HB88 Alabama 2012 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Mike Millican

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine, State Board of Health required to classify as controlled substances, exemptions, wholesale drug distributors exempt from storage, record keeping and security control, Secs. 20-2-20, 20-2-181 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, controlled substances may only be sold by prescription. Under existing law, the State Board of Health has the authority to add, delete, or reschedule substances as controlled substances, but the board must exclude a nonnarcotic substance from a schedule if the substance may lawfully be sold over the counter without a prescription pursuant to federal law.

Controlled substances are subject to certain storage, record keeping, and security control requirements.

This bill would allow ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine to be sold by prescription by requiring the State Board of Health to classify the drugs as Schedule III controlled substances. This bill would give the board the authority to exempt a product containing any of these substances from classification as a controlled substance if the board finds that the product is effectively formulated to prevent conversion of the active ingredient into methamphetamine or its salts or precursors. This bill would also authorize the board to revoke the exemption upon notification from the Department of Public Safety that the product exempted is not effectively formulated to prevent its conversion to methamphetamine.

This bill would exempt wholesale drug distributors licensed by the Board of Pharmacy and registered with and regulated by the United States Drug Enforcement Agency from storage, reporting, and record keeping or physical security control requirements related to ephedrine and pseudoephedrine.

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Subjects

Controlled Substances