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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3724 

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize physicians, pursuant 

to an agreement with the Attorney General, to transport controlled 

substances from a practice setting to another practice setting or to 

a disaster area. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 16, 2011 

Mr. SESSIONS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 

the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 

in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize physicians, pursuant to an agreement with the Attorney General, to transport controlled substances from a practice 

setting to another practice setting or to a disaster area. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Medical Controlled 

5 Substances Transportation Act of 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TRANSPORT BY PHYSICIANS OF CONTROLLED SUB2 STANCES TO ANOTHER PRACTICE SETTING 

3 OR TO A DISASTER AREA. 

4 Section 303(f) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 

5 U.S.C. 823(f)) is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 

7 (5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E); 

8 (2) by striking ‘‘(f) The Attorney General’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘(f)(1) The Attorney General’’; and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(2) If a physician registered under paragraph (1) 

12 enters into an agreement with the Attorney General de13 scribed in paragraph (3), the Attorney General shall au14 thorize the physician to transport one or more controlled 

15 substances— 

16 ‘‘(A) from a practice setting to another practice 

17 setting in order to administer the substances (under 

18 applicable State law) to one or more patients; or 

19 ‘‘(B) from a practice setting to a disaster area 

20 in order to administer the substances (under appli21 cable State law) for purposes of treating injuries or 

22 conditions resulting from a major disaster. 

23 ‘‘(3) An agreement referred to in paragraph (2) shall 

24 require the physician— 

25 ‘‘(A) to notify the Attorney General in advance 

26 of any such transport; 


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1 ‘‘(B) to identify in any such notification— 

2 ‘‘(i) the controlled substances to be trans3 ported; 

4 ‘‘(ii) the practice setting from which the 

5 controlled substances will be transported; 

6 ‘‘(iii) the practice setting or disaster area, 

7 as applicable, to which the controlled substances 

8 will be transported; 

9 ‘‘(iv) the intended dates of transport; 

10 ‘‘(v) the anticipated travel time; and 

11 ‘‘(vi) the intended mode of transport; 

12 ‘‘(C) to limit the time of transport of any con13 trolled substance pursuant to this paragraph (be14 tween practice settings or between a practice setting 

15 and a disaster area) to not more than 72 consecutive 

16 hours; and 

17 ‘‘(D) to maintain records in the physician’s pri18 mary practice setting on the dispensing of any con19 trolled substance transported pursuant to this para20 graph, including identification of— 

21 ‘‘(i) the location where the controlled sub22 stance was dispensed; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) the quantity of the controlled sub24 stance dispensed. 

25 ‘‘(4) For purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3): 


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1 ‘‘(A) The term ‘disaster area’ means the area 

2 for which the President has declared a major dis3 aster, during the period of the declaration. 

4 ‘‘(B) The term ‘major disaster’ has the mean5 ing given the term under section 102 of the Robert 

6 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist7 ance Act.’’. 

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