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Section 21-28-3.01. – Rules and regulations — Fees.

§ 21-28-3.01. Rules and regulations — Fees. The director of health is authorized, empowered, and directed to make any rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this chapter and to provide any fees for licenses, registrations, and forms that he or she may deem proper to promote the enforcement of this chapter. History of […]

Section 21-28-3.02. – Registration requirements.

§ 21-28-3.02. Registration requirements. (a) Every person who manufactures, distributes, prescribes, administers, or dispenses any controlled substance within this state, or who proposes to engage in the manufacture, distribution, prescribing, administering, or dispensing of any controlled substance within this state, must obtain annually a registration issued by the director of health in accordance with his […]

Section 21-28-3.03. – Registration.

§ 21-28-3.03. Registration. (a) The director of health shall register an applicant to manufacture, distribute, prescribe, administer, or dispense controlled substances unless he or she determines that the issuance of that registration would be inconsistent with the public interest. In determining the public interest, the director of health may consider, but shall not be limited […]

Section 21-28-3.04. – Suspension or revocation of registration.

§ 21-28-3.04. Suspension or revocation of registration. (a) A registration to manufacture, distribute, prescribe, administer, or dispense a controlled substance may be suspended or revoked by the director of health upon a finding that the continuance of that registration would be inconsistent with the public interest. In considering the public interest, the director of health […]

Section 21-28-3.05. – Order to show cause.

§ 21-28-3.05. Order to show cause. (a) Before denying, suspending, or revoking a registration, or refusing a renewal of a registration, the director of health shall serve upon the applicant or registrant an order to show cause why the registration should not be denied, revoked, or suspended, or why the renewal should not be refused. […]

Section 21-28-3.06. – License required for manufacture.

§ 21-28-3.06. License required for manufacture. No person shall manufacture, compound, mix, cultivate, grow, or by any other process produce or prepare controlled substances, and no person as a wholesaler shall supply controlled substances, without first having obtained a license to do so from the director of health. History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § […]

Section 21-28-3.07. – Qualifications for licensees.

§ 21-28-3.07. Qualifications for licensees. (a) No license shall be issued under § 21-28-3.06 unless and until the applicant for the license has furnished proof satisfactory to the department: (1) That the applicant is of good moral character or, if the applicant is an association or corporation, that the managing officers are of good moral […]

Section 21-28-3.08. – Disposition of license fees.

§ 21-28-3.08. Disposition of license fees. All fees for licenses and registrations under this chapter shall be turned over to the general treasurer for the use of the state. History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2.

Section 21-28-3.09. – Denial, revocation, or suspension of licenses.

§ 21-28-3.09. Denial, revocation, or suspension of licenses. (a) A license to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance, may be suspended or revoked by the director of health upon finding that the licensee: (1) Has materially falsified any application filed pursuant to this chapter or required by this chapter; (2) Has been convicted of […]

Section 21-28-3.11. – Form, delivery, and preservation of official written orders.

§ 21-28-3.11. Form, delivery, and preservation of official written orders. (a) An official written order for any controlled substance shall be signed in duplicate by the person giving the order or by his or her duly authorized agent. The original shall be presented to the person who sells or distributes the controlled substances named in […]

Section 21-28-3.12. – Records of controlled substances used in professional practice.

§ 21-28-3.12. Records of controlled substances used in professional practice. Every practitioner or other person who is authorized to administer or professionally use controlled substances shall keep a record of controlled substances received by him or her, and a record of all controlled substances administered, dispensed, or professionally used by him or her; other than […]

Section 21-28-3.13. – Records of manufacturers and wholesalers.

§ 21-28-3.13. Records of manufacturers and wholesalers. Manufacturers and wholesalers shall keep records of all controlled substances compounded, mixed, cultivated, grown, or by any other process produced or prepared, and of all controlled substances received and disposed of by them in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § […]

Section 21-28-3.14. – Records of apothecaries.

§ 21-28-3.14. Records of apothecaries. Apothecaries shall keep records of all controlled substances received and disposed of by them, as provided in this chapter. History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2.

Section 21-28-3.15. – Records of vendors of schedule V substances.

§ 21-28-3.15. Records of vendors of schedule V substances. Every person who purchases for resale, or who sells controlled substances listed in schedule V excepted by this chapter, shall keep a record showing the quantities and kinds of controlled substances received and sold, or disposed of otherwise, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. […]

Section 21-28-3.16. – Form, content, and preservation of records.

§ 21-28-3.16. Form, content, and preservation of records. (a)(1) The form of records and who shall keep the records shall be prescribed by the director of health. The records of controlled substances received shall in every case show the date of receipt, the name and address of the person from whom received, and the kind […]

Section 21-28-3.17. – Records open to inspection.

§ 21-28-3.17. Records open to inspection. All records required to be kept under the provisions of this chapter shall at all times be open to inspection by the director of health and by the authorized agents of the director of health. History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2.

Section 21-28-3.18. – Prescriptions.

§ 21-28-3.18. Prescriptions. (a) An apothecary in good faith may sell and dispense controlled substances in schedules II, III, IV, and V to any person upon a valid prescription by a practitioner licensed by law to prescribe or administer those substances; dated and signed by the person prescribing on the day when issued and bearing […]

Section 21-28-3.19. – Sale of stock on discontinuance of pharmacy business.

§ 21-28-3.19. Sale of stock on discontinuance of pharmacy business. The legal owner of any stock of controlled substances in a pharmacy, upon discontinuance of dealing in the controlled substances, may sell the stock to a manufacturer, wholesaler, or apothecary, but only on an official written order. History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2.