IIB 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1492 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 13, 2017 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

AN ACT 

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to direct the Attorney General to register practitioners to transport controlled substances to States in which the practitioner 

is not registered under the Act for the purpose of administering the substances (under applicable State law) at 

locations other than principal places of business or professional practice. 


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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 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REGISTRATION FOR TRANSPORT OF CONTROLLED 

7 SUBSTANCES TO STATES IN WHICH THE 

8 PRACTITIONER IS NOT REGISTERED UNDER 

9 THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT FOR 

10 THE PURPOSE OF ADMINISTERING THE SUB11 STANCES AT LOCATIONS OTHER THAN PRIN12 CIPAL PLACES OF BUSINESS OR PROFES13 SIONAL PRACTICE. 

14 Section 303 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 

15 U.S.C. 823) is amended by adding at the end the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(k) REGISTRATION FOR TRANSPORT OF CON18 TROLLED SUBSTANCES TO STATES IN WHICH THE PRAC19 TITIONER IS NOT REGISTERED FOR THE PURPOSE OF

20 ADMINISTERING THE SUBSTANCES AT LOCATIONS OTHER

21 THAN PRINCIPAL PLACES OF BUSINESS OR PROFES22 SIONAL PRACTICE.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon application by a 

24 practitioner (other than a pharmacy) who is reg25 istered under subsection (f), the Attorney General 


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1 shall issue a separate registration to the practitioner 

2 authorizing the practitioner— 

3 ‘‘(A) to transport one or more controlled 

4 substances in schedule II, III, IV, or V from 

5 the practitioner’s registered location in a State 

6 to one or more States in which the practitioner 

7 is not registered under subsection (f) for the 

8 purpose of the practitioner administering the 

9 substances at locations other than a principal 

10 place of business or professional practice; and 

11 ‘‘(B) to so administer the substances. 

12 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—For a practitioner to be 

13 authorized to transport and administer controlled 

14 substances pursuant to a registration issued under 

15 paragraph (1), all of the following conditions must 

16 be satisfied: 

17 ‘‘(A) The practitioner must be licensed, 

18 registered, or otherwise permitted by the State 

19 in which the controlled substances are adminis20 tered to carry out such activity at the location 

21 where it occurs. 

22 ‘‘(B) The practitioner must— 

23 ‘‘(i) limit the time of transport and 

24 administering of any controlled substance 


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1 pursuant to such registration to not more 

2 than 72 consecutive hours; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) by the conclusion of such 72 

4 hours, return any such controlled sub5 stance so transported but not administered 

6 to the registered location from which such 

7 substance was obtained. 

8 ‘‘(C)(i) The practitioner must maintain 

9 records of the transporting and administering 

10 of any controlled substance pursuant to this 

11 subsection. 

12 ‘‘(ii) Such records shall be maintained, in 

13 accordance with the requirements of section 

14 307(b), at the practitioner’s registered location 

15 from which the controlled substances were ob16 tained and shall include— 

17 ‘‘(I) the location where the controlled 

18 substance was administered; and 

19 ‘‘(II) such other information as may 

20 be required by regulation of the Attorney 

21 General with respect to records for dis22 pensers of controlled substances. 

23 ‘‘(iii) Notwithstanding clause (ii), the ex24 ception in subsection 307(c)(1)(B) shall not 

25 apply to records required by this subparagraph. 


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1 ‘‘(3) GROUNDS FOR DENIAL OR REVOCATION.— 

2 The Attorney General may deny an application for 

3 registration under this subsection, or a renewal 

4 thereof, or revoke such registration, based on the 

5 criteria listed in section 304(a), except that the ap6 plicant shall not be required, as a condition of ini7 tially obtaining such registration, to present proof of 

8 State authorization to administer controlled sub9 stances. 

10 ‘‘(4) AUTOMATIC TERMINATION.—A registra11 tion issued under this subsection shall automatically 

12 terminate if the practitioner no longer has an active 

13 registration under subsection (f) due to revocation, 

14 suspension, surrender, or other termination. 

15 ‘‘(5) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

16 ‘registered location’ means, with respect to each reg17 istration issued to a practitioner under subsection 

18 (f), the address that appears on the certificate of 

19 registration.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 12, 2017. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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