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RI Gen L § 21-27.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-27.1 - Plastic Recycling and Litter Act|Section 21-27.1-3 - Plastic recycling and litter commission.

§ 21-27.1-3. Plastic recycling and litter commission.(a) There is created a permanent commission consisting of thirteen (13) members: one of whom shall be the director of the department of environmental management or his or her designee, who shall act as chairperson of the commission; one of whom shall be the director of the solid waste management corporation or his or her designee; one of whom shall be the chairperson of the source reduction task force or his or her designee; one of whom shall be a state senator appointed by the president of the senate; one of whom shall be a state representative appointed by the speaker; one of whom shall be a representative of the plastic packaging industry, appointed by the governor; one of whom shall be a distributor of plastic/foam food service products, appointed by the lieutenant governor; one of whom shall be a retailer who sells plastic/foam food service products, appointed by the president of the senate; one of whom shall be a fast food service representative or owner, appointed by the speaker; one of whom shall be a representative of a hospital or hospital organization, appointed by the governor; two (2) of whom shall be representatives of environmental groups involved with litter issues; one of whom shall be appointed by the lieutenant governor and the other appointed by the president of the senate; one of whom shall be a representative from an educational institution food service, appointed by the speaker.(b) The purpose of the commission shall be to produce a plan which will provide for the maximum recycling of plastic and foam food service products. For those products which cannot be recycled, the commission will develop guidelines for the use of photodegradable and biodegradable products wherever feasible.(c) The commission shall monitor the plan and guidelines and study and update its findings and recommendations on a continuing basis.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 542, § 98; P.L. 1990, ch. 234, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 180, § 21; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 53.
RI Gen L § 21-28-1 - 21-28-68 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act|Section 21-28-1 - 21-28-68 - Repealed.

§ 21-28-1 — 21-28-68. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 21-28-1.01 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act|Section 21-28-1.01 - Short title and declaration.

§ 21-28-1.01. Short title and declaration.(a) This chapter may be cited as the "Rhode Island Controlled Substances Act", and shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose.(b) The general purposes of this chapter are as follows:(1) To establish a more rational system of regulating substances which may pose a danger to the public health;(2) To create a system for classifying the substances relative to their abuse potential, their medical utility, and their likelihood of creating dependency;(3) To fix penalties for the sale, possession, or manufacture of substances which are in proportion to their danger to the public health;(4) To develop a system of tracing the flow of substances in commerce and in health as to prevent their improper diversion;(5) To establish and define the powers of investigation, enforcement, and adjudication required to implement the above purposes; and to establish a system of substances control which is, to the extent possible, uniform with the laws of the United States and of its states.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2.
RI Gen L § 21-28-2.02 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act|Section 21-28-2.02 - Schedules of controlled substances - Establishment.

§ 21-28-2.02. Schedules of controlled substances — Establishment.(a) There are established five (5) schedules of controlled substances, to be known as schedules I, II, III, IV, and V.(b) The schedules I, II, III, IV, and V shall, unless and until amended pursuant to this chapter, consist of: those enumerated in this article and include substances to be controlled by rule and/or regulation of the director of health as published, except all substances in schedules II, III, IV, and V will require a prescription to be dispensed by an apothecary in the state of Rhode Island; provided, that a prescription will not be required in the following cases: administering, dispensing, or selling at retail of any medicinal preparation that contains in one fluid ounce or if a solid or semi-solid preparation, in one avoirdupois ounce, not more than thirty and one-tenth (30.1) milligrams of opium. Notwithstanding the definition of the word opium contained in any other general or special law, the word opium for purposes of this section shall be as defined in the official United States pharmacopoeia. The prescription exemption authorized by this section shall be subject to the following conditions: (1) That the medicinal preparation administered, dispensed, or sold, shall contain, in addition to the narcotic drug in it, some drug or drugs conferring upon it medicinal qualities other than those possessed by the narcotic drug alone;(2) That the preparation shall be administered, dispensed, or sold in good faith as a medicine and not for the purpose of evading the provisions of this chapter, and provided the preparation shall be dispensed or sold only to a person who shall sign his or her name and address in a legible manner in a record book to be kept for that purpose by the seller.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2.
RI Gen L § 21-28-2.03 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act|Section 21-28-2.03 - Schedule I tests.

