[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1171 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1171

   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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 17, 2013

   Mr. Moran (for himself, Mr. King, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Cochran, Mr. 
 Grassley, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Enzi, and Mrs. Gillibrand) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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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. TRANSPORTING AND DISPENSING 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.''.
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