§281-37  Sales of alcohol.  No alcoholshall be sold, bartered, or otherwise furnished by any person whether holding alicense to manufacture or sell the same under this chapter or not, except to aperson holding a license to resell the same, or to a person holding a purchasepermit from the liquor commission to purchase the same.

Permits to purchase alcohol may be issued bythe commission, without fee or charge therefor, to any person holding a licenseunder the laws of the State to sell poisonous drugs, or to any person who inthe opinion of the commission requires the use thereof for pharmaceutical orother purposes in the bona fide treatment of patients of such person, or forrubbing, cleansing, or as a preservative, or for any bona fide scientific purpose,but in no case for use for beverage purposes.

On every sale of alcohol the seller, afterfirst being satisfied that the person presenting a permit is the person thereinnamed, shall make a record on the permit and sign the same showing the name ofthe purchaser, the date, the quantity sold, and the purpose declared as to theintended use thereof.  The seller shall also keep a separate record of the samematters.  If in any permit there is a prescribed limit as to the quantitypurchasable thereunder at any one time or in the aggregate in any given periodof time, the permit shall not be honored beyond its terms.

The commission, by rules and regulations, wheredeemed appropriate, may provide for the sale of alcohol upon prescriptions ofduly licensed physicians in lieu of the permits above mentioned. [L Sp 1933, c40, §17; RL 1935, §2586; RL 1945, §7238; RL 1955, §159-36; HRS §281-37; gen ch1985; am L 1986, c 339, §29]