N.Y. Education Law § 6821: Poison schedules; register

§ 6821. Poison schedules; register. 1. The following schedules shall

remain in force until revised by the board and approved by the

department.

Schedule A. Arsenic, atropine, corrosive sublimate, potassium cyanide,

chloral hydrate, hydrocyanic acid, strychnine and all other poisonous

vegetable alkaloids and their salts and oil of bitter almond containing

hydrocyanic acid.

Schedule B. Aconite, belladonna, cantharides, colchicum, conium cotton

root, digitalis, ergot, hellebore, henbane, phytolacca, strophanthus,

oil of savin, oil of tansy, veratrum viride and their pharmaceutical

preparations, arsenical solutions, carbolic acid, chloroform, creosote,

croton oil, white precipitate, methyl or wood alcohol, mineral acids,

oxalic acid, paris green, salts of lead, salts of zinc, or any drug,

chemical or preparation which is liable to be destructive to adult human

life in quantities of sixty grains or less.

2. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell at retail or to furnish

any of the poisons of schedules A and B without affixing or causing to

be affixed to the bottle, box, vessel or package, a label with the name

of the article and the word "poison" distinctly shown and with the name

and place of business of the seller all printed in red ink together with

the name of such poisons printed or written thereupon in plain, legible

characters.

3. Manufacturers and wholesale dealers in drugs, medicines,

pharmaceutical preparations, chemicals or poisons shall affix or cause

to be affixed to every bottle, box, parcel or outer inclosure of any

original package containing any of the articles of schedule A a suitable

label or brand in red ink with the word "poison" upon it.

4. Every person who disposes of or sells at retail or furnishes any

poisons included in schedule A shall before delivering the same enter in

a book kept for that purpose the date of sale, the name and address of

the purchaser, the name and the quantity of the poison, the purpose for

which it is purchased and the name of the dispenser. The poison register

must be always open for inspection by the proper authorities and must be

preserved for at least five years after the last entry. Such person

shall not deliver any of the poisons of schedule A or schedule B until

he has satisfied himself that the purchaser is aware of its poisonous

character and that the poison is to be used for a legitimate purpose.

The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to the dispensing of drugs

or poisons on a doctor's prescription.

5. The board may add to or may delete from any of the schedules from

time to time as such action becomes necessary for the protection of the

public.