§ 21-28-2.03. Schedule I tests.The director of health shall place a substance in schedule I if he or she finds that the substance:(1) Has high potential for abuse; and(2) Has no accepted medical use in treatment in the United States or lacks accepted safety for use in treatment under medical supervision.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2.
RI Gen L § 21-28-2.04 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act|Section 21-28-2.04 - Schedule II tests.

§ 21-28-2.04. Schedule II tests.The director of health shall place a substance in schedule II if he or she finds that:(1) The substance has high potential for abuse;(2) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, or currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions; and(3) The abuse of the substance may lead to severe psychic or physical dependence.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2.
RI Gen L § 21-28-2.05 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act|Section 21-28-2.05 - Schedule III tests.

§ 21-28-2.05. Schedule III tests.The director of health shall place a substance in schedule III if he or she finds that:(1) The substance has a potential for abuse less than the substances listed in schedules I and II;(2) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and(3) Abuse of the substance may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2.
RI Gen L § 21-28-2.06 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act|Section 21-28-2.06 - Schedule IV tests.

§ 21-28-2.06. Schedule IV tests.The director of health shall place a substance in schedule IV if he or she finds that:(1) The substance has a low potential for abuse relative to substances in schedule III;(2) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and(3) Abuse of the substances may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence relative to the controlled substances in schedule III.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2.
RI Gen L § 21-28-2.07 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act|Section 21-28-2.07 - Schedule V tests.

§ 21-28-2.07. Schedule V tests.The director of health shall place a substance in schedule V if he or she finds that:(1) The substance has low potential for abuse relative to the controlled substances in schedule IV;(2) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and(3) The substance has limited physical dependence or psychological dependence liability relative to the controlled substances listed in schedule IV.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2.
RI Gen L § 21-28-2.09 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act|Section 21-28-2.09 - Exemption of compounds containing counteragents.

§ 21-28-2.09. Exemption of compounds containing counteragents.Nothing in this chapter shall apply to any compound, mixture, or preparation containing any depressant or stimulant drug in schedule II or in subsection (a) of schedule III or in schedule IV or V if: (1) the compound, mixture, or preparation contains one or more active medicinal ingredients not having a depressant or stimulant effect on the central nervous system, and (2) these ingredients are included in the compound, mixture or preparation in such combinations, quantity, proportion, or concentration as to vitiate the potential for abuse of the drugs which do have a depressant or stimulant effect on the central nervous system.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2.
RI Gen L § 21-28-2.10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act|Section 21-28-2.10 - Exemption of dextromethorphan.

§ 21-28-2.10. Exemption of dextromethorphan.Dextromethorphan shall not be deemed to be included in any schedule unless controlled pursuant to the provisions of this article.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 54.
RI Gen L § 21-28-3.01 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act|Section 21-28-3.01 - Rules and regulations - Fees.

§ 21-28-3.01. Rules and regulations — Fees.The director of health is authorized, empowered, and directed to make any rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this chapter and to provide any fees for licenses, registrations, and forms that he or she may deem proper to promote the enforcement of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2.
RI Gen L § 21-28-3.02 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act|Section 21-28-3.02 - Registration requirements.

§ 21-28-3.02. Registration requirements.(a) Every person who manufactures, distributes, prescribes, administers, or dispenses any controlled substance within this state, or who proposes to engage in the manufacture, distribution, prescribing, administering, or dispensing of any controlled substance within this state, must obtain annually a registration issued by the director of health in accordance with his or her rules.(b) Persons registered by the director of health under this chapter to manufacture, distribute, prescribe, administer, dispense, or conduct research with those substances may do so to the extent authorized by their registration and in conformity with the other provisions of this chapter.(c) As a condition of the initial registration or renewal of the practitioner's authority to prescribe controlled substances, all such practitioners shall be automatically registered with the prescription-drug-monitoring database maintained by the department of health.(d) By January 1, 2017, the director of health shall develop regulations for appropriate training in best prescribing practices needed for license renewal.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2; P.L. 2016, ch. 180, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 199, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-28-3.03 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act|Section 21-28-3.03 - Registration.

