[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1528 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1528

   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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 12, 2013

Mr. Schrader (for himself, Mr. Yoho, Mrs. Hartzler, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
 Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Collins of New York, 
and Mr. Pierluisi) 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

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                                 A BILL


 
   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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act of 
2013''.

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 dispensing is located in a State where the 
veterinarian is licensed to practice veterinary medicine.''.
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