[113th Congress Public Law 143]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 113-143
113th Congress

                                 An Act


 
   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. <<NOTE: Aug. 1, 
                         2014 -  [H.R. 1528]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Veterinary 
Medicine Mobility Act of 2014. 21 USC 801 note.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act of 
2014''.
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 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.''.

    Approved August 1, 2014.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 1528:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 113-457, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Energy and Commerce).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 160 (2014):
            July 8, considered and passed House.
            July 16, considered and passed Senate.

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