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- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 94C, Section 1
As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: “Administer”, the direct application of a...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Establishment of schedules of drugs or other controlled substances - Chapter 94C, Section 2
(a) For the purpose of administration and regulation of the manufacture, distribution, dispensing, and possession of controlled substances by persons authorized under this chapter, the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Findings required for placement in schedules - Chapter 94C, Section 3
Except in the case of an immediate precursor, a drug or other substance may not be placed in any schedule unless such drug or substance...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Exceptions from schedules - Chapter 94C, Section 4
The commissioner acting jointly with the board of registration in pharmacy may by regulation pursuant to the provisions of chapter thirty A except any compound,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Dispensing controlled substances excepted under sec. 4 - Chapter 94C, Section 5
Controlled substances which are excepted pursuant to section four may be dispensed, or sold at retail, except that the exception authorized by this section shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rules and regulations - Chapter 94C, Section 6
The board of registration in pharmacy in the case of a retail drug business or wholesale druggist and the commissioner in all other cases may...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Registration of persons who manufacture, distribute, dispense or possess controlled substances - Chapter 94C, Section 7
(a) Except in the case of a pharmacy or wholesale druggist, every person who manufactures, distributes or dispenses, or possesses with intent to manufacture, distribute...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Research projects and studies - Chapter 94C, Section 8
(a) No person shall carry out any research project or study involving any narcotic drug in Schedule II or the investigational use on human beings...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Administering and dispensing of controlled substances in course of professional practice; records, inspection - Chapter 94C, Section 9
[ Text of section effective until April 15, 2009. For text effective April 15, 2009, see below.](a) A physician, dentist, podiatrist, optometrist as limited by...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Separate registration - Chapter 94C, Section 10
A separate registration shall be required at each principal place of business or professional practice where the registrant manufactures, distributes, or dispenses controlled substances.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Inspection of establishments of registrants or applicants - Chapter 94C, Section 11
The board of registration in pharmacy in the case of a pharmacy and the commissioner in any case may inspect in accordance with his or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Issuance of registration to manufacture or distribute controlled substances - Chapter 94C, Section 12
(a) The board of registration in pharmacy in the case of a retail drug business or wholesale druggist and the commissioner in all other cases...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Suspension or revocation of registration; report of criminal violations; controlled substances affected placed under embargo; forfeiture; notice to bureau - Chapter 94C, Section 13
(a) The board of registration in pharmacy in the case of a retail drug business or wholesale druggist and the commissioner in all other cases...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Suspension of or refusal to renew registration pending proceedings in cases of imminent danger to public - Chapter 94C, Section 14
The board of registration in pharmacy in the case of a retail drug business or wholesale druggist or the commissioner in all other cases may...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Record-keeping and inventory requirements - Chapter 94C, Section 15
Persons registered to manufacture, distribute, dispense, or possess controlled substances shall keep records and maintain inventories in conformance with the record-keeping and inventory requirements of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Distribution between registrants; order form - Chapter 94C, Section 16
Controlled substances in Schedules I and II shall be distributed by a registrant to another registrant only pursuant to such order form as may be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Necessity of prescription for dispensing controlled substances - Chapter 94C, Section 17
(a) No controlled substance in Schedule II may be dispensed without the written prescription of a practitioner, except that— (b) In emergency situations, as defined...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Issuance of prescription by practitioner or physician - Chapter 94C, Section 18
(a) A prescription for a controlled substance may be issued only by a practitioner who is: (1) authorized to prescribe controlled substances; and (2) registered...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Prescription; restrictions on issuance - Chapter 94C, Section 19
(a) A prescription for a controlled substance to be valid shall be issued for a legitimate medical purpose by a practitioner acting in the usual...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Oral prescriptions - Chapter 94C, Section 20
(a) Upon receiving an oral prescription for a controlled substance or instrument described in section twenty-seven from an authorized practitioner, the pharmacist shall immediately reduce...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Radiopharmaceutical drugs - Chapter 94C, Section 20A
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a prescription for a radiopharmaceutical drug shall be dispensed only to an individual authorized by the nuclear regulatory...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Packaging and labeling by pharmacist filling prescription - Chapter 94C, Section 21
The pharmacist filling a written or oral prescription for a controlled substance shall package the controlled substance in a container, affixing to the container a...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Prescriptions; prospective drug review and counseling by pharmacist - Chapter 94C, Section 21A
