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Section 8: Prohibition of Issuing Prescriptions for Liquor Except By Registered Medical Practitioners

The Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act, 1989State Act of Nagaland · Act 4 of 1990

(1) No person other than Registered Medical Practitioner shall issue any prescription for any liquor.

(2) No Registered Medical Practitioner such shall prescribe liquor, unless he believes in good faith after careful medical examination of the person for whose use such prescription is made, that the use of such liquor by such person is necessary and will afford relief to him from some ailment.

(3) A registered medical practitioner shall State, in every prescription for liquor issued by him the name and address of the person to whom issued, the date of issue, directions and duration for use, and the amount and frequency of the dose, and shall preserve, a copy of the prescription for one year from the date of issue.

On the copy so preserved he shall State the ailment for which the liquor is prescribed.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act, 1989
Section8
Marginal noteProhibition of Issuing Prescriptions for Liquor Except By Registered Medical Practitioners
JurisdictionState of Nagaland
StatusIn force as published by the source

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