{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-25-103","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 25-103","heading":"Exceptions to license requirement.","body":"(a)\nA physician, dentist, veterinarian, or person in charge of an institution regularly conducted as a hospital or sanatorium for the care of persons in ill health, or as a home devoted exclusively to the care of aged people, may administer alcoholic beverages to a patient in their care receiving treatment.\n\n(b)\nThis title shall not apply to alcohol sold for use in the manufacture and sale of any of the following if they are unfit for beverage purposes:\n(1)\nDenatured alcohol produced and used pursuant to Acts of Congress and regulations promulgated thereunder;\n(2)\nPatent, proprietary, medicinal, pharmaceutical, antiseptic, and toilet preparations;\n(3)\nFlavoring extracts, syrups, and food products; or\n(4)\nScientific, chemical, mechanical, and industrial products.","path":["Title 25. Alcoholic Beverages. [Enacted title]","Chapter 1. General Provisions and Classification of Licenses.","Subchapter I. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/25-103","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"67c1b74772971c241884997b4bbfbffba21348c9ceccaebb039d6ea2ef788b52","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-25-102","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-25-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}