A pharmacist shall conduct a prospective drug review before each new prescription is dispensed or delivered to a patient or a person acting on behalf...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Contents of prescription written by practitioner - Chapter 94C, Section 22
(a) A practitioner who dispenses a controlled substance by issuing a written prescription shall state on the prescription the name, address and registration number of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Written prescriptions; requirements and restrictions - Chapter 94C, Section 23
(a) A written prescription for a controlled substance in Schedule II shall become invalid 30 days after the date of issuance. (b) A written prescription...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Dispensing controlled substances to research subject or patient; harmful quantities from more than one source; notification of practitioners - Chapter 94C, Section 24
(a) If the commissioner determines that a research subject or patient is receiving a controlled substance from more than one source and in quantities which...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Restrictions - Chapter 94C, Section 25
No person— (1) who is subject to the requirements of sections six and seven and twelve to seventeen, inclusive, shall dispense a controlled substance in...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Distribution in course of business in violation of sec. 16 or furnishing false information in application, etc., prohibited - Chapter 94C, Section 26
No person who is a registrant shall knowingly or intentionally; (1) distribute a controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II in the course of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Instruments for administering controlled substances by injection - Chapter 94C, Section 27
Hypodermic syringes or hypodermic needles for the administration of controlled substances by injection may be sold in the commonwealth, but only to persons who have...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Jurisdiction of superior court - Chapter 94C, Section 28
Upon petition of the board of registration in pharmacy or the commissioner in the case of a pharmacy, or upon petition of the commissioner in...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Educational programs for prevention of abuse of controlled substances - Chapter 94C, Section 29
(a) The commissioner in cooperation with the commissioner of mental health and the commissioner of education shall carry out educational programs designed to prevent and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Administrative inspection of controlled premises - Chapter 94C, Section 30
(a) Administrative inspection warrants shall issue for the inspection of controlled premises in accordance with the provisions of this section. As used in this section...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Classes of controlled substances; establishment of criminal penalties for violations of this chapter - Chapter 94C, Section 31
For the purposes of establishing criminal penalties for violation of a provision of this chapter, there are established the following five classes of controlled substances:...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Class A controlled substances; unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing or possession with intent to manufacture, etc - Chapter 94C, Section 32
(a) Any person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures, distributes, dispenses, or possesses with intent to manufacture, distribute or dispense a controlled substance in Class A...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Class B controlled substances; unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing or possession with intent to manufacture, etc - Chapter 94C, Section 32A
(a) Any person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures, distributes, dispenses, or possesses with intent to manufacture, distribute or dispense a controlled substance in Class B...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Class C controlled substances; unlawful manufacturer, distribution, dispensing or possession with intent to manufacture, etc - Chapter 94C, Section 32B
(a) Any person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures, distributes, dispenses, or possesses with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance in Class C...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Class D controlled substances; unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, cultivation or possession with intent to manufacture, etc. - Chapter 94C, Section 32C
(a) Any person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures, distributes, dispenses or cultivates, or possesses with intent to manufacture, distribute, dispense or cultivate a controlled substance...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Class E controlled substances; unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, or possession with intent to manufacture, etc - Chapter 94C, Section 32D
(a) Any person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures, distributes, dispenses or possesses with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance in Class E...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Trafficking in marihuana, cocaine, heroin, morphine, opium, etc - Chapter 94C, Section 32E
(a) Any person who trafficks in marihuana by knowingly or intentionally manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or cultivating or possessing with intent to manufacture, distribute, dispense, or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing or possession with intent to manufacture, etc. of controlled substances in Classes A to C to minors - Chapter 94C, Section 32F
(a) Any person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures, distributes, dispenses, or possesses with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance in Class A...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Counterfeit substances; unlawful creation, distribution, dispensing or possession with intent to distribute or dispense - Chapter 94C, Section 32G
