Chapter 94C: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT
- Section 1 Definitions
- Section 2 Establishment of schedules of drugs or other controlled substances
- Section 2A Temporary placement of substance in schedule I
- Section 3 Findings required for placement in schedules
- Section 4 Exceptions from schedules
- Section 5 Dispensing controlled substances excepted under Sec. 4
- Section 6 Rules and regulations
- Section 6A Licensure of certain corporate entities with patients receiving opioid agonist therapy; best practice guidance for practitioners
- Section 7 Registration of persons who manufacture, distribute, dispense or possess controlled substances
- Section 7A Registration as participant in prescription monitoring program
- Section 8 Research projects and studies
- Section 9 Administering and dispensing of controlled substances in course of professional practice; records, inspection
- Section 10 Separate registration
- Section 11 Inspection of establishments of registrants or applicants
- Section 12 Issuance of registration to manufacture or distribute controlled substances
- Section 13 Suspension or revocation of registration; report of criminal violations; controlled substances affected placed under embargo; forfeiture; notice to bureau
- Section 14 Suspension of or refusal to renew registration pending proceedings in cases of imminent danger to public
- Section 15 Record-keeping and inventory requirements; filing of DEA Form 106 with city, town and state police departments upon discovery of theft or loss of controlled substance
- Section 16 Distribution between registrants; order form
- Section 17 Necessity of prescription for dispensing controlled substances
- Section 18 Issuance of prescription by practitioner or physician
- Section 18A Prerequisites for issuing outpatient extended-release long-acting opioid in a non-abuse deterring form; written pain management treatment plan for long-term pain management
- Section 18B Voluntary non-opiate directive form
- Section 18C Patient education required before issuance of opioid prescription
- Section 19 Prescription; restrictions on issuance
- Section 19A Emergency contraception
- Section 19B Dispensing, possessing and administrating opioid antagonist
- Section 19B1/2 Exchange of naloxone or other opioid antagonist between registered entities
- Section 19C High opiate overdose area pharmacies required to maintain continuous supply of naloxone rescue kits or opioid antagonist medications
- Section 19D Supply limitations for opiate prescriptions; exception for palliative care
- Section 19E Dispensing of COVID-19 control measures by licensed pharmacist under standing order
- Section 19F Prescription and dispensation of hormonal contraceptive patches and self-administered oral hormonal contraceptives by registered pharmacists; rules
- Section 20 Oral prescriptions
- Section 20A Radiopharmaceutical drugs
- Section 21 Packaging and labeling by pharmacist filling prescription; distribution of educational pamphlet
- Section 21A Prescriptions; prospective drug review and counseling by pharmacist
- Section 21B Advertisement and sale of prescription lock boxes by pharmacies
- Section 22 Contents of prescription written by practitioner
- Section 23 Written or electronic prescriptions; requirements and restrictions
- Section 24 Dispensing by practitioner for narcotic drug research or treatment of drug dependent persons
- Section 24A Electronic monitoring of the prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances and certain additional drugs
- Section 24B Mean and median quantity and volume of prescriptions for opiates; notification of practitioner's own percentile ranking
- Section 25 Restrictions
- Section 26 Distribution in course of business in violation of Sec. 16 or furnishing false information in application, etc., prohibited
- Section 27 Sale of hypodermic syringes or hypodermic needles
- Section 27A Collection and disposal of spent non-commercially generated hypodermic needles and lancets
- Section 28 Jurisdiction of superior court
- Section 29 Educational programs for prevention of abuse of controlled substances
- Section 30 Administrative inspection of controlled premises
- Section 31 Classes of controlled substances; establishment of criminal penalties for violations of this chapter
- Section 32 Class A controlled substances; unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing or possession with intent to manufacture, etc.; eligibility for parole
- Section 32A Class B controlled substances; unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing or possession with intent to manufacture, etc.
- Section 32B Class C controlled substances; unlawful manufacturer, distribution, dispensing or possession with intent to manufacture, etc.
- Section 32C Class D controlled substances; unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, cultivation or possession with intent to manufacture, etc.
- Section 32D Class E controlled substances; unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, or possession with intent to manufacture, etc.
- Section 32E Trafficking in marihuana, cocaine, heroin, synthetic opioids, morphine, opium, etc.; eligibility for parole
- Section 32F Unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing or possession with intent to manufacture, etc. of controlled substances in Classes A to C to minors
- Section 32G Counterfeit substances; unlawful creation, distribution, dispensing or possession with intent to distribute or dispense
- Section 32H Prosecutions not to be continued or placed on file; suspension or reduction of sentence; eligibility for parole, etc.
- Section 32H1/2 Good behavior deductions from sentence after serving mandatory minimum term of imprisonment; eligibility; parole; work release
- Section 32I Drug paraphernalia; sale, possession or manufacture with intent to sell; penalty; sale of tobacco rolling papers
- Section 32J Controlled substances violations in, on or near school property or public parks or playgrounds
- Section 32K Inducing or abetting minor to distribute or sell controlled substances
- Section 32L Possession of 2 ounces or less of marihuana; civil penalty and forfeiture; other sanctions or disqualifications prohibited
- Section 32M Possession of 2 ounces or less of marihuana; drug awareness program
- Section 32N Possession of one ounce or less of marihuana; enforcement consistent with non-criminal disposition provisions of Sec. 21D of Chapter 40; duty of police department; notice; failure to file certificate of completion of drug awareness program
- Section 33 Unlawful use of registration numbers in manufacture or distribution, or fraudulently obtaining possession, of controlled substances; criminal penalties
- Section 34 Unlawful possession of particular controlled substances, including heroin and marijuana; lawful possessing, storing, analyzing, processing and testing of medical marijuana and medical marijuana-infused products by laboratories exception
- Section 34A Immunity from prosecution under Sec. 34 or finding of violation of condition of probation, pretrial release or parole for persons seeking medical assistance for self or other experiencing drug-related overdose
- Section 35 Repealed, 2018, 69, Sec. 60.
- Section 36 Protective custody of children found present where controlled substances are unlawfully kept or possessed
- Section 37 Theft of controlled substances from persons authorized to dispense or possess
- Section 38 Violation of Secs. 24(a), 25, 26 or 27
- Section 39 Violation of Secs. 21 or 22
- Section 40 Conspiracy
- Section 41 Arrest without warrant
- Section 42 Cooperation with federal and other state agencies
- Section 43 Conformity with federal acts
- Section 44 Violations of Sec. 34; acquittal, dismissal or indictment nol prossed; sealing of records
- Section 45 Photographing and fingerprinting of persons charged with felony
- Section 46 Repealed, 1978, 508, Sec. 1
- Section 47 Forfeiture of property
- Section 47A Seized controlled substances and narcotic drugs; custodian; mailing for chemical analysis; destruction or disposal upon completion of trial
- Section 48 Severability
- Section 49 Enforcement of Sec. 24A