CARBOLIC ACID* (7-24-100 et seq.)

Municipal Code of Chicago tit. 7, ch. 7-24, art. III

in effect

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-24-100 Prescription required.

7-24-100 Prescription required. It shall be unlawful for any apothecary, druggist, or pharmacist, or any employee thereof, or any other person whatever, to sell, exchange, give away, or deliver to any person within the city any carbolic acid or any extract or product thereof, or any preparation or compound of which it is an element or ingredient, containing more than five percent of carbolic acid, except upon the written prescription or order of a duly licensed physician, and except upon the day or date of such prescription or order, and there shall be for each such sale, exchange, gift, or delivery, a special and distinct order or prescription. The prescription or order shall have the date thereon of the day on which it is made, and shall be signed by the physician making it who shall be a graduate in medicine, and as such have a diploma from a legally constituted or chartered medical college or medical institution, and it shall contain the name and residence of the patient for whom it is intended, and the location of the physician's office or residence. (Prior code § 97-8)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-24-110 Inspection of prescriptions.

7-24-110 Inspection of prescriptions. All such prescriptions and orders shall be open for inspection by the coroner, State's Attorney, Assistant State's Attorney, corporation counsel, superintendent of police, or any regular police officer of this city. All such prescriptions and orders shall be kept and preserved for three years after receiving the same. It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse or prevent in any manner, or by any means, the inspection of such prescription or such orders, or any thereof, by any of said officers, and it shall be unlawful for any of the persons mentioned in Sections 7-24-100 to 7-24-130 who shall sell any such acid to fail or neglect to keep or preserve such prescriptions or orders. (Prior code § 97-9)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-24-120 Fraudulent prescriptions.

7-24-120 Fraudulent prescriptions. It shall be unlawful for any person to present any false, forged, untrue, or fictitious prescription or order for any carbolic acid, or any extract or product thereof, or any preparation or compound of which it is an element or ingredient, or to obtain the same by means thereof, or to give any false or fictitious name, or to give or make any false statement, or any false representation to obtain or in obtaining the same. (Prior code § 97-10)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-24-130 False statements in prescriptions.

7-24-130 False statements in prescriptions. It shall be unlawful for any physician to put a wrong or false date on any order or prescription for any carbolic acid, or any extract or product thereof, or any preparation or compound of which it is an element or ingredient, or to wilfully give any such order or prescription containing any false statement or representation of any fact or matter therein, or to give any such order or prescription for a dose or quantity greater than usual or necessary for bona fide purposes to cure or prevent sickness or disease. (Prior code § 97-11)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-24-140 Crude carbolic acid mixtures and wholesale.

7-24-140 Crude carbolic acid mixtures and wholesale. Sections 7-24-100 to 7-24-130 shall not apply to the sale of crude carbolic acid in quantities exceeding one gallon, to the sale of a solution or mixture containing equal portions of carbolic acid, glycerine, and alcohol, to the commerce or trade among wholesale druggists and retail druggists, apothecaries, or pharmacists, nor to sales or gifts to public institutions, charitable institutions, or hospitals for medical use therein. (Prior code § 97-12)

Source: City of Chicago, Municipal Code of Chicago (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/chicago/latest/chicago_il/0-0-0-2640911Fetched: 10/24/2026