A bill 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.

Bill: 113-s-1171
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2013-06-17
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Licensing and registrations

Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
Latest action: action_date: 2014-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-06-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Amends the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit a veterinarian who is registered to manufacture or distribute controlled substances from being 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 such veterinarian's principal place of business or professional practice, as long as the site of transporting and dispensing is located in a state where the veterinarian is licensed to practice.</p>

action_date: 2014-01-08
action_desc: Passed Senate without amendment
text: <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Amends the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit a veterinarian who is registered to manufacture or distribute controlled substances from being 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 such veterinarian's principal place of business or professional practice, as long as the site of transporting and dispensing is located in a state where the veterinarian is licensed to practice.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1171 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 17, 2013 Mr. Moran (for himself, Mr. King , Ms. Stabenow , Mr. Cochran , Mr. Grassley , Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Enzi , and Mrs. Gillibrand ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL 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. .

tv_txt: 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 1171 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 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. .

Passed the Senate January 8, 2014. Secretary

tv_txt: IC 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 1171 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 9, 2014 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 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. .

Passed the Senate January 8, 2014. Nancy Erickson, Secretary