2014 Idaho Statutes
Title 37 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND OIL
Chapter 27 - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
Article III
Section 37-2716 - REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.

TITLE 37

FOOD, DRUGS, AND OIL

CHAPTER 27

UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES

ARTICLE III

37-2716. Registration requirements. (a) Every person who manufactures, distributes, or dispenses any controlled substance within this state or who proposes to engage in the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of any controlled substance within this state, must obtain annually a registration issued by the board in accordance with its rules. A copy of each registration issued shall be transmitted by the board to the director of the Idaho state police.

(b) Every prescriber, except veterinarians, must annually register with the board to obtain online access to the controlled substances prescriptions database. Such registration shall be completed upon renewal for existing controlled substance registrants and at the time of registration for first-time registrants.

(c) Persons registered by the board under this chapter to manufacture, distribute, dispense, or conduct research with controlled substances may possess, manufacture, distribute, dispense, or conduct research with those substances to the extent authorized by their registration and in conformity with the other provisions of this article.

(d) The following persons need not register and may lawfully possess controlled substances under this chapter:

(1) An agent or employee of any registered manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser of any controlled substance if he is acting in the usual course of his business or employment;

(2) A common or contract carrier or warehouseman, or an employee thereof, whose possession of any controlled substance is in the usual course of business or employment;

(3) An ultimate user or a person in possession of any controlled substance pursuant to a lawful order of a practitioner or in lawful possession of a schedule V substance.

(e) The board may waive by rule the requirement for registration of certain manufacturers, distributors, or dispensers if it finds it consistent with the public health and safety.

(f) A separate registration is required at each principal place of business or professional practice where the applicant manufactures, distributes, or dispenses controlled substances.

(g) The board may inspect the establishment of a registrant or applicant for registration in accordance with the board rule.

History:

[37-2716, added 1971, ch. 215, sec. 1, p. 939; am. 1974, ch. 27, sec. 79, p. 811; am. 2000, ch. 469, sec. 85, p. 1533; am. 2014, ch. 79, sec. 2, p. 215.]