Connecticut General Statutes 21a-248 – Sale or dispensing of controlled drugs by licensed manufacturer or wholesaler. Records; orders. Scope of uses limited
(a) A licensed manufacturer or wholesaler may sell and dispense controlled drugs to any of the following-named persons, but in the case of schedule II drugs only on an official written order or electronically through the Drug Enforcement Agency’s Controlled Substance Ordering System: (1) To a manufacturer, wholesaler or pharmacist; (2) to a physician, dentist or veterinarian; (3) to a person in charge of a hospital, incorporated college or scientific institution, but only for use by or in that hospital, incorporated college or scientific institution for medical or scientific purposes; (4) to a person in charge of a laboratory, but only for use in that laboratory for scientific and medical purposes; and (5) to any registrant as defined in subdivision (47) of § 21a-240.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 21a-248
- Administer: means the direct application of a controlled substance, whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion or any other means, to the body of a patient or research subject by: (A) A practitioner, or, in his presence, by his authorized agent, or (B) the patient or research subject at the direction and in the presence of the practitioner, or (C) a nurse or intern under the direction and supervision of a practitioner. See Connecticut General Statutes 21a-240
- Agent: means an authorized person who acts on behalf of or at the direction of a manufacturer, distributor, dispenser or prescribing practitioner. See Connecticut General Statutes 21a-240
- Controlled substance: means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor in schedules I to V, inclusive, of the Connecticut controlled substance scheduling regulations adopted pursuant to §. See Connecticut General Statutes 21a-240
- Dentist: means a person authorized by law to practice dentistry in this state. See Connecticut General Statutes 21a-240
- Dispense: means to deliver a controlled substance to an ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including the prescribing, administering, packaging, labeling or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for the delivery. See Connecticut General Statutes 21a-240
- Drug: means (A) substances recognized as drugs in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them. See Connecticut General Statutes 21a-240
- Federal food and drug laws: means the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended, Title 21 USC 301 et seq. See Connecticut General Statutes 21a-240
- Laboratory: means a laboratory approved by the Department of Consumer Protection as proper to be entrusted with the custody of controlled substances and the use of controlled substances for scientific and medical purposes and for purposes of instruction, research or analysis. See Connecticut General Statutes 21a-240
- Official written order: means an order for controlled substances written on a form provided by the bureau for that purpose under the federal Controlled Substances Act. See Connecticut General Statutes 21a-240
- Person: includes any corporation, limited liability company, association or partnership, or one or more individuals, government or governmental subdivisions or agency, business trust, estate, trust, or any other legal entity. See Connecticut General Statutes 21a-240
- Pharmacist: means a person authorized by law to practice pharmacy pursuant to §. See Connecticut General Statutes 21a-240
- Physician: means a person authorized by law to practice medicine in this state pursuant to §. See Connecticut General Statutes 21a-240
- Registrant: means any person licensed by this state and assigned a current federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Registry Number as provided under the federal Controlled Substances Act. See Connecticut General Statutes 21a-240
- Sale: is a ny form of delivery which includes barter, exchange or gift, or offer therefor, and each such transaction made by any person whether as principal, proprietor, agent, servant or employee. See Connecticut General Statutes 21a-240
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any state, district, commonwealth, territory or insular possession thereof, and any area subject to the legal authority of the United States of America. See Connecticut General Statutes 21a-240
- Veterinarian: means a person authorized by law to practice veterinary medicine in this state. See Connecticut General Statutes 21a-240
- Wholesaler: means a distributor or a person who supplies controlled substances that he himself has not produced or prepared to registrants as defined in subdivision (47) of this section. See Connecticut General Statutes 21a-240
(b) A licensed manufacturer or wholesaler may sell controlled drugs only to registrants when permitted under federal and state laws and regulations.
(c) An official order for any schedule I or II drug shall be signed by the person giving such order or by such person’s authorized agent and such order shall be presented to the person who sells or dispenses the drug or drugs named therein as provided by federal law. If such order is accepted by such person, each party to the transaction shall preserve such party’s copy of such order for a period of three years in such a way so as to be readily accessible for inspection by any public officer or employee engaged in the enforcement of this chapter.
(d) The manufacturer or wholesaler shall keep records of all sales and dispensing of controlled drugs and shall comply fully with applicable provisions of the federal controlled drug laws and the federal food and drug laws, and the state food, drug and cosmetic laws in such sale or dispensing of controlled drugs.
(e) Possession or control of controlled drugs obtained as authorized by this section shall be lawful only if obtained in the regular course of the business, occupation, profession, employment or duty of the possessor.
(f) A person in charge of a hospital, incorporated college or scientific institution, or of a laboratory, or in the employ of this state or of any other state, or of any political subdivision thereof, and a master or other proper officer of a ship or aircraft, who obtains controlled drugs under the provisions of this section or otherwise, shall not administer, or dispense, or otherwise use such drugs within this state, except within the scope of such person’s, master’s or officer’s employment or official duty, and then only for scientific or medicinal purposes or for the purposes of research or analysis and subject to the provisions of this chapter.