Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 4214
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 4214
- Dentist: means a person authorized by law to practice dentistry in this State and who has a license issued to the person under this chapter authorizing him or her to use regulated drugs in connection with his or her professional practice. See
- Department: means the Department of Health. See
- Dispense: includes distribute, leave with, give away, dispose of, or deliver. See
- Nurse: means any person authorized by law to practice nursing in this State. See
- Person: includes an individual, partnership, corporation, association, trust, or other institution or entity. See
- Physician: means a person authorized by law to practice medicine in this State and who has a license issued to the person under this chapter authorizing him or her to use regulated drugs in connection with his or her professional practice. See
- Prescribe: means an order for a patient made or given by a practitioner. See
- Regulated drug: means :
- Veterinarian: means a person authorized by law to practice veterinary medicine in this State and who has a license issued to the person under this chapter authorizing him or her to use regulated drugs in connection with his or her professional practice. See
§ 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 or her professional practice only, may prescribe, administer, and dispense regulated drugs and he or she 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 or her absence by a responsible member of the family of the patient, under his or her direction and supervision.
(b) A duly licensed veterinarian, in good faith and in the course of his or her professional practice only and not for use by a human being, may prescribe, administer, and dispense regulated drugs and he or she may cause them to be administered for medical purposes only by an assistant or orderly or by the owner of the animal, under his or her 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 rules adopted by the Department of Health, when such drug is no longer required by the patient. (Added 1967, No. 343 (Adj. Sess.), § 14, eff. March 23, 1968; amended 2023, No. 53, § 111, eff. June 8, 2023.)