§ 21-28-3.03. Registration.(a) The director of health shall register an applicant to manufacture, distribute, prescribe, administer, or dispense controlled substances unless he or she determines that the issuance of that registration would be inconsistent with the public interest. In determining the public interest, the director of health may consider, but shall not be limited to, the following factors:(1) Maintenance of effective controls against diversion of controlled substances into other than legitimate medical, scientific, or industrial channels;(2) Compliance with applicable federal, state, and local law;(3) Conviction of a crime or plea of nolo contendere by the applicant of any state or federal law involving the sale of, trafficking in, or abuse of a controlled substance;(4) Past experience in the manufacture, distribution, prescribing, administration, or dispensing of controlled substances, and the existence in the applicant's establishment of effective controls against diversion;(5) Furnishing by the applicant of false or fraudulent material in any application filed under this chapter;(6) Suspension or revocation of the applicant's federal registration to manufacture, distribute, prescribe, administer, or dispense controlled substances as authorized by federal law.(b) Registration under subsection (a) of this section does not entitle a registrant to manufacture and distribute controlled substances in schedule I or II other than those specified in his or her registration.(c) Practitioners must be registered in accordance with subsection (a) of this section to prescribe, administer, and dispense any controlled substance or to conduct research with controlled substances in schedules II through V. The director of health need not require separate registration under this section for practitioners engaging in research with non-narcotic controlled substances in schedules II through V where the registrant is already registered under this chapter in another capacity. Practitioners registered under federal law to conduct research with schedule I substances may conduct research with schedule I substances within this state upon furnishing the director of health evidence of that federal registration.(d) Compliance by manufacturers and distributors with the provisions of the federal law respecting registration (excluding fees) entitles them to be registered under this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2; P.L. 1980, ch. 257, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-28-3.04 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act|Section 21-28-3.04 - Suspension or revocation of registration.

§ 21-28-3.04. Suspension or revocation of registration.(a) A registration to manufacture, distribute, prescribe, administer, or dispense a controlled substance may be suspended or revoked by the director of health upon a finding that the continuance of that registration would be inconsistent with the public interest. In considering the public interest, the director of health may consider, but shall not be limited to, the following factors:(1) Maintenance of effective controls against diversion of controlled substances into other than legitimate medical, scientific, or industrial channels;(2) The registrant is not in compliance with applicable federal, state, or local law;(3) The registrant has been convicted of a crime or has pleaded nolo contendere to a violation of any state or federal law;(4) The registrant or registrant's establishment lacks or cannot establish or maintain effective controls to guard against diversion of controlled substances;(5) That the applicant or registrant has furnished false or fraudulent material information in any application filed under this chapter;(6) That the registrant has had his or her federal registration to manufacture, distribute, prescribe, administer, or dispense controlled substances suspended or revoked;(7) Abuse or excessive use of controlled substances by the registrant; or(8) Possessing, using, prescribing, dispensing, or administering controlled substances except for a legitimate medical or scientific purpose.(b) The director of health may limit revocation or suspension of a registration to the particular controlled substance with respect to which grounds for revocation or suspension exist.(c) If the director of health suspends or revokes a registration, all controlled substances owned or possessed by the registrant at the time of suspension or the effective date of the revocation order may be placed under embargo. No disposition may be made of substances under embargo until the time for taking an appeal has elapsed or until all appeals have been concluded unless a court, upon application for the court order, orders the sale of perishable substances and the deposit of the proceeds of the sale with the court. Upon a revocation order becoming final, all controlled substances or the proceeds of the sale of the controlled substances shall be forfeited to the state.(d) The director of health shall promptly notify the Drug Enforcement Administration of all orders or revoking registration and all forfeitures of controlled substances.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2; P.L. 1980, ch. 257, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-28-3.05 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act|Section 21-28-3.05 - Order to show cause.