Any person who knowingly or intentionally creates, distributes, dispenses or possesses with intent to distribute or dispense a counterfeit substance shall be punished by imprisonment...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Prosecutions not to be continued or placed on file; suspension or reduction of sentence; eligibility for parole, etc - Chapter 94C, Section 32H
A prosecution commenced under paragraph (b) of section thirty-two, paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of section thirty-two A, paragraph (b) of section thirty-two B, sections...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Drug paraphernalia; sale, possession or manufacture with intent to sell; penalty; sale of tobacco rolling papers - Chapter 94C, Section 32I
(a) No person shall sell, possess or purchase with intent to sell, or manufacture with intent to sell drug paraphernalia, knowing, or under circumstances where...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Controlled substances violations in, on, or near school property - Chapter 94C, Section 32J
Any person who violates the provisions of section thirty-two, thirty-two A, thirty-two B, thirty-two C, thirty-two D, thirty-two E, thirty-two F or thirty-two I while...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Inducing or abetting minor to distribute or sell controlled substances - Chapter 94C, Section 32K
Any person who knowingly causes, induces or abets a person under the age of eighteen to distribute, dispense or possess with the intent to distribute...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Unlawful use of registration numbers in manufacture or distribution, or fraudulently obtaining possession, of controlled substances; criminal penalties - Chapter 94C, Section 33
(a) No person shall knowingly or intentionally use in the course of the manufacture or distribution of a controlled substance a registration number which is...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Unlawful possession of particular controlled substances, including heroin and marihuana - Chapter 94C, Section 34
[ First paragraph effective until December 4, 2008. For text effective December 4, 2008, see below.]No person knowingly or intentionally shall possess a controlled substance...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Unlawful presence at a place where heroin is kept or being in company of person in possession thereof - Chapter 94C, Section 35
Any person who is knowingly present at a place where heroin is kept or deposited in violation of the provisions of this chapter, or any...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Protective custody of children found present where controlled substances are unlawfully kept or possessed - Chapter 94C, Section 36
Notwithstanding the provisions of section thirty-five, if a police officer finds a child present where said officer finds a substance which he reasonably believes to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Theft of controlled substances from persons authorized to dispense or possess - Chapter 94C, Section 37
Whoever steals a controlled substance from a registered manufacturer, wholesale druggist, pharmacy or other person authorized to dispense or possess any controlled substance shall be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Violation of sec. 24(a), 25, 26 or 27 - Chapter 94C, Section 38
Any person who knowingly violates any provision of subsection (a) of section twenty-four, or of section twenty-five, twenty-six or twenty-seven shall be punished by imprisonment...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Violation of sec. 21 or 22 - Chapter 94C, Section 39
Any person who knowingly violates any provision of sections twenty-one or twenty-two shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than six months or by...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Conspiracy - Chapter 94C, Section 40
Whoever conspires with another person to violate any provision of this chapter shall be punished by imprisonment or fine, or both, which punishment shall not...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Arrest without warrant - Chapter 94C, Section 41
A police officer shall have the authority to arrest without a warrant: (a) any person committing in his presence any offense set forth in this...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Cooperation with federal and other state agencies - Chapter 94C, Section 42
The commissioner and the attorney general shall cooperate with federal and other state agencies in discharging their responsibilities concerning traffic in controlled substances and in...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Conformity with federal acts - Chapter 94C, Section 43
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, no practitioner shall dispense, distribute, administer, or possess any controlled substance except in conformity with the provisions of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Violations of sec. 34; acquittal, dismissal or indictment nol prossed; sealing of records - Chapter 94C, Section 44
If any person is found not guilty of the violation of any provision of section thirty-four or if a complaint against him is dismissed or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Photographing and fingerprinting of persons charged with felony - Chapter 94C, Section 45
Any person arrested for or charged with the criminal violation of any provision of this chapter which constitutes a felony may at the time of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1978, 508, Sec. 1 - Chapter 94C, Section 46
Chapter 94C: Section 46. Repealed, 1978, 508, Sec. 1
- Massachusetts General Laws - Forfeiture of property - Chapter 94C, Section 47
(a) The following property shall be subject to forfeiture to the commonwealth and all property rights therein shall be in the commonwealth: (1) All controlled...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Seized controlled substances and narcotic drugs; custodian; mailing for chemical analysis; destruction or disposal upon completion of trial - Chapter 94C, Section 47A
The police commissioner, chief superintendent or other officer or board at the head of each police department in the commonwealth shall appoint a police officer...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Severability - Chapter 94C, Section 48
If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions...
Last modified: March 17, 2010
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