An Act To amend the Controlled Substances Act to allow a veterinarian to transport and dispense controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location.

Aug. 1, 2014

[H.R. 1528]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act

of 2014.

21 USC 801 note.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the “Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act of 2014”.

SEC. 2. TRANSPORT AND DISPENSING OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN THE USUAL COURSE OF VETERINARY PRACTICE. Section 302(e) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 822(e)) is amended—(1) by striking “(e)” and inserting “(e)(1)”; and (2) by adding at the end the following:“(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a registrant who is a veterinarian shall not be required to have a separate registration in order to transport and dispense controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice at a site other than the registrant’s registered principal place of business or professional practice, so long as the site of transporting and dispensing is located in a State where the veterinarian is licensed to practice veterinary medicine and is not a principal place of business or professional practice.” .

Approved August 1, 2014.