health, shall do and perform all acts and things necessary to the enforcement of the laws hereinbefore mentioned. He shall provide for the adequate inspection, supervision, and control of the production, manufacture, sale, and distribution of food and drug prod

ucts within the State, and shall cause to be kept full and complete records of such inspection.

RULE 28. Articles intended for technical or scientific purposes or to be used in the mechanical arts.-Wherever goods ordinarily used as food articles for human consumption are manufactured, transported, or sold within the State the presumption will arise that such goods are so manufactured, transported, or sold for food purposes unless they are labeled in a manner which will clearly indicate that they are for technical or scientific purposes or for use in the mechanical arts.

Whenever necessary to the protection of the public health, the food and drug commissioner shall require that such products be denatured in such a manner as to preclude their use for food purposes.

RULE 29. Foods prepared for export and for interstate commerce.-Food and drug articles prepared for export to foreign countries do not come within the provisions of the State food and drugs act, provided such articles are not prepared or packed in violation of the laws of such foreign country.

Food and drug products intended for export shall be fully labeled to indicate that they are to be exported.

If such products shall at any time be sold or offered for sale, or given away, within the State, they immediately become subject to the provisions of the State food and drugs act.

Food and drug products intended for interstate commerce are not exempt from the provisions of the State act until such time as they have actually entered interstate commerce.

RULE 30. Statement of weight or measure.-If any statement of weight or measure appears upon the label of a package of food, it must be a true and correct statement in terms of minimum weight or minimum measure, and is required to appear upon the principal label. Reasonable tolerance for discrepancies due to different atmospheric conditions will be allowed.

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Habit-Forming Drugs-Sale and Dispensing. (Reg. Bd of H., Nov. 8, 1920.) REG. 50. Narcotic drugs.-Pursuant to the authority vested in the Colorado State Board of Health under sections 18 and 21 of an act1 entitled "An act to regulate the sale, barter, exchange, distribution, dealing in, giving away, dispensing or the disposition in any manner of opium or coca leaves, their salts, derivatives or preparation, to regulate the treatment and to provide for the committal of the habitual users of such drugs, and for other purposes," approved April 9, 1915, which said act will hereinafter be referred to under the title of the "Colorado Narcotic Drugs Act," the following rules are hereby adopted for the enforcement of said act:

RULE 1. Sale and disposition of drugs at wholesale.-Where any of the drugs mentioned in section 1 of the Colorado Narcotic Drugs Act are to be sold or otherwise disposed of at wholesale, the purchaser or receiver (unless specifically exempt, under section 2 of the act) will, prior to such purchase or receipt, issue an order therefor in the form as required in section 6 of said act.

Sales at wholesale relate to the sale or disposition of any of the drugs coming within the scope of the law to a druggist for use, sale, or distribution in the lawful conduct of his business or to a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian for use in the legitimate practice of his profession.

A complete observance of the requirements as set forth in articles 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the Federal regulations with regard to forms used in ordering drugs at wholesale and to the preservation of such forms for the use of inspectors and

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other authorized officials, will be deemed a sufficient compliance with the provisions of section 6 of the Colorado Narcotic Drugs Act.

RULE 2. Sales at retail; upon written prescription.-Sales of the narcotic drugs enumerated in section 1 of the act, at retail, or to the consumer, are limited to such sales as may be made pursuant to the original written prescription of a duly licensed physician, dentist, or veterinary surgeon.

All such prescriptions must be:

First. Signed in full by a duly licensed physician, dentist, or veterinary surgeon issuing the same.

Second. Dated as of the date on which so signed.

Third. Must indicate the office address, office hours, registry number, and telephone number of such duly licensed physician, dentist, or veterinary surgeon. Fourth. Must indicate the name and address of the person to whom such written prescription is issued.

Fifth. When issued by a veterinary surgeon must indicate the kind of animal upon which such norcotic drug is to be used.

Druggists and apothecaries must refuse to fill any such prescription unless signed as herein required; nor must a prescription for such drugs be filled by any druggist or apothecary, if he has reason to suspect that the same was fraudulently issued or obtained.

The dispensing of such drugs at retail or to the consumer by druggists or apothecaries, except upon the original written prescription of physicians, dentists, or veterinary surgeons, will be in violation of the act. Refilling of prescriptions is therefore prohibited.