§ 21-28-3.05. Order to show cause.(a) Before denying, suspending, or revoking a registration, or refusing a renewal of a registration, the director of health shall serve upon the applicant or registrant an order to show cause why the registration should not be denied, revoked, or suspended, or why the renewal should not be refused. The order to show cause shall contain a statement of the basis of the order and shall call upon the applicant or registrant to appear before the director of health at a time and place stated in the order but in no event less than thirty (30) days after the date of receipt of the order. Proceedings to deny, suspend, or revoke shall be conducted pursuant to this section in accordance with chapter 35 of title 42, the Administrative Procedures Act. The proceedings shall be independent of, and not in lieu of, criminal prosecution or other proceedings under this chapter or any law of the state.(b) The director of health may suspend for a period of ten (10) days any registration simultaneously with the institution of proceedings under this section in cases where he or she finds that there is an imminent danger to the public health or safety. The suspension shall continue in effect until the conclusion of the proceedings, including judicial review of them, unless sooner withdrawn by the director of health or dissolved by a court of competent jurisdiction.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 54.
RI Gen L § 21-28-3.06 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act|Section 21-28-3.06 - License required for manufacture.

§ 21-28-3.06. License required for manufacture.No person shall manufacture, compound, mix, cultivate, grow, or by any other process produce or prepare controlled substances, and no person as a wholesaler shall supply controlled substances, without first having obtained a license to do so from the director of health.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2.
RI Gen L § 21-28-3.07 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act|Section 21-28-3.07 - Qualifications for licensees.

§ 21-28-3.07. Qualifications for licensees.(a) No license shall be issued under § 21-28-3.06 unless and until the applicant for the license has furnished proof satisfactory to the department:(1) That the applicant is of good moral character or, if the applicant is an association or corporation, that the managing officers are of good moral character.(2) That the applicant is equipped as to land, buildings, and paraphernalia to properly carry on the business prescribed in his or her application.(3) That the applicant maintains effective controls against diversion of controlled substances into other than legitimate channels.(b) No license shall be granted to any person who has within five (5) years been convicted of a willful violation of any law of the United States or of any state relating to controlled substances.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2.
RI Gen L § 21-28-3.08 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act|Section 21-28-3.08 - Disposition of license fees.

§ 21-28-3.08. Disposition of license fees.All fees for licenses and registrations under this chapter shall be turned over to the general treasurer for the use of the state.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2.
RI Gen L § 21-28-3.10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act|Section 21-28-3.10 - Authorized sales by manufacturers and wholesalers on official written orders.

§ 21-28-3.10. Authorized sales by manufacturers and wholesalers on official written orders.A duly licensed manufacturer or wholesaler may sell and distribute controlled substances on official written orders to any of the following persons:(1) To a manufacturer or wholesaler;(2) To a practitioner;(3) To a person in charge of a hospital, but only for use by or in that hospital;(4) To a person in charge of a laboratory, but only for use by or in that laboratory;(5) To any other person lawfully permitted to possess controlled substances under federal law.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2.
RI Gen L § 21-28-3.11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act|Section 21-28-3.11 - Form, delivery, and preservation of official written orders.

§ 21-28-3.11. Form, delivery, and preservation of official written orders.(a) An official written order for any controlled substance shall be signed in duplicate by the person giving the order or by his or her duly authorized agent. The original shall be presented to the person who sells or distributes the controlled substances named in it. In the event of the acceptance of the order by that person, each party to the transaction shall preserve his or her copy of the order for a period of two (2) years in such a way as to be readily accessible for inspection by any public officer or employee engaged in the enforcement of this chapter. It shall be deemed a compliance with this section if the parties to the transaction have complied with the federal law respecting the requirements governing the use of order forms.(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the person giving the order, or his or her duly authorized agent, from presenting said order to the person who sells or distributes the controlled substances named in it by use of facsimile transmission.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 481, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 532, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-28-3.12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act|Section 21-28-3.12 - Records of controlled substances used in professional practice.

§ 21-28-3.12. Records of controlled substances used in professional practice.Every practitioner or other person who is authorized to administer or professionally use controlled substances shall keep a record of controlled substances received by him or her, and a record of all controlled substances administered, dispensed, or professionally used by him or her; other than by prescription.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2.