I 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1729 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 4, 2011 Mr. Ruppersberger introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize certain practitioners other than physicians to dispense certain narcotic drugs in schedule III, IV, and V for maintenance treatment or detoxification treatment without obtaining annually a separate registration for that purpose.

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This Act may be cited as the Opiate Addiction Treatment Act of 2011.

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Practitioners eligible to dispense narcotic drugs in schedule III, IV, and V for maintenance treatment or detoxification treatment without separate registration

Section 303(g) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823(g)) is amended— (1)in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking qualifying physician and inserting qualifying practitioner; and (2)in paragraph (2)(G)— (A)in the matter preceding subclause (I)— (i)by striking the term qualifying physician and inserting qualifying practitioner; and (ii)by striking means a physician and inserting means a physician, or a nurse practitioner with a graduate nursing degree,; and (B)in subclauses (II), (IV), and (VII), by striking the term physician each place such term appears and inserting physician or nurse practitioner.