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113th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1171
AN ACT
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to allow a
veterinarian to transport and dispense controlled substances in the usual
course of veterinary practice outside of the registered
location.
1.
Transporting and dispensing
controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice
Section 302(e) of the Controlled Substances
Act (21 U.S.C. 822(e)) is amended—
(1) by striking
(e) and inserting (e)(1); and
(2) by adding at the
end the following:
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a registrant
who is a veterinarian shall not be required to have a separate registration in
order to transport and dispense controlled substances in the usual course of
veterinary practice at a site other than the registrant’s registered principal
place of business or professional practice, so long as the site of transporting
and dispensing is located in a State where the veterinarian is licensed to
practice veterinary medicine and is not a principal place of business or
professional
practice.
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Passed the Senate January 8, 2014.Secretary