[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[S. 45 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]


        S.45

                       One Hundred Ninth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
            the fourth day of January, two thousand and five


                                 An Act


 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to lift the patient limitation on 
prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group 
                   practices, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. MAINTENANCE OR DETOXIFICATION TREATMENT WITH CERTAIN 
              NARCOTIC DRUGS; ELIMINATION OF 30-PATIENT LIMIT FOR GROUP 
              PRACTICES.

    (a) In General.--Section 303(g)(2)(B) of the Controlled Substances 
Act (21 U.S.C. 823(g)(2)(B)) is amended by striking clause (iv).
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 303(g)(2)(B) of the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823(g)(2)(B)) is amended in clause (iii) by 
striking ``In any case'' and all that follows through ``the total'' and 
inserting ``The total''.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.