Registration requirements
Sec. 3. (a) Every person who manufactures or distributes any
controlled substance within this state or who proposes to engage in
the manufacture or distribution of any controlled substance within
this state, must obtain biennially a registration issued by the board in
accordance with its rules.
(b) Every person who dispenses or proposes to dispense any
controlled substance within Indiana must have a registration issued
by the board in accordance with its rules. A registration issued to a
dispenser under this subsection expires whenever the dispenser's
license as a practitioner expires. The board shall renew a dispenser's
registration under this subsection concurrently with any state license
authorizing the dispenser to act as a practitioner.
(c) Persons registered by the board under this article 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
their registration and in conformity with the other provisions of this
chapter.
(d) The following persons need not register and may lawfully
possess controlled substances under this article:
(1) An agent or employee of any registered manufacturer,
distributor, or dispenser of any controlled substance if he is
acting in the usual course of his business or employment.
(2) 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.
(3) An ultimate user or a person in possession of any controlled
substance under a lawful order of a practitioner or in lawful
possession of a schedule V substance.
(e) The board may waive by rule the requirement for registration
of certain manufacturers, distributors, or dispensers if it finds it
consistent with the public health and safety.
(f) A separate registration is required at each principal place of
business or professional practice where the applicant manufactures,
distributes, dispenses, or possesses controlled substances.
(g) The board may inspect the establishment of a registrant or
applicant for registration in accordance with the board's rules.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.156-1986,
SEC.6.
Last modified: May 24, 2006