[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 950 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 950

   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

                              May 14, 2013

  Mr. Moran (for himself and Mr. King) 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. 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.''.