2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 18 - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT OF 2013 (§§ 18-18-101 — 18-18-607) › Part 3 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION, AND DISPENSING OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (§§ 18-18-301 — 18-18-309) › Section 18-18-302 - Registration requirements - definitions

(1)
Every person who manufactures, distributes, or dispenses any controlled substance within this state, or who proposes to engage in the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of any controlled substance within this state, shall obtain annually or biannually, if applicable, a registration, issued by the respective licensing board or the BHA in accordance with rules adopted by such board or by the BHA. For purposes of this section and this article 18, "registration" or "registered" means the registering of manufacturers, pharmacists, pharmacies, and animal shelters, as defined in section
35-80-102
, located in this state, and distributors located in or doing business in this state, by the state board of pharmacy, as set forth in article
280
of title
12
, the licensing of physicians by the Colorado medical board, as set forth in article
240
of title
12
, the licensing of podiatrists by the Colorado podiatry board, as set forth in article
290
of title
12
, the licensing of dentists by the Colorado dental board, as set forth in article
220
of title
12
, the licensing of optometrists by the state board of optometry, as set forth in article
275
of title
12
, the licensing of veterinarians by the state board of veterinary medicine, as set forth in article
315
of title
12
, and the licensing of researchers and certified addiction counselors by the BHA, as set forth in part 2 of article
80
of title
27
.
(2)
A person registered by the board or the BHA under this part 3 to manufacture, distribute, dispense, or conduct research with controlled substances may possess, manufacture, distribute, dispense, or conduct research with those substances to the extent authorized by the registration and in conformity with this article 18 and with article
280
of title
12
.
(3)
The following persons need not register and may lawfully possess controlled substances under this article:
(a)
An agent or employee of any registered manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser of any controlled substance if the agent or employee is acting in the usual course of business or employment;
(b)
A common or contract carrier or warehouseman, or an employee thereof, whose possession of any controlled substance is in the usual course of business or employment;
(c)
An ultimate user or a person in possession of any controlled substance pursuant to a lawful order of a practitioner.
(4)
The board or BHA may waive by rule the requirement for registration of certain manufacturers, distributors, or dispensers upon finding it consistent with the public health and safety.
(5)
The board or BHA may inspect the establishment of a registrant or applicant for registration of those persons they are authorized to register under this part 3 in accordance with rules adopted by the board or BHA.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 442,§28, eff. 8/10/2022.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 222,§33, eff. 7/1/2022.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 136,§103, eff. 10/1/2019.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 363,§45, eff. 7/1/2014.
L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 348, § 1, effective July 1. L. 94: (1) amended, p. 2605, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2010: (1) amended, (HB 10-1260), ch. 1988, p. 1988, § 79, effective July 1. L. 2011: (1) amended, (SB 11-094), ch. 451, p. 451, § 31, effective April 22. L. 2012: (1) and (2) amended, (HB 12-1311), ch. 1621, p. 1621, § 52, effective July 1. L. 2014: (1) amended, (HB 14-1227), ch. 1737, p. 1737, § 45, effective July 1. L. 2019: (1) and (2) amended, (HB 19-1172), ch. 1678, p. 1678, § 103, effective October 1.
This section is similar to former § 12-22-304 as it existed prior to 1992.
2022 Ch. 442, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).