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Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-305 (2024)

Who may prescribe, administer, dispense, mix or otherwise prepare narcotic drugs

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A physician or a dentist, in good faith and in the course of his professional practice only, may prescribe, administer, dispense, mix or otherwise prepare narcotic drugs, or he may cause the same to be administered by a nurse or interne under his direction and supervision.

A veterinarian, in good faith and in the course of his professional practice only, and not for use by human beings, may prescribe, administer, dispense, mix or otherwise prepare narcotic drugs, and he may cause them to be administered by an assistant or orderly under his direction and supervision.

Any person who has obtained from a physician, dentist, or veterinarian any narcotic drug for administration to a patient during the absence of such physician, dentist, or veterinarian, shall return to such physician, dentist, or veterinarian any unused portion of such drug, when it is no longer required by the patient.

Codes, 1942, § 6851; Laws, 1936, ch. 289.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1987–2000 · leading case: Dicie Ellen Hibley Swayze, Legal Guardian & Next Friend of Michael Wayne Swayze v. McNeil Labs., Inc., 807 F.2d 464 (5th Cir. 1987).
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Dicie Ellen Hibley Swayze, Legal Guardian & Next Friend of Michael Wayne Swayze v. McNeil Labs., Inc., 807 F.2d 464 (5th Cir. 1987). “Miss.Code Ann. § 41-29-305 (1972). Under no circumstances may a CRNA prescribe fentanyl in Mississippi.”
Miss. Bd. of Veterinary Med. v. Geotes, 770 So. 2d 940 (Miss. 2000). “" Miss.Code Ann. § 41-29-305 (1995). The controlled substances law *946 is designed to describe what is or is not permitted with respect to the use of controlled substances.”
Mississippi Bd. of Veterinary Med. v. Johnny W. Geotes, No. 1999-SA-00916-SCT (Miss. May 5, 1999). “" Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-305 (1995). The controlled substances law is designed to describe what is or is not permitted with respect to the use of controlled substances.”
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