CHAPTER 94C. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT  


SECTION 1. Definitions
SECTION 2. Establishment of schedules of drugs or other controlled substances
SECTION 2A. Temporary placement of substance in schedule I
SECTION 3. Findings required for placement in schedules
SECTION 4. Exceptions from schedules
SECTION 5. Dispensing controlled substances excepted under Sec. 4
SECTION 6. Rules and regulations
SECTION 6A. Licensure of certain corporate entities with patients receiving opioid agonist therapy; best practice guidance for practitioners
SECTION 7. Registration of persons who manufacture, distribute, dispense or possess controlled substances
SECTION 7A. Registration as participant in prescription monitoring program
SECTION 8. Research projects and studies
SECTION 9. Administering and dispensing of controlled substances in course of professional practice; records, inspection
SECTION 10. Separate registration
SECTION 11. Inspection of establishments of registrants or applicants
SECTION 12. Issuance of registration to manufacture or distribute controlled substances
SECTION 13. Suspension or revocation of registration; report of criminal violations; controlled substances affected placed under embargo; forfeiture; notice to bureau
SECTION 14. Suspension of or refusal to renew registration pending proceedings in cases of imminent danger to public
SECTION 15. Record-keeping and inventory requirements; filing of DEA Form 106 with city, town and state police departments upon discovery of theft or loss of controlled substance
SECTION 16. Distribution between registrants; order form
SECTION 17. Necessity of prescription for dispensing controlled substances
SECTION 18. Issuance of prescription by practitioner or physician
SECTION 18A. Prerequisites for issuing outpatient extended-release long-acting opioid in a non-abuse deterring form; written pain management treatment plan for long-term pain management
SECTION 18B. Voluntary non-opiate directive form
SECTION 18C. Patient education required before issuance of opioid prescription
SECTION 19. Prescription; restrictions on issuance
SECTION 19A. Emergency contraception
SECTION 19B. Dispensing, possessing and administrating opioid antagonist
SECTION 19B 1/2. Exchange of naloxone or other opioid antagonist between registered entities
SECTION 19C. High opiate overdose area pharmacies required to maintain continuous supply of naloxone rescue kits or opioid antagonist medications
SECTION 19D. Supply limitations for opiate prescriptions; exception for palliative care
SECTION 20. Oral prescriptions
SECTION 20A. Radiopharmaceutical drugs
SECTION 21. Packaging and labeling by pharmacist filling prescription; distribution of educational pamphlet
SECTION 21A. Prescriptions; prospective drug review and counseling by pharmacist
SECTION 21B. Advertisement and sale of prescription lock boxes by pharmacies
SECTION 22. Contents of prescription written by practitioner
SECTION 23. Written or electronic prescriptions; requirements and restrictions
SECTION 24. Dispensing by practitioner for narcotic drug research or treatment of drug dependent persons
SECTION 24A. Electronic monitoring of the prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances and certain additional drugs
SECTION 24B. Mean and median quantity and volume of prescriptions for opiates; notification of practitioner's own percentile ranking
SECTION 25. Restrictions
SECTION 26. Distribution in course of business in violation of Sec. 16 or furnishing false information in application, etc., prohibited
SECTION 27. Sale of hypodermic syringes or hypodermic needles
SECTION 27A. Collection and disposal of spent non-commercially generated hypodermic needles and lancets
SECTION 28. Jurisdiction of superior court
SECTION 29. Educational programs for prevention of abuse of controlled substances
SECTION 30. Administrative inspection of controlled premises
SECTION 31. Classes of controlled substances; establishment of criminal penalties for violations of this chapter
SECTION 32. Class A controlled substances; unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing or possession with intent to manufacture, etc.; eligibility for parole
SECTION 32A. Class B controlled substances; unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing or possession with intent to manufacture, etc.
SECTION 32B. Class C controlled substances; unlawful manufacturer, distribution, dispensing or possession with intent to manufacture, etc.
SECTION 32C. Class D controlled substances; unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, cultivation or possession with intent to manufacture, etc.
SECTION 32D. Class E controlled substances; unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, or possession with intent to manufacture, etc.
SECTION 32E. Trafficking in marihuana, cocaine, heroin, synthetic opioids, morphine, opium, etc.; eligibility for parole
SECTION 32F. Unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing or possession with intent to manufacture, etc. of controlled substances in Classes A to C to minors
SECTION 32G. Counterfeit substances; unlawful creation, distribution, dispensing or possession with intent to distribute or dispense
SECTION 32H. Prosecutions not to be continued or placed on file; suspension or reduction of sentence; eligibility for parole, etc.
SECTION 32H 1/2. Good behavior deductions from sentence after serving mandatory minimum term of imprisonment; eligibility; parole; work release
SECTION 32I. Drug paraphernalia; sale, possession or manufacture with intent to sell; penalty; sale of tobacco rolling papers
SECTION 32J. Controlled substances violations in, on or near school property or public parks or playgrounds
SECTION 32K. Inducing or abetting minor to distribute or sell controlled substances
SECTION 32L. Possession of 2 ounces or less of marihuana; civil penalty and forfeiture; other sanctions or disqualifications prohibited
SECTION 32M. Possession of 2 ounces or less of marihuana; drug awareness program
SECTION 32N. Possession of one ounce or less of marihuana; enforcement consistent with non-criminal disposition provisions of Sec. 21D of Chapter 40; duty of police department; notice; failure to file certificate of completion of drug awareness program
SECTION 33. Unlawful use of registration numbers in manufacture or distribution, or fraudulently obtaining possession, of controlled substances; criminal penalties
SECTION 34. Unlawful possession of particular controlled substances, including heroin and marijuana; lawful possessing, storing, analyzing, processing and testing of medical marijuana and medical marijuana-infused products by laboratories exception
SECTION 34A. Immunity from prosecution under Sec. 34 or finding of violation of condition of probation, pretrial release or parole for persons seeking medical assistance for self or other experiencing drug-related overdose
SECTION 35. Repealed, 2018, 69, Sec. 60.
SECTION 36. Protective custody of children found present where controlled substances are unlawfully kept or possessed
SECTION 37. Theft of controlled substances from persons authorized to dispense or possess
SECTION 38. Violation of Secs. 24(a), 25, 26 or 27
SECTION 39. Violation of Secs. 21 or 22
SECTION 40. Conspiracy
SECTION 41. Arrest without warrant
SECTION 42. Cooperation with federal and other state agencies
SECTION 43. Conformity with federal acts
SECTION 44. Violations of Sec. 34; acquittal, dismissal or indictment nol prossed; sealing of records
SECTION 45. Photographing and fingerprinting of persons charged with felony
SECTION 46. Repealed, 1978, 508, Sec. 1
SECTION 47. Forfeiture of property
SECTION 47A. Seized controlled substances and narcotic drugs; custodian; mailing for chemical analysis; destruction or disposal upon completion of trial
SECTION 48. Severability
SECTION 49. Enforcement of Sec. 24A