[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 128, 113th Congress, 2nd Session]
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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. <>

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
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.