Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3719.04 – Sale of controlled substances by category III licensees

(A) A person identified in division (B)(1)(a) of section 4729.52 of the Revised Code who holds a category III license under that section may sell at wholesale controlled substances to any of the following persons and subject to the following conditions:
1. (1) To another person who holds a category III license under section 4729.50 of the Revised Code, or a terminal distributor of dangerous drugs having a category III license under section 4729.54 of the Revised Code;
2. (2) To a person in the employ of the United States government or of any state, territorial, district, county, municipal, or insular government, purchasing, receiving, possessing, or dispensing controlled substances by reason of official duties;
3. (3) To a master of a ship or a person in charge of any aircraft upon which no physician is regularly employed, for the actual medical needs of persons on board the ship or aircraft, when not in port; provided such controlled substances shall be sold to the master of the ship or person in charge of the aircraft only in pursuance of a special official written order approved by a commissioned medical officer or acting assistant surgeon of the United States public health service;
4. (4) To a person in a foreign country, if the federal drug abuse control laws are complied with.
(B) An official written order for any schedule II controlled substances shall be signed in triplicate by the person giving the order or by the person's authorized agent. The original shall be presented to the person who sells or dispenses the schedule II controlled substances named in the order and, if that person accepts the order, each party to the transaction shall preserve the party's copy of the order for a period of three years in such a way as to be readily accessible for inspection by any public officer or employee engaged in the enforcement of Chapter 3719. of the Revised Code. Compliance with the federal drug abuse control laws, respecting the requirements governing the use of a special official written order constitutes compliance with this division.