It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, deliver, or knowingly possess any legend drug except upon the order or prescription of a physician under Chapter 18.71 RCW, an osteopathic physician or an osteopathic physician and surgeon under Chapter 18.57 RCW, a dentist under Chapter 18.32 RCW, a podiatric physician and surgeon under Chapter 18.22 RCW, a veterinarian under Chapter 18.92 RCW, a commissioned medical or dental officer in the United States Armed Forces or public health service in the discharge of his or her official duties, a duly licensed physician or dentist employed by the Veterans Administration in the discharge of his or her official duties, a registered nurse under Chapter 18.88 RCW when authorized by a board of nursing, an osteopathic physician assistant under Chapter 18.57A RCW when authorized by the committee of osteopathic examiners, a physician’s assistant under Chapter 18.71A RCW when authorized by the board of medical examiners, a physician licensed to practice medicine and surgery or a physician licensed to practice osteopathy and surgery, a dentist licensed to practice dentistry, a podiatric physician or surgeon licensed to practice podiatric medicine and surgery, or a veterinarian licensed to practice veterinary medicine, in any province of Canada which shares a common border with the state of Washington or in any state of the United States; provided, however, that the above provisions shall not apply to sale, delivery, or possession by drug wholesalers or drug manufacturers, or their agents or employees, or to any practitioner acting within the scope of his or her license, or to a common or contract carrier or warehouseman, or any employee thereof, whose possession of any legend drug is in the usual course of business or employment; provided further, that nothing in this chapter or Chapter 18.64 RCW shall prevent a family planning clinic that is under contract with the Department of Social and Health Services from selling, delivering, possessing, and dispensing commercially prepackaged oral contraceptives prescribed by authorized, licensed health care practitioners. Violation of this section involving possession shall be deemed a misdemeanor. The prosecutor is encouraged to divert cases under this section for assessment, treatment, or other services. (Ord. 1597 §4, 2021; Ord. 910 §2 (part), 1991).