No written prescription calling for more than 4 grains of morphine, 16 grains of opium, 2 grains of heroin, 8 grains of codeine, or 2 grains of cocaine shall be filled without verification by the physician, dentist, or veterinary surgeon issuing the same. Such verification may be by telephone or other sufficient method.

Prescriptions must be exactly filled as soon after receipt as practicable, not later in any case than 10 days subsequent to the issuance thereof. And the druggist shall record upon the precription the date when filled and the name of person to whom delivered.

Prescriptions must be preserved for a period of two years from the time when filled and must be readily accessible to authorized inspectors or officials. A separate file of all such prescriptions should therefore be kept by the druggist or apothecary filling the same, but such prescriptions may be numbered consecutively with other prescriptions received. Unless so filed a record must be kept showing:

First. The file number given to each prescription filled.

Second. The name of the physician, dentist, or veterinary surgeon signing the same.

Third. The name of the person for whom such prescription is filled.

It will not be necessary to keep two sets of records or files of prescriptions, one for the Federal authorities and one to meet the requirements of the State narcotic drugs act. The records now kept in compliance with the regulations for the enforcement of the Harrison (Federal) Act will be regarded as a complete observance of the State act and of these regulations in this particular. In writing prescriptions for narcotic drugs, coming within the scope of the law, physicians are cautioned to include all information required by both the Federal and the State acts. While these requirements are not essential in carrying out the purposes of the law, they are necessary to the protection of both physicians and druggists from imposition by means of fraudulent prescriptions and orders.

Prescriptions for narcotic drugs mentioned in section 1 of the act may be issued only in good faith for medicinal purposes in the course of professional practice.

RULE 3. Dispensing of drugs by physicians, dentists, or veterinary surgeons.-Section 5 of the Colorado narcotic drugs act authorizes any duly licensed physician, dentist, or veterinary surgeon to dispense, distribute, or in any manner give, within the State, any of the drugs mentioned in section 1 of the act, to his patients, providing such dispensing is done in good faith for medicinal purposes and in the course of his professional practice. A record, however, is required to be kept of all such drugs so dispensed or distributed (except such as may be dispensed or distributed to a patient, upon whom such physician, dentist, or veterinary surgeon may personally attend, i. e., personally visit), and must show:

First. The date when any such drug is dispensed or distributed.

Second. The kind and quantity dispensed or distributed in each case. Third. The name and residence of the patient to whom such drug was dispensed or distributed.

The record so kept must be preserved for a period of two years from the date of dispensing or distributing and held subject to inspection by officers of the State board of health.

A veterinary surgeon is not permitted to dispense drugs nor to prescribe drugs for consumption by a human being.

No exemptions apply in the case of drugs dispensed to an habitual user. A record must be kept in all such cases in the manner heretofore described. With the exception of the records required by the State law to be kept in the case of drugs dispensed to habitual users, the records now kept by physicians, dentists, and veterinary surgeons in compliance with the Federal act will be regarded as a sufficient compliance with the requirements of the State narcotic drugs act and of these regulations.

RULE 4. Sworn statements of receipts.-Under the authority of section 7 of the act, the State board of health will require sworn statements of receipts in all cases where there is reason to suspect that any of the drugs coming within the scope of this act are being procured, compounded, or disposed of illegally, and in all such other cases as it may deem advisable.

Inspectors are instructed to promptly report any suspicious circumstances attending the sale, dispensing, or other use of the drugs enumerated in the act.

Statements of receipts will be made in the form and manner as set forth in article 15 of the Federal regulations.

RULE 5. Revocation of licenses after conviction.-The State board of health will report to the appropriate State board or other licensing officers of the State all cases wherein any duly licensed physician, dentist, veterinary surgeon, pharmacist or nurse has been convicted of a substantial violation of this act, for action as provided in section 12 of the act.

RULE 6. Inventories.-It will not be necessary for, any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of dispensing drugs to the consumer or in the practice of any of the professions in the act enumerated to prepare any inventory of the drugs or preparations or remedies coming within the scope of the law, on hand at the time the Colorado narcotic drugs act becomes effective, other than the inventory as required by article 13 of the Federal rules and regulations. The inventory therein described will be kept open to inspection at all reasonable times by authorized inspectors or officers of the State board of health.

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