District of Columbia Code Division VIII. General Laws. § 47-2885.01. Purposes; scope.

(1) To license pharmacies and pharmacists;

(2) To register pharmacy interns;

(3) To regulate the practice of pharmacy; and

(4) To establish a Board of Pharmacy in the District of Columbia in order to protect the public health and welfare.

(1) A duly licensed medical practitioner who personally dispenses or administers drugs or poisons as the practitioner deems proper in the treatment of the practitioner's patients;

(2) The administering of drugs by a registered or licensed nurse under the direction of a medical practitioner to the practitioner's patient or patients;

(3) Or otherwise interfere with the sale of over-the-counter drugs; or

(4) Any person who is a wholesaler or manufacturer, or any employee of such person, when engaged in the discharge of his or her official duties.