§ 4216. Authorized possession by individuals
A person to whom or for whose use any regulated drug has been prescribed, sold or dispensed, and the owner of any animal for which any such drug has been prescribed, sold or dispensed, may lawfully possess the same on the condition that such drug was prescribed, sold or dispensed by a physician, dentist, pharmacist or veterinarian licensed under this chapter or under the laws of another state or country wherein such person has his practice, and further that all amounts of the drug are retained in the lawful container in which it was delivered to him by the person selling or dispensing the same, provided however, that for the purposes of this section an amount of regulated drugs of not more than two days' individual prescribed dosage may be possessed by a patient for his personal use. (1967, No. 343 (Adj. Sess.), § 16, eff. March 23, 1968.)