§461-19 Application of law. This chapter shall not apply to any practitioner legally licensed by the State or authorized by the laws of the State to prescribe prescription drugs within the scope of the practitioner's practice when the practitioner is handling drugs in the course of the practitioner's professional duties or prohibit the practitioner from personally supplying the practitioner's own patients with such prescription drugs if the prescription drugs fall within the practitioner's scope of authorized practice. [L 1949, c 175, pt of §1; RL 1955, §71-19; am L 1964, c 15, §5; HRS §461-19; gen ch 1985; am L 1995, c 34, §6; am L 1997, c 214, §9]