General Laws of Massachusetts (Last Updated: January 16, 2020) |
PART I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT |
TITLE XV. REGULATION OF TRADE |
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 33. Unlawful use of registration numbers in manufacture or distribution, or fraudulently obtaining possession, of controlled substances; criminal penalties |
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 |