16-13-48
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16-13-48.
(a)
The State Board of Pharmacy shall cooperate with federal and other state
agencies in discharging its responsibilities concerning traffic in controlled
substances and in suppressing the abuse of controlled substances. To this end,
it may:
(1)
Arrange for the exchange of information among governmental officials concerning
the use and abuse of controlled substances;
(2)
Coordinate and cooperate in training programs concerning controlled substance
law enforcement at local and state levels;
(3)
Cooperate with the bureau by establishing a centralized unit to accept,
catalogue, file, and collect statistics, including records, other than medical
treatment records, of drug dependent persons and other controlled substance law
offenders within the state, and make the information available for federal,
state, and local law enforcement purposes; and
(4)
Conduct or promote programs of eradication aimed at destroying wild or illicit
growth of plant species from which controlled substances may be extracted.
(b)
Results, information, and evidence received from the bureau relating to the
regulatory functions of this article, including results of inspections conducted
by it, may be relied and acted upon by the State Board of Pharmacy or drug
agents in the exercise of its or their regulatory functions under this article.