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Revised Statues - Chapter 28 Crimes and Punishments
28-412: Narcotic drugs; administration to addicts; record; violation; penalty.
It shall be unlawful for any duly licensed practicing physician to prescribe, or for any duly licensed practicing physician, dentist, or veterinarian, to administer, in any manner or form, any cocaine, alpha or beta eucaine, morphine, or opium, or any salt, compound, or derivative of any of the foregoing substances, or any preparation, product, or compound, containing any of the foregoing substances or any of their salts, compounds, or derivatives, for, or to, any person addicted to the habitual use of cocaine, alpha or beta eucaine, morphine, or opium, or any salt, compound, or derivative of any of the foregoing substances, or any preparation, product, or compound containing any of the foregoing substances or any of their salts, compounds, or derivatives, except that a reputable and duly licensed practicing physician may personally administer to a patient who is a habitual user of such drugs, or any of them, necessary doses thereof, when it has been in good faith determined by two reputable and duly licensed practicing physicians, in consultation, to be absolutely necessary in the medical treatment of such patient, in which case, the physician administering such drugs, or any of them, shall make and keep a record in writing of the name and address of the person to whom such drugs, or any of them, were administered, the date administered, the form and quantity of drug administered, the name and address of the consulting physician, and the date and place of consultation. Such record shall be retained and preserved within the State of Nebraska, and the county where administered, for a period of at least seven years, and shall always be open for inspection by the Department of Health and Human Services Regulation and Licensure, state, county and city health officers, county attorneys,
grand juries, and all officers of the law, and by agents appointed by them, or any of them, for the purpose of making an inspection. The record shall be made at the time of each administration of such drugs, or any of them, and a copy of the record shall, within five days after each administration of such drugs, or any of them, as in this section provided, be filed with the county attorney of the county in which the administering took place, by the physician administering the drugs, or any of them, and shall have affixed thereto the signature and address of the administering physician. Any person violating any of the provisions or requirements of this section or any part thereof